New mobile app will further improve appropriate antibiotic use

Thu, Jul 25, 2013

A new mobile app, launched at Galway University Hospitals this week, will further improve appropriate antibiotic use, according to Dr Pat Nash, the clinical director of the hospital group.

Horses seized in morning raid

Thu, Jul 25, 2013

Seven horses were seized in early morning raids in Ballybane this week. The horses were removed from a house in the area which had been boarded up for a considerable period.

CAHWT announces first election candidates for next year’s poll

Thu, Jul 25, 2013

Despite Galway city having the State’s third highest Household Tax compliance rate, anti-Household Tax candidates believe they can still “mount a serious challenge” at the next local elections.

Loughrea man is head of pharmacy body

Thu, Jul 25, 2013

A Loughrea man is the new president of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland, the pharmacy regulator.

Little Sisters order empowers communities

Thu, Jul 25, 2013

A five-week course which will help parents deal with the difficulties of family life in a practical way will take place in the city in September.

Fearless comedy from Blue Teapot

Thu, Jul 25, 2013

Blue Teapot Theatre Company’s romantic comedy Sanctuary is a candid exploration of some of the issues which affect the lives of people with intellectual disability. The play, which features a cast of actors with intellectual disabilities, is currently enjoying a run at the Blue Teapot Theatre in Muster Avenue as part of the Galway Arts Festival.

Investment for M17/M18 secured by Government letter

Thu, Jul 25, 2013

“A milestone in the progression of this important route for County Galway,” is how a Galway TD has described the latest developments on M17 Gort – Tuam bypass.

Tuam writer shortlisted in children’s storywriting competition

Thu, Jul 25, 2013

A Tuam mother of two has been shortlisted for the annual Munch Time story writing competition. Francesca Murphy, a full time mother, has been chosen as one of 10 Irish finalists whose short stories for under-fives have been selected for the national final.

Win tickets to Galway Races

Thu, Jul 25, 2013

Tens of thousands of punters will flock into Galway next week for the annual summer festival at Galway Races. In conjunction with John Moloney, Galway Races, the Advertiser has many pairs of tickets to give away in our annual Galway Races giveaway. These competitions will run in the newspaper and on our Facebook page all week.

To enter the postal competition, just answer the following question and send it to Races Competition, Galway Advertsier, Eyre Square, Galway or alternatively drop your entry into us here at the office.

Forbes journalist apologises for describing President Higgins as an 'acknowledged homosexual'

Thu, Jul 25, 2013

A Cork-based freelance journalist has apologised for mistakingly describing Irish President Michael D Higgins as an “acknowledged homosexual” in an article written for US business magazine, Forbes.

Odyssey sets record recovering €26 million in silver from Gairsoppa shipwreck

Thu, Jul 25, 2013

Deep-sea exploration and salvage experts Odyssey Marine Exploration has set a new world record after recovering silver bullion worth up to €26 million from the wreck of the SS Gairsoppa, a 412-foot steel-hulled British cargo ship that was torpedoed by a German U-boat during World War II and sunk off the Galway coast in February 1941.

Odyssey Marine Exploration has recovered more than 61 tons of silver bullion this month from a depth of nearly three miles at a location which is around 300 miles south-west of Galway. This latest recovery consists of 1,574 silver ingots or bars weighing about 1,100 ounces each or almost 1.8 million troy ounces in total, setting a new world record for the deepest and largest precious metal recovery from a shipwreck. Including the silver recovered in 2012, Odyssey has now retrieved 2,792 silver ingots from SS Gairsoppa or more than 99 per cent of the insured silver reported to be abroad when the ship sank.

Reward offered for info on stolen church paintings

Thu, Jul 25, 2013

Galway gardai, along with the help of Crimestoppers, have renewed their appeal for information regarding the whereabouts of valuable paintings which were stolen from a church in Athenry last month.

€20,000 prize fund on offer for Anthony Ryan’s best dressed competition at Galway Races

Thu, Jul 25, 2013

The Anthony Ryan’s competitions for the best dressed women at Ladies Day at the legendary Galway Races next Thursday offer a €20,000 prize fund.

Paddy wasn’t built for the sunshine...

Thu, Jul 25, 2013

Paddy wasn’t built for sunshine. You see, he never had much practice at it, despite he convincing himself that every summer of his childhood was spent on his back in the fields looking up at a sky with ne’er a cloud to be seen. With the sun-tanned shape of his Casio digital watch festooned like a white tattoo on his freckled arms, he told himself that this would be the best country in the world if the sun shone all the time. He says that he never noticed the wimmen of the country ‘til the sun shone and that he never appreciated the natural beauty of the countryside either. And when the rain and the winds came and they did come with earnest for the best part of a decade, he wished that the day would come when it would be warm in the morning and warm at night and that then all his ills would be cured.

He said this because he knew this would never happen, that if we spoke enough misery in this country, we’d get the weather to match. And so he was right. On the night of the bank guarantee, the wind and rain started and they didn’t stop until about a fortnight ago, when Paddy, his voice broken from all the whinging from having to buy fodder for his flocks on the farm his ‘fodder’ flogged him, and lo and behold (and lower than he’d ever been held), the morn was dry, the grass was growing, the birds were singing in the trees and out of the blue came the blue, cueing DJs to play the ELO song to death and for unsuspecting commuters to be singing “I saw a deadhead sticker on a Cadillac.”

On track for the races — Oranmore railway station to open on Sunday

Thu, Jul 25, 2013

Oranmore Station will open for customers on Sunday, with the official opening by Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Leo Varadkar TD taking place on Monday afternoon, right in time for the Galway races.

Charges against a Galway rape accused withdrawn after niece admitted she was lying

Thu, Jul 25, 2013

Charges against a Galway man who pleaded guilty to raping his niece have been withdrawn after the girl later admitted she was lying.

Galway non-profit groups encouraged to apply for grants

Thu, Jul 25, 2013

Non-profit groups in Galway are being encouraged by An Taoiseach Enda Kenny to apply for grants under the Coca-Cola Thank You Fund.

A total of 11 individual grants is available - one main grant of €25,000 for the overall winner of the fund, and 10 other grants which will receive €10,000 each.

Cosain surveys show ‘out of control’ speeding in west of city

Thu, Jul 25, 2013

Local road safety group Cosain is calling for the introduction of fixed speed cameras on the west side of the city after surveys showed speeding to be “out of control”, with the highest speed recorded being a taxi travelling at a shocking 94km/h in the middle of the afternoon.