Galway city commended for good impression in litter survey

Thu, Jan 10, 2013

An Taisce which carried out surveys on behalf of the business group Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) has commended Galway city for making a good impression and achieving the “good result” of 15th place and deemed ‘Cleaner than European Norms’.

The 2012 litter survey was released this week by IBAL showing that Galway city was among 22 towns out of 42 to receive the ‘Cleaner than European Norms’ designation, with a further 13 classed as ‘Clean to European Norms’. On Tuesday, it was Kilkenny that beat off stiff competition to be announced as the overall winner at an awards ceremony in the Conrad Hotel in Dublin.

Mary McPartlan to teach and perform in New York

Thu, Jan 10, 2013

Mary McParlan, one of Ireland’s finest folk singers and a staff member of NUI Galway, will be starting 2013 in New York, following being awarded a Fulbright Scholarship.

NUI Galway celebrates forty years of MBA success

Thu, Jan 10, 2013

NUI Galway’s JE Cairnes School of Business and Economics is organising a conference and gala dinner to mark the 40th anniversary of the first intake to its master of business administration (MBA) programme. The events celebrating this milestone will take place Friday January 25 in Galway and all MBA alumni, as well as past and current teaching faculty, are invited to attend.

Alcoholics Anonymous open public meeting

Thu, Jan 10, 2013

Alcoholics Anonymous will hold an open public meeting at the Galway Bay Hotel tomorrow (Friday) at 8.30pm. The organisation has more than 800 members in Galway.

The event is being held as part of the organisation’s 38th annual Galway West area convention which takes place at the weekend. Each year it is attended by about 500 members from around the globe.

Further remand for woman accused of €25,000 theft

Thu, Jan 10, 2013

A woman charged with stealing €25,000 after money was mistakenly tranferred into her account and she failed to report it has been further remanded on continuing bail after a judge refused jurisdiction in the case.

Major increase in numbers using Christmas park and ride service

Thu, Jan 10, 2013

MORE THAN 21,000 people used the Galway City Council’s Christmas park and ride service in December, the largest number yet to use the service.

Poor Clares get substantial donation after blogger defames Galway-based businessman

Thu, Jan 10, 2013

A blogger has apologised for defamatory tweets posted last month about Declan Ganley in what is believed to be the first legal settlement in the State involving Twitter content.

Families feel brunt of Budget cuts and hikes warns Ó Cuív

Thu, Jan 10, 2013

The New Year has only just begun but Galway families will soon feel the pain of the incoming cutbacks and new taxes introduced in December’s Budget.

City’s football family turns out to bid farewell to cup final hero

Thu, Jan 03, 2013

Hundreds of football fans wearing club colours turned out in the city yesterday afternoon at the funeral of former Galway United footballer Tommy Keane who died suddenly last weekend.

Tommy Keane (44) died a short while after playing in a five a-side soccer tournament in the city last Friday. He had participated in an indoor tournament at the Our Lady's Boys Club centre in Sea Road, Galway, when he collapsed as he was going home.

City’s football family turns out to bid farewell to cup final hero

Thu, Jan 03, 2013

Hundreds of football fans wearing club colours turned out in the city yesterday afternoon at the funeral of former Galway United footballer Tommy Keane who died suddenly last weekend.

Great expectations for Ireland's seventh EU presidency

Thu, Jan 03, 2013

Ireland has both the privilege and the responsibility of hosting the presidency of the Council of the European Union from January 1 until June 30 2013. Holding the presidency is an important role at any time, but the expectations for this forthcoming presidency are even greater given the challenging circumstances that both the Union and Ireland face.

Nolan hits out at cut in library funding

Thu, Jan 03, 2013

Cllr Nuala Nolan has hit out this week at plans to cut the funding for new books for Galway’s libraries by €150,000, despite an increase in the number of people now availing of library services.

Where to recycle your Christmas tree

Thu, Jan 03, 2013

Galway’s local authorities will provide a Christmas tree recycling service this month, with drop off points around the city and county where people can deposit their trees for recycling.

Galway based drama series Deception to premiere on TV3 next week

Thu, Jan 03, 2013

A new original TV3 drama, based on a small housing estate in the suburbs of Galway, is to hit our screens on Monday January 7 at 10pm.

Higgins welcomes fall in road deaths

Thu, Jan 03, 2013

Ireland's MEP on the European Parliament Transport Committee, Jim Higgins has welcomed Garda figures which show that the number of road deaths fell from 186 in 2011 to 161 over the last year (2012).

New Inn to host Mummers Festival from tomorrow

Thu, Jan 03, 2013

THE 35TH New Inn Mummers Festival, featuring musicians, singers, dancers, and storytellers, from all over Ireland, takes place on Friday January 4 and Saturday 5.

Support COPE by quitting smoking for the New Year

Thu, Jan 03, 2013

Galway-based company Progressive Living is offering its quit smoking therapy free to COPE Galway staff and clients in a bid to kick-start New Year resolutions to give up cigarettes.

Galway house prices fall by 10 per cent by end of 2012

Thu, Jan 03, 2013

There was a drop of 10 per cent in the average price of houses in Galway city by the final quarter of 2012, according to a report by an online property website.

Smartphone technology helps save hillwalkers

Thu, Jan 03, 2013

A mountain rescue team was given a helping hand during a mission in Letterfrack recently by utilising smartphone technology for the first time to locate a number of stranded hillwalkers and bring them to safety.

Be the next big wordsmith in the Doire Press international fiction chapbook competition

Thu, Jan 03, 2013

Do you fancy yourself as a good yarn weaver? Then why not pen a fictional piece and enter it in this year’s Doire Press international fiction chapbook competition. The top ten shortlisted candidates will have their tales included in an anthology as well as receiving 75 copies of their own professionally edited and printed chapbook from the Doer Press publishers.

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