Archives Conference 2012 takes place next month

Thu, Sep 13, 2012

The second annual Galway International Heritage Conference takes place in The Harbour Hotel, The Docks, on Thursday October 4 with the theme being ‘Archives: Celebrating Ireland’s Archival Heritage’.

A range of speakers will address the conference. Catriona Crowe of the National Archives of Ireland will speak on ‘Archives and Society’. Dr Raymond Gillespie, NUI Maynooth, will give a talk entitled ‘Why Archives Matter’.

Croi’s stroke centre to tackle the myths of sex after heart disease

Thu, Sep 13, 2012

Concerns over the ability to have a healthy sex life after tackling heart disease will be one of the topics to be discussed next week when local heart and stroke charity Croí will host a series of free public talks, seminars, workshops and ‘walk-in risk factor screening and assessments.

City to be punished for non-collection of household charge

Thu, Sep 13, 2012

Serious cuts will be made to the city’s budget for 2013 if the household charge is not collected from each house in the city, according to officials.

City to retain Sunday burials until end of year

Thu, Sep 13, 2012

An ongoing dispute between councillors and city officials over the provision of a Sunday burial service continued this week, with councillors succeeding in stalling the decision until the end of the year.

Know the signs, warns ACT for Meningitis as students return

Thu, Sep 13, 2012

ACT for Meningitis, the Irish charity for meningitis awareness, is issuing a warning as children and students go back to school and college this September.

Tackle problem of horses being washed in the sea at Clarinbridge says Cuddy

Thu, Sep 13, 2012

The “growing problem” of horses being brought to the pier in Clarinbridge for washing must be tackled immediately by the Galway County Council and An Garda Síochána.

Fourteen months suspended for man who worked illegally for eight years

Thu, Sep 13, 2012

A 34-year-old man who worked illegally for eight years using a false identification card received a 14 month suspended sentence and a €600 fine at Galway District Court this week.

Call for Galwegians to vote for Mervue Playground makeover

Thu, Sep 13, 2012

Mervue community playground is in with a chance to win a makeover as part of a national competition, and a call has gone out to Galwegians to help it win the prize.

FYI Galway shortlisted in national radio awards

Thu, Sep 13, 2012

Galway Bay fm’s evening news programme FYI Galway has been shortlisted as Best News Programme in the PPI national radio awards.

Galway Bay fishing series and a longer magazine show part of RnaG’s makeover

Thu, Sep 13, 2012

A new series Ballach, Bradán agus Bairneach about the developments in the fishing industry in Galway Bay over the last 200 years will start this week on RnaG as part of the station’s autumn schedule, which also sees the western magazine programme Iris Aniar extended to almost two hours.

Ballach, Bradán agus Bairneach, presented by former head of Raidió na Gaeltachta Tomás Mac Con Iomaire, will examine the changes in the fishing industry in Galway Bay from Famine times until now.

Six days of laughter with the Galway Comedy Festival

Thu, Sep 13, 2012

Tommy Tiernan, Ardal O’Hanlon, Pat Shortt, Des Bishop, Reginald D Hunter, and Rich Hall are coming to Galway this October Bank Holiday Weekend for the Bulmer’s Pear Galway Comedy Festival.

The Galway Comedy Festival, which was launched last night in the Róisín Dubh, runs from Wednesday October 24 to Monday 29, feature leading Irish and international comics, improv, theatre, mime, a table quiz, a very special dinner show, photography, hip hop, and soccer commentary.

Lady Gregory Autumn Gathering returns this month

Thu, Sep 13, 2012

The Eighteenth Lady Gregory Autumn Gathering - a celebration of one of the leading figures of the Irish Literary Revival, 19th century Irish writing and culture, and south Galway - returns from September 28 to 30.

Officials and councillors at odds over Comerford House

Thu, Sep 13, 2012

If City Hall wants to secure extra office space for staff it cam look to its own vacant offices, as well as numerous sites around town, rather than the iconic Comerford House at the Spanish Arch.

Bishop apologises for ‘grave mistake’ in wake of child sexual abuse report

Thu, Sep 06, 2012

The Bishop of Clonfert this week apologised for the mistakes make at a time when allegations and complaints of child sexual abuse were made against priests in the diocese adding that guidelines and policies have now been put in place to ensure that these mistakes are not repeated.

New heroes for a new generation

Thu, Sep 06, 2012

The world has changed a lot in the last quarter of a century. Back in 1987 and 1988, we did not know what we did not know. I remember those summers as times when I was likely to meet a neighbour as we waited at 5am in the lines outside the cafe in Cricklewood where we gathered in those hours before dawn, trying to look desperate enough to be given ‘the start.’

The Higgs Boson and CERN are coming to Galway

Thu, Sep 06, 2012

If you want to know how the Universe came into being, how it works, what the ‘Higgs Boson’ is, and how to operate a model of the Large Hadron Collider, your chance has come.

City bar leads drive to help dethroned Miss Ireland aims to take on the universe

Thu, Sep 06, 2012

The Dail Bar is getting behind former Miss Ireland Maire Hughes as she enters the prestigious Miss Universe Ireland competition this November 2 in Dublin. Ms Hughes of Catwalk Models will be representing The Dail Bar and Galway in the Miss Universe Ireland competition run by well-known Irish agent and top model Andrea Roche.

‘Plan B’ needed as future of outer bypass looks doubtful

Thu, Sep 06, 2012

A ‘Plan B’ is urgently needed on the Galway City Outer Bypass as the chances of the project getting the green light from the Europe Court of Justice are “only 50-50”, according to a Government TD.

Fine Gael Galway West TD Brian Walsh is warning stakeholders in the outer bypass to prepare alternative plans for such a roadway following discussions with EU officials and legal representatives.

€6 million owed to Galway hospitals in insurance claims, says Conneely

Thu, Sep 06, 2012

At a time when HSE West is implementing cost-saving measures delays in filling in insurance claim documentation has meant that a staggering €6 million owed to University Hospital Galway and Merlin Park Hospital remains unpaid, according to Galway city councillor Padraig Conneely.

Government must be honest over upcoming taxes says Ó Cuív

Thu, Sep 06, 2012

Families across Galway are already “to the pin of their collar” and cannot afford to pay “hundreds of euro in extra taxes from next year”.

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