Who is responsible for Old Mervue’s drinking water asks McDonnell

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

The Galway City Council must clarify if it is responsible for providing quality drinking water to Old Mervue and update residents on progress in obtaining grants for the connection of new pipes to individual houses.

Permission granted for all weather sports pitch in Oughterard

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

The Galway County Council has granted planning permission for an all-weather pitch facility in the grounds of St Paul’s Secondary School, Oughterard.

Search for First Communion dresses starts already

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

It’s that time of year again when shopping for First Communion dresses begins.

Celebrate the Spanish Institute with wine and tapas

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

The Spanish Institute at the Granary Learning Centre will host an evening of free demonstrations, wine, and tapas at Cava restaurant tomorrow (Friday) as the institute launches its cultural programme 2009.

Ó Brolcháin gives a ‘must do better’ verdict on City Hall’s energy efficiency rating

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

City Hall has received an energy rating of E1, which according to Green Cllr Niall Ó Brolcháin is “not very energy efficient” and shows there is “much room for improvement”.

Titans’ gala variety show this weekend

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

Titans Basketball Club will debut its inaugural gala variety performance at the Salthill Hotel this weekend.

Second coming for Tedfest

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

This year’s Tedfest will take place on Inis Mór twice following an unprecedented demand for tickets to the weekend event.

Fitness Fusion returns to Áras na nGael

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

Fitness Fusion adult Irish dance classes are back by popular demand with classes resuming in Áras na nGael this week.

Cairde Chiarraí table quiz

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

Cairde Chiarraí, the Kerrypeople’s Association in Galway, is holding a table quiz to raise funds for GRÁ Autism Parents Support Group.

Galway and the first Dáil

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

On Tuesday, the US celebrated a major milestone in its history with the inauguration of Barack Obama as the first African-American to become that country’s president.

Wrestlemania to bring Gladiators’ Goliath to Galway

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

Leisureland is set to be transformed into an exciting fighting area when Wrestlemania rolls into town bringing with it muscle-bound superstars from across the globe including Goliath ‘The Beast’ from Sky TV’s Gladiators series.

Wife beater gets suspended sentence

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

A man who claimed he had no recollection of beating his wife, an act which left clearly visible bruises, was given a one month suspended sentence at Galway District Court this week.

Ruslan Cociug (32) with an address at 83 Connolly Place, Waterford, pleaded guilty last Monday to assaulting his now ex-partner Mariana Cociug, at Lisbrook House, Headford Road, on June 29, 2008.

Memorial service for ‘Moma Sarah’ in St Nicholas'

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

A memorial service for Sarah Wairimu, affectionatly known as Moma Sarah, will take place in St Nicholas Collegiate Church this Sunday at 1pm.

The service will be led by Rev Patrick Towers in one of his last official acts before he retires as rector of the church on Saturday January 31.

Ailing Teddies urged to attend city hospital for treatment

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

Some 950 children from 24 primary schools in the city and county will bring their ailing or wounded bears to a special teddybear hospital being run by medical students at NUI Galway on Thursday and Friday January 29 and 30.

Learn to knit with Knit One Purl One

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

Following on from their hugely successful knitting classes before Christmas, Niamh and Anne O’Máille of O’Máille’s, High Street, are organising more classes beginning next week.

Fears for Nortel jobs after company files for bankruptcy protection

Thu, Jan 15, 2009

News that Canadian telecommunications giant Nortel has filed for creditor protection has raised fears for the future of 300 jobs at the company’s Galway facility.

By shopping local, we can stop our communities crumbling

Thu, Jan 15, 2009

I met someone the other day who told me wide-eyed that she had never met anyone who didn’t have a job. In the two and a bit decades that she’d been on this earth, people losing their jobs just weren’t known to her. And that is how it has been for many people who have grown up seeing jobs as disposable as weekly contact lenses. If it was irritating you, you just flung it away and tried another. But a harsh reality is about to set in for us all which will see us all soon know a lot of people without jobs. Or be without jobs ourselves.

The news that came from Toronto last night that Nortel had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, has seen fears grew for the security of the 300 jobs at its plant in Mervue. Limerick and Waterford have had their days and it is all moving so close to home. Already thousands in many industries across Galway have lost their work in the past three or four months and that trend is set to continue as we experience an economic whirlwind the likes of which we have never seen before.

Morris Minor to be raffled in aid of Galway Lifeboat Station

Thu, Jan 15, 2009

A Galway family is raffling a restored vintage Morris Minor to raise funds for Galway RNLI in memory of a young couple who lost their lives in a ferry disaster 13 years ago.

Controversial historian David Irving to speak at NUIG?

Thu, Jan 15, 2009

David Irving, the highly controversial British historian who spent three years in an Austrian prison under Holocaust Denial Legislation, may be speaking at NUI, Galway’s Literary and Debating Society in March.

Not too late to get the flu vaccine — Treacy

Thu, Jan 15, 2009

It is not too late for people who may be at risk of catching the flu to get the flu vaccine from their local GP, Dep Noel Treacy has pointed out this week. The east Galway TD has urged anyone at risk of contracting flu to get the vaccine as soon as possible.

“The numbers of people visiting their GP with flu like symptoms is significantly up on this time last year,” Deputy Treacy said. “It is particularly prevalent in the 15 to 64 age group. It is not too late to get the flu vaccination, and medical experts are highly recommending anyone at risk of contracting the flu to get the vaccination as soon as possible.”

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