EasyFees.ie to save Galway property buyers €3.5 million in 2022

Thu, Jan 27, 2022

Galway property buyers are set to save up to a combined €3.5 million* in legal and estate agent fees annually through a brand-new service, Easyfees.ie, which launched today. The new service combines the lowest solicitor and estate agent fees all into one package, offering a hassle-free alternative to customers, saving time and money as they go through the property-buying process.

Fifty years of excellence at Devon Park Dental

Thu, Jan 27, 2022

Devon Park Dental situated in the prime location of Lower Salthill proudly celebrates 50 years in business this month. It was founded in 1972 by Dr Michael Dunleavy, and the excellence continued when, in 2005 on Dr Dunleavy’s retirement, Dr Jason McEvaddy took over the practice.

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Thu, Jan 27, 2022

Appeal for witnesses to fatal motorway collision
Gardaí at Oranmore are appealing for witnesses following a fatal road traffic collision on Thursday last, January 20.

Gardaí at Oranmore are appealing for witnesses following a fatal road traffic collision on Thursday last, January 20.

Keep focus on children and we can be the new Amsterdam

Thu, Jan 27, 2022

People you see cycling along our stunning Galway Bay coast tend to be brave and are mostly male, middle-aged and able-bodied. We gave out free rechargeable bike lights one evening last week on the Prom and not one woman cycled by. You do not see the people who would like to cycle but feel frightened by high traffic volumes and parking, and the ever-present threat of being ‘doored - women, teenagers, disabled people, children.

Pollnarooma Residents Association opposing the temporary cycleway

Thu, Jan 27, 2022

The Pollnarooma Residents Association is opposing the temporary cycleway in Salthill.

Online and face-to-face support for bereaved parents

Thu, Jan 27, 2022

Anam Cara, the bereavement support group for parents, will hold its first local face-to-face meeting since the pandemic began in Galway on Wednesday February 2. The event will take place at the Clayton Hotel, Briarhill at 7.15pm.

Greater flexibility with employees can change the way we live and work

Thu, Jan 27, 2022

It is hard to believe that we are just five or six weeks short of the second anniversary of when the vast majority of the country’s employees were sent home and instructed to carry out their duties from their kitchen. This was often done through poor broadband with little notice. It was done at a time when employees had to share this poor broadband with schoolchildren who had been evacuated from their classrooms and forced to learn instead at the kitchen table.

County towns and villages to be revitalised, as Council launches Broadband Connection Point network

Thu, Jan 27, 2022

Galway County Council and the Government of Ireland have announced the launch of Galway County’s Broadband Connection Point network. At present 12 BCPs under the Connected Communities Initiative are live in the county with a further 10 to follow.

Connected Communities is an initiative of the Government of Ireland, in partnership with Vodafone and NBI to provide high-speed internet access at publicly accessible sites for remote work, study, community/digital skills training, filling of forms and applications and a host of other digitally enabled services and amenities.

Galway’s rivers need the public’s help

Wed, Jan 26, 2022

Galway City Community Network and the Local Authority Waters Programme are hosting an event on the new draft River Basin Management Plan for Ireland, how it will impact Galway, and how the public can have its say on the plan.

Galway online meeting to focus on sexism and misogyny

Tue, Jan 25, 2022

An open, online meeting, of the socialist feminist organisation, ROSA, takes place this Thursday at 7.30pm, focussing on sexism, oppression, and misogyny.

Pressure on beds creates long delays for ED patients

Thu, Jan 20, 2022

Patients attending University Hospital Galway's emergency department (ED) who are waiting to be admitted to a bed on a ward, continue to experience long delays again this week due to pressure on bed capacity.

Calls for longer opening hours for Ballinasloe running track

Thu, Jan 20, 2022

Calls are being made for the Galway County Council running track in Dunlo, Ballinasloe, to have its hours of operation extended from 7am to 9pm and for it to open on Sundays and Bank Holidays.

Galway to host vigil marking 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday

Thu, Jan 20, 2022

A vigil to mark the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday will take place in Eyre Square on Saturday January 29 at 4pm.

Kyne condemns TII decision to pull funding from N59 upgrade

Thu, Jan 20, 2022

Transport Infrastructure Ireland’s decision to suspend the Clifden to Maam Cross N59 upgrade is “short-sighted”, “unacceptable”, and must be immediately reversed.

Three additional neurology nurses to be hired for UHG

Thu, Jan 20, 2022

Three additional neurology nurses will be hired at UHG this year, a move one leading Galway politician said was “a significant step in the right direction” for the specialty at the hospital.

Temporary cycleway will a 'disaster' says Village Salthill group

Thu, Jan 20, 2022

The Village Salthill group believes the proposed temporary cycleway will be a disaster for the area.

Cycling groups back Option 2 for Salthill Temporary Cycleway

Thu, Jan 20, 2022

Galway’s community cycling groups and cycle-buses are united in supporting Option 2 for the Salthill Temporary Cycleway. They are encouraging residents, school and sport communities, businesses and visitors to participate in the public consultation which closes at 4pm on Friday January 28.

Renters can expect little from new Housing Commission, warns McNelis

Thu, Jan 20, 2022

The more than 400,000 people living in the private rental sector in the State will “remain voiceless”, as no renters’ rights activists have been included on the new Housing Commission.

Deadline looms for online consultation on Basic Income Scheme for the Arts

Thu, Jan 20, 2022

People working in culture and the arts in Galway are being urged to take part in an online consultation ahead of the introduction of a pilot scheme to provide a basic income for the sector.

Report finds more than 44,000 vacant residential and commercial properties in the west

Thu, Jan 20, 2022

A total of 44,905 residential and commercial properties in the west, north-west, and border areas are lying vacant, according to a new report which has led to calls for “positive discimination” in funding and supports for the region.

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