New Garda station building for An Spidéal

Thu, Jun 03, 2021

Planning Permission for a new Garda Station building in An Spidéal is to be sought by the Office of Public Works.

Galway to host 10 of Ireland’s first remote working hubs

Thu, Jun 03, 2021

Galway city and county will host 10 of the State’s first national network of remote working hubs. There are currently 66 such hubs, with that number set to rise to more than 100 by the end 2021.

40 new jobs are to be created as part of €1.9m expansion of Cambus Medical

Thu, Jun 03, 2021

More than 40 new highly skilled jobs are to be created as part of a €1.9m expansion work being carried out by Cambus Medical, in An Spidéal.

Disruption to local hospital services from HSE cyber attack likely to continue for several weeks

Thu, Jun 03, 2021

The major disruption to local hospital services caused by the recent cyber attack on the HSE’s IT system is expected to continue for a number of weeks with thousands of patients facing cancelled appointments and delays.

Majority of people in the county want council to take back waste collection services

Thu, Jun 03, 2021

More than 60 per cent of people living in rural Galway believe waste collection services should be taken back into public ownership, and carried out by the local authority.

Fears grow that rents in Galway will rise by €100 a month from July

Thu, Jun 03, 2021

Rents in Galway city stand to be hiked by almost €100 a month from July, raising fears of rents spiralling even higher and leading to a summer of evictions.

Arts bureaucrats urging writers to put themselves up for sale?

Thu, Jun 03, 2021

In a book called Das Kapital, first published 154 years ago, Karl Marx predicted capitalism would, in time, transform everything into a saleable commodity.

O’Reilly invokes Elvis Presley during Seanad Housing debate

Thu, Jun 03, 2021

Elvis Presley was invoked by Green Party Galway senator Pauline O’Reilly in the Seanad, when she described the controversial Affordable Housing Bill 2021 as requiring “a little less conversation, a little more action please”.

1,000 children still waiting for mental health appointment

Thu, Jun 03, 2021

Close to 1,000 children in the west of Ireland, needing mental health supports and services, are still waiting for an appointment.

Sleep Out for Simon raises €137,000 supporting more than five hundred individuals

Thu, Jun 03, 2021

Homelessness and housing charity Galway Simon Community has announced their Sleep Out for Simon challenge in 2020 was their most successful event to date with €137,205 being raised for their frontline services.

Paddy Barnes to take on Stevo Timothy in wheelchair bout

Thu, Jun 03, 2021

This August, double Olympic medal Winner Paddy Barnes will hop into a wheelchair to take on Galway comedian Stevo Timothy in this charity bash in aid of the Irish Wheelchair Association.

Stevo Timothy, famous for his viral Farmer Michael character, who completed a charity cycle last year and raised over €63,000 despite having incomplete paraplegia, is taking to the ring.

National awards for Galway students at enterprise finals

Thu, Jun 03, 2021

Students from Salerno Secondary School Galway and Colaiste Bhaile Chlair have won awards in the National Final of this year’s Student Enterprise Programme.

Aran Islands RNLI mechanic retires after thirty five years of esteemed service

Thu, Jun 03, 2021

After 35 years of dedicated service, Aran Islands RNLI mechanic Johnny Mulkerrin retired this week, prompting many tributes from his colleagues and friends.

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Thu, Jun 03, 2021

Galway to benefit from Summer of Play initiative, says O’Reilly

High quality field for 2021 Cong to Galway sailing race

Thu, Jun 03, 2021

After a tremendous race last year, despite challenging conditions both on and off the water, another hugely competitive fleet has been assembled for this year’s Cong to Galway sailing race. The historic race from Lisloughrey in the shadow of Ashford Castle to the heart of Galway City has been attracting the cream of sailing talent in the West since 1882. This year’s iteration of the unique and historic event - the oldest and longest inland sailing race in Europe - will take place on Saturday, June 26.

The race is an incomparable blend of old and new. The latest high-performance racing catamarans speed through the narrow and treacherous channel alongside traditional wooden gaff riggers, with last year’s race witnessing the welcome return of Galway Hookers to the race, The Galway Hooker Sailing Club was represented by the gleoiteogs Anam Cara and Asurnaí, both of which were built over 100 years ago.

Deputy Mayor demands urgent meeting with gardaí on problem of public drinking

Thu, Jun 03, 2021

Deputy Mayor Cllr Colette Connolly wants the gardai and the Galway City Council to hold an urgent meeting to discuss the increasing problem of the appropriation of public space to facilitate drinking.

Students deliver mini sailboat to RV Celtic Explorer

Thu, Jun 03, 2021

Last Monday, a group of students from 5th and 6th class from Kilglass National School in Co Galway delivered their 1.5 metre unmanned mini sailboat called ‘Seoltóir Na Gaillimhe – the Galway Sailor’ to the Marine Institute’s research vessel, RV Celtic Explorer, in Galway Harbour.

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Thu, Jun 03, 2021

Gardai seek help in locating missing man
Gardaí are seeking the public’s help in tracing the whereabouts of Billy Hill, 64 years, who is missing from the Salthill area of Galway since May 18.

Gardaí are seeking the public’s help in tracing the whereabouts of Billy Hill, 64 years, who is missing from the Salthill area of Galway since May 18.

Farewell to a planter of ideals

Thu, Jun 03, 2021

There is a Greek saying that a society becomes great when people plant trees, the shade of which they will never sit under. There have been many such people in Galway, and my hope is that there will be many more. Indeed, our society needs a constant flow of people whose unselfish actions make better the place they live and work.