Publication of vaccination dates should douse the flames of tension

Thu, Apr 08, 2021

They say that patience is the virtue that you show when there are too many witnesses around to see how you may have behaved otherwise. Be that as it may, it has been a virtue that we have been implored to employ over the past year or more. And like in all instances when we require patience, it is as we enter the final straight that the adherence to it becomes the most difficult.

I am not one for wishing my life away, but I think if many of us were to be given a time machine, we would fast forward it now to mid-summer when a large chunk of the population will have been vaccinated and when there will be a return to some semblance of normality.

Jobs boost as Hewlett Packard names Galway as European cyber security hub

Thu, Apr 01, 2021

There was further good news on the jobs front for Galway yesterday (Wednesday) when Hewlett Packard Enterprise named Galway as its European hub for cyber security operations.

McDonnell calls for five year plan for older areas of the city

Thu, Apr 01, 2021

A five-year plan must be drawn up for improvement and upgrading works on footpaths, roads and drainage in Mervue, Shantalla, Bohermore, and Claddagh.

Webinar to put forward the case for light rail in Galway

Thu, Apr 01, 2021

The case for a light rail system for Galway will be put forward by speakers from Britain, the USA, and Ireland at a special webinar to be held this month.

'I'm standing up to the bullies,' says Mayor as gardai hunt those who threatened him

Thu, Apr 01, 2021

The past two weeks have given me a chance to meet with the Gardaí a number of times, assess my home and personal security and just make sure my family were okay. I needed the time and break away to find the head space to do this as it has been a very stressful period for our family.

As clocks went forward, 379 people availed of COPE Galway emergency accommodation

Thu, Apr 01, 2021

COPE Galway has asked that the people of Galway do not forget the plight of people who are homeless and without a place to call home as we continue to live with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Waiving fees for tables and chairs licences ‘meaningless’ with additional space, says Hanley

Thu, Apr 01, 2021

Waiving the fees for outdoor tables and chairs licences for Galway pubs, restaurants, and cafés will prove “meaningless for most businesses” unless additional space is acquired to allow for the social distancing which will still be mandatory during the summer.

Two out of three houses council builds must be affordable, says McDonnell

Thu, Apr 01, 2021

Two out of every three houses the Galway City Council builds in the coming years must be allocated to people qualifying under the affordable houses scheme.

Crowe calls for parental leave for parents who suffer miscarriage

Thu, Apr 01, 2021

Senator Ollie Crowe has this week called for the Government to introduce parental leave for parents who suffer a miscarriage before the 24th week of pregnancy.

Scale of Augustine Hill reduced significantly in response to City Council planning requests

Thu, Apr 01, 2021

The scale of the massive game-changing development Augustine Hill, to be located on lands adjacent to Ceannt Station, has been reduced significantly in a number of ways, in designs submitted in response to requests for further information from planners at Galway City Council.

Multi-million boost for pedestrian and cycling infrastructure in Galway announced by Naughton

Thu, Apr 01, 2021

Funding of more than €6 million for pedestrian and cycling infrastructure in County Galway has been announced by local Fine Gael TD and Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Hildegarde Naughton.

Galway Feminist Collective launch fundraiser for foodtruck and library

Thu, Apr 01, 2021

Galway Feminist Collective has launched a crowdfunder to support its new cooperative food business and social enterprise - Stirring the Pot: Galway Feminist Food Coop.

Two years on, how are our city councillors performing?

Thu, Apr 01, 2021

The current membership of the Galway City Council started their term almost two years ago in a welter of controversy surrounding the forming of a political alliance to hold the balance of power (and positions) for the following five years.

Women city and county councillors form the Galway Women's Caucus

Thu, Apr 01, 2021

Women councillors on both the Galway city and county councils have joined forces to establish the Galway Women's Caucus - a cross-party and cross-council group.

Free online children’s camp at Galway City Museum this Easter

Thu, Apr 01, 2021

Galway City Museum is offering an exciting series of free fun online workshops for children this Easter. By visiting www.galwaycitymuseum.ie from Tuesday 6 April to Friday 9 April, children will be able to consider, explore and create whole other worlds of wonder. Here they can choose from several workshops and be inspired by what awaits.

Among the workshop contributors are storyteller, Niall de Búrca; artists, Róisín Curé, Maeve Clancy and Jennifer Cunningham; archaeologist, Eithne Verling; marine Ecologist, Nick Pfeiffer; science educator, Lindsay Deely; boatbuilder, Cóilín Óg Hernon and Claddagh boatman, Ciaran Oliver. The workshops will also be accessible on Galway City Museum social media channels, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. No booking required.

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Thu, Apr 01, 2021

Crowe calls for parental leave for parents who suffer miscarriage

Save Roscam Peninsula campaign says prioritise needs of families

Thu, Apr 01, 2021

In a impressively comprehensive submission to the Galway City Development plan 2023-2029 the Save Roscam Peninsula campaign has called on the City Council to protect the unique archaeological, cultural and open spaces of the Roscam Peninsula.

Free introductory counselling consultation

Thu, Apr 01, 2021

O'Neill Phone and Online Counselling is offering a free 15 minutes consultation (by appointment), via a private and secure platform, for new clients.

Affordable Live-in Homecare allowed my mother to be cared for at home

Thu, Apr 01, 2021

In 2013, Tom Quinlan was working as a primary school teacher. His mother Ann, had been struggling with COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) for many years. In September 2013 Ann’s condition deteriorated to such an extent that she ended up in intensive care in hospital. After several weeks of excellent care and attention, she was well enough to be discharged. The discharge coordinator gave Tom’s family a choice: a nursing home or a private visiting care service.

Focus on new ways of living shows us the end line

Thu, Apr 01, 2021

For those of us in the weekly newspaper game, there is a six or seven year wait for your publication day to come around to falling on April 1. That day when you’d be plotting prank stories about Arabs buying Galway United, when there’d be plans for a multi-storey carpark to be located under Eyre Square, or when the IDA would be announcing a new factory opening out in Parkmore for the production of skirting board ladders and glass hammers.

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