Funding for Corner Chapel footpath

Thu, Sep 03, 2020

A total of €58,000 has been allocated for works which will see the continuation of the footpath at Corner Chapel, Headford, under the active travel and climate action scheme.

This application was completed in association with the Caherlistrane Community Council, which is now working on securing funding for extra public lighting on the route. Fianna Fáil Galway county councillor, Mary Hoade, has welcomed the allocation and the works.

Dark day for Kiltulla, so let’s start talking and listening, says resident

Thu, Sep 03, 2020

Residents of the Kiltulla area where a house allocated for social housing was destroyed in a blaze early on Monday morning, have asked City Council officials to engage in dialogue with them in the aftermath of this week’s incident.

Calls for Knocknacarra’s bus route to be nationalised

Thu, Sep 03, 2020

People Before Profit Galway has written to Minister for Transport Éamon Ryan, Minister of State in the Department of Transport, Hildegarde Nughton, and the National Transport Authority to demand that Knocknacarra’s bus service is reinstated.

‘They don’t have a clue — Galway Vintners chairman hits out as 150 local pubs stay closed

Thu, Sep 03, 2020

The latest announcement by the Government to delay the reopening of pubs has been criticised by the Galway chairman of the Vintners Federation of Ireland (VFI) Cllr Joe Sheridan.

Clifden flooding another reminder of the power of nature

Thu, Sep 03, 2020

You would like to think that 2020 is some sort of training year, an obstacle course designed to test our resilience, to throw all sorts of misfortune our way to see how we deal with it. Maybe Fate Inc decided that we were too fragile, had become too used to a world without global fear. That we needed to know the sort of life that our parents did, and their parents — all generations who had lived through wars and recessions and famine.

Ros na Rún to mark its silver jubilee with special episodes

Thu, Sep 03, 2020

To mark the historic milestone of the largest independent TV drama production in Ireland, directors and producers of the hugely popular drama series announce details of six celebratory, special episodes dedicated to the many ground-breaking, original and life changing storylines of 'Ros na Rún'. It was the first TV drama series on Irish TV to host a gay kiss and to cast Stephen Fry.

New union launched in Galway

Wed, Sep 02, 2020

A new union has been launched in Galway describing itself as a new voice to improve the city and county

Big cleanup commences for deluge-hit Clifden

Wed, Sep 02, 2020

Homeowners and businesses in Clifden are counting the cost this evening (Wednesday) after serious flooding hit the town early today when the Owenglin river overtopped. Schools were closed on the orders of gardai and 17 properties including homes and a hotel were evacuated as waters rose.

Communities asked to support Greenway through ‘hidden’ east Galway

Tue, Sep 01, 2020

Cllr Dr Evelyn Parsons has joined with other local Independent representatives, Deputy Sean Canney, Deputy Denis Naughten, Cllr Tim Broderick, and Cllr Gabe Connolly in calling on local communities to make a submission on the new Athlone to Galway greenway, seeking a route from Athlone and Ballinasloe through to Athenry and then on to Galway City.

GMIT awarded Government grant for capital works and equipment

Mon, Aug 31, 2020

The president of GMIT, Dr Orla Flynn, has welcomed the announcement by the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, TD, of a grant of €1,067,000 for capital works and equipment in GMIT.

New footpath will be a huge benefit to Headford says Reddington

Mon, Aug 31, 2020

Funding for a new footpath to connect existing walkways along the R333 will be a huge benefit to Headford, that is according to Fine Gael councillor Andrew Reddington.

Galway Lifeboat called to yacht in difficulty on Galway Bay

Mon, Aug 31, 2020

A man whose yacht got into difficulty on Galway Bay on Monday has been rescued by Galway RNLI Lifeboat.

The yacht was sailing from Barna to Ballyvaughan when the forestay (stay) broke and the mast crashed onto the deck.

4 Of The Best Irish TV Shows To Binge-Watch Right Now

Fri, Aug 28, 2020

This year has been a big year for streaming tv shows as many people have been spending a lot of time at home due to Covid-19 lockdowns. As many usual holidaymakers are still looking for the right time to travel this summer, others are deciding to stay put at home or opting for a ‘staycation’ instead. Luckily, there are plenty of entertaining tv shows to keep us all entertained for hours. Over the past few years, there has been a sharp rise of binge-worthy tv shows with audiences making them trend on social media. Some of the most watched shows on Netflix in December 2019 were Stranger Things, The Umbrella Academy, You, and Sex Education.

Public fury at Clifden dinner shows little sign of abating

Thu, Aug 27, 2020

Public anger at the decision to proceed with a golf society dinner in breach of public health guidelines in Clifden is showing no sign of abating a week after the event.

Amazon announces new wind farm project in Galway

Thu, Aug 27, 2020

Amazon have announced a new 115-megawatt (MW) wind farm project in Ardderroo, near Moycullen, which will begin operating in 2022, and will support their Amazon Web Services (AWS ) data centres in the country.

Call for city council to honour labour and finance commitments to invest in city parks

Thu, Aug 27, 2020

Community activists are calling on Galway City Council to honour pre-Covid budgetary commitments to substantially increase labour and financial resources in the city’s parks, as well as to immediately implement the lessons learnt from the lockdown that safe well-maintained biodiversity-rich urban green and blue spaces are vital to people’s health and that of the planet.

NUI Galway to receive over 300K in mental health funding

Thu, Aug 27, 2020

It has been announced that NUI Galway will receive some €313,000 to support students' mental health and wellbeing for the upcoming academic year

From Galway to Melbourne, swimmers virtual swim raises over €100k

Thu, Aug 27, 2020

The annual Frances Thornton Memorial Galway Bay Swim in aid of Cancer Care West has been held throughout the month of August this year and has already raised more than €100,000.

Reddington welcomes Claran Community Hall grant

Thu, Aug 27, 2020

A grant of some €61,000 for Claran Community Hall has been approved.

NUIG charging repeat exam fee 'the height of unfairness', says Farrell

Thu, Aug 27, 2020

At a time when there is little summer income available to students, it is "the height of unfairness" that students of NUI Galway should incur a €295 repeat exam fee, when their counterparts in other Irish universities have had their repeat fees waived.

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