Galway City Council is open for business

Thu, Mar 19, 2020

In response to the Coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak and in accordance with the HSE guidelines, Galway City Council has put some restrictions on services in place.

APOS, Kilcolgan, alters working arrangements in current climate

Wed, Mar 18, 2020

South Galway company, APOS, would like to advise its patients, service users, and colleagues in the allied health professions of modified working arrangements during this current challenging time.

"They will say when things were at our worst, we were at our best," says Taoiseach in St Patrick's Day speech

Tue, Mar 17, 2020

Lá Fhéile Pádraig shona daoibh!

Galway University Hospitals and Portiuncula University Hospital deferring appointments

Mon, Mar 16, 2020

Galway University Hospitals and Portiuncula University Hospital are deferring all but very urgent inpatient, day surgery, diagnostics tests and outpatient appointments from today, Monday March 16th until further notice. This is to ensure that the hospital has the necessary capacity to deal with any increase in suspected and confirmed COVID 19 cases.

Galway 2020's Savage Beauty transforms Connemara mountains

Sun, Mar 15, 2020

Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture presents Savage Beauty, now as an online art experience created by Finnish light artist Kari Kola. The artwork transforms Ireland’s Connemara mountains with colour and light in the largest site-specific light artwork ever created.

Get Covid-19 info from reliable sources, urges Mayor

Thu, Mar 12, 2020

The Mayor of Galway city is urging the public to ensure they obtain information about Covid-19 from reliable sources as nationwide efforts are stepped up in the wake of a spike in the number of cases of the virus.

Coronavirus - 'look after each other and stay calm' advises councillor

Thu, Mar 12, 2020

Panic buying toilet paper, hand sanitisers, and foods because of Coronavirus will "disadvantage vulnerable people and leave them unable to access basic needs", a Galway city councillor has warned.

All-Ireland approach needed to combat Corona virus, says Farrell

Thu, Mar 12, 2020

The coronavirus neither recognises nor respects borders, meaning an all-Ireland approach to combating the illness is required, according to Galway West Sinn Féin TD, Mairead Farrell.

Employee tells of stressful traffic from Parkmore, as hearing is told by Medtronic Galway boss that medtech industry ‘has choices’

Thu, Mar 12, 2020

The frustrating nature of traffic access to and from Parkmore was outlined at the An Bord Pleanala oral hearing into the proposed Galway City Ring Road, when a senior VP from one of the biggest Galway employers reminded the local authorities that the “tech industry had choices” when it came to locating their bases.

Proposed demolition of home has left me humiliated and demoralised, says resident at roads hearing

Thu, Mar 12, 2020

A Headford Road resident whose home is to be demolished to make way for the Galway City Ring Road has told the oral hearing organised by An Bord Pleanala, that the process has left her with a worry for the last six years.

Galway is Ireland’s Carmageddon and capital of sprawl, author and journalist tells oral hearing

Thu, Mar 12, 2020

Former Irish Times Environment correspondent Frank McDonald said that Galway was Ireland’s answer to Carmageddon, and likened it to Atlanta, America’s capital of sprawl, when he made a lengthy submission to the Galway City Ring Road oral hearing, which is being held at the g Hotel in the city.

Gaeltacht Giveaway at St Anthony’s & Claddagh Credit Union

Thu, Mar 12, 2020

St Anthony’s & Claddagh Credit Union just opened the competition doors on their Gaeltacht Giveaway. This competition gives one second level student a contribution of up to €1,000 to attend a Gaeltacht College of their choice this year.

A great day for Galway says Mayor

Thu, Mar 12, 2020

The visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to Galway city was the perfect tonic for the disappointment of the cancellation of the European Capital of Culture launch in February, that is according to Mayor of the Galway City Council, Mike Cubbard.

Memories made for club and GAA

Thu, Mar 12, 2020

The club secretary of Salthill/Knocknacarra GAA club has described the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's stopover to watch and participate in football and hurling drills as an historic day for the club as well as the whole organisation.

Speaking to the Galway Advertiser, Conor McGauran said the visit to the club and local community an opportunity to demonstrate the importance of the GAA in the everyday life of villages and towns across the island.

Nine nights of top drama at Claregalway Festival

Thu, Mar 12, 2020

The drama of the General Election may be behind us and Galway 2020 may be in full swing, but in Claregalway, the drama is just beginning as it Is that time of year again when the local Leisure Centre is transformed into a theatre for the 38th Annual Claregalway Festival of Drama.

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Thu, Mar 12, 2020

Council meeting moved to The Galmont Hotel
The Galway City Council meeting for March was moved from City Hall to The Galmont Hotel in order to comply with HSE guidelines for the Covid-19 prevention.

City council defers decision on Galway Port's future

Thu, Mar 12, 2020

The future of Galway Port Company remains unresolved after the Galway City Council voted to defer a decision on whether to take over the company's shareholdings or to dissolve it entirely and take over its operation.

Business suffers the latest in a series of attacks

Thu, Mar 12, 2020

A Galway city centre business has been left counting the cost after a night of vandalism resulted in the premises’ front windows being smashed.

Yes Flowers located on Eglinton Street was attacked in the early morning hours of Wednesday when four windows were damaged.

Appropriate measures being taken by Government over Covid-19 says Naughton

Thu, Mar 12, 2020

The Government is taking every appropriate measure in response to the global and national public health emergency arising from the outbreak of Covid-19, that is according to Fine Gael TD Hildegarde Naughton.

Need for definitive timeline on flood relief schemes says Rabbitte

Thu, Mar 12, 2020

Fianna Fáil TD for Galway East Anne Rabbitte says the Department of Public Expenditure, and the Office of Public Works (OPW) should prioritise flood defence projects over the next number of months to ensure vulnerable areas of Galway are protected from flooding following extreme weather events.

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