Mayor announces charities to benefit from this year's Mayoral Ball

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

ACT for Meningitis, Galway Rape Crisis Centre, Rosabel's Rooms, Galway Autism Partnership and Claddagh Watch are the charities set to benefit from this year's Mayoral Ball.

More than a thousand Galwegians sign cards in support of Julian Assange

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

More than 1,000 postcards, addressed to the British home secretary, calling for extradition charges against Julian Assange to be dropped, have been signed by Galwegians.

Niall Ó Tuathail to run for Seanad

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

Following his run in Galway West at last month's General Election, the Social Democrats' Niall Ó Tuathail has been nominated to run for the upcoming Seanad elections.

Galway People of the Year winners revealed

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

The winners of the Galway People of the Year Awards organised in partnership with Galway Credit Unions were announced at a press reception in the Galway Bay Hotel at the weekend. The winners will be honoured at a Gala Banquet and Presentation to be held in the Galway Bay Hotel on Saturday March 21, compered by Ollie Turner and broadcast live on Galway Bay fm.

Councillors bemoan inaccurate election register during name change debate

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

A number of Galway county councillors have criticised the inaccuracy of the current updating system of the county’s election register.

New county housing estate speed limits adopted

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

The Galway County Council has adopted new special speed limits for specific housing estates throughout the county at Monday’s monthly meeting at County Hall.

September solution for access to Clarin College

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

A temporary solution to gain access to Clarin College’s new facility from Athenry is expected to be in place by September of this year.

Construction work on the €20 million building is expected to conclude in March, however, there are fears the opening of the college could be delayed as the footbridge which was included in approved planning permission in March 2018, was omitted from the tendering contract process.

Inspiring You launch #InspiringTomi schools competition

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

Tomi Reichental is a man who unfortunately has been through a lot in his life. As a nine-year-old boy he was imprisoned in the Bergen Belsen concentration camp. Tomi lost 35 members of his family during the Holocaust but never lost his ability to show empathy to others. Anne Frank was a fellow prisoner in Bergen Belsen but sadly she didn’t survive.

County councillor lashes TII over road delays caused by flooding

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) is useless when it comes to dealing with flooding on national roads in the county, that is according to Galway county councillor Jim Cuddy.

The independent councillor’s comments come after motorists travelling from Tuam to Galway were involved in two hour traffic jams due to roads issues in Claregalway.

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Thu, Feb 27, 2020

GMIT Brexit lecture
Martina Lawless, research professor at the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) will deliver a public lecture on the topic “Brexit and the Irish Economy” to final year GMIT business students on Monday 2 March, 1pm (Room 939), GMIT Galway (Dublin Road) campus. Members of the public are welcome to attend.

Living on a volcano — putting a price on what matters

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

“Being a football manager is like living on a volcano: any day may be your last” - Arsene Wenger

Call for horse exclusion zone after welfare concerns

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

Independent councillor James Charity has called for the implementation of a ‘horse exclusion zone’ in part of the Carrowbrowne area to protect the welfare of animals abandoned in flood waters over the weekend.

World’s largest passenger aircraft touches down in the west

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

Eirtrade Aviation Limited, the global technical assets services and trading company, recently took delivery of an Airbus A380 aircraft at its facility at Ireland West Airport. This is the largest passenger aircraft to ever land at the airport.

Green councillor warns about dangers of poorly-lit city centre

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

Green Party councillor Martina O’Connor has proposed a motion that street lighting be installed as a matter of urgency in the area referred to as The Plots, behind Waterside West of Dyke Road.

We need a reformed Seanad to help tackle the big issues

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

More than a few people have told me that the Sinn Fein surge in the General Election gave them the jitters. Their fear comes down to two things. They worry that Sinn Fein’s proposals to fix our housing, health and pensions problems could wreck the economy and cause longer-term misery and hardship for us all.

Council grants permission for re-development of Portumna hotel

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

A hotel that was destroyed by fire in 2011 and which has been “an eyesore” for almost a decade, has now received planning permission for a complete re-development and refurbishment.

Bats, biodiversity and business dominate Monday’s oral hearing

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

The importance of biodiversity, business, and bats dominated the opening of the second week of the An Bord Pleanala oral hearing into the proposed Galway City Ring Road (GCRR), held at the g Hotel.

The hearing is scheduled to run until mid-April, and matters were expedited considerably on Monday when many of the listed speakers failed to turn up, leading to a hasty rescheduling of those who addressed the event.

Road development will cause ‘ecocide,’ says athletics board delegate at oral hearing

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

Plans for the construction of the €600 million Galway Citry Ring Road will cause ‘eco-cide’ to more than 6,000 species of animasl, birds and insects, various groups opposed to the development told an oral hearing into the project in the city this week.

Disagreeing with the fuzzy logic

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

Dear Editor,
The Through the Glass Darkly (GA, Feb 20th) column finishes with the claim “There is absolutely no way to drastically reduce carbon emissions in only 10 years.... without the appalling prospect of a massive global recession, which will impact the greatest on the poorest on the planet.”

The Through the Glass Darkly (GA, Feb 20th) column finishes with the claim “There is absolutely no way to drastically reduce carbon emissions in only 10 years.... without the appalling prospect of a massive global recession, which will impact the greatest on the poorest on the planet.”

First Traveller elected to NUI Galway’s governing body

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

Owen Ward, an Irish Traveller and a professional master of education student at NUI Galway, has been elected by postgraduate students onto the university’s Údarás na hOllscoile — the university’s governing body. This is the first time that an Irish Traveller has been elected onto a university governing body in Ireland.

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