Hardiman demands City Hall make public statement on Corrib Great Southern site

Thu, May 16, 2019

The Corrib Great Southern has been closed for 11 years and been on the Galway City Council Derelicts site register in 2017, but when will action to taken on this "derelict pile" that is also attracting anti-social behaviour?

City councillors support boycotting Eurovision 2019

Thu, May 16, 2019

The call by Palestinian artists, broadcasters, journalists and civil society, for an international boycott of the Eurovision 2019, which takes place in Israel this weekend, has been supported by Galway city councillors.

We needed to start conversation about environment yesterday, says Higgins

Thu, May 16, 2019

Local election candidate Clodagh Higgins said this week that we have a duty to hand our planet over to the next generation in a better condition than we found i, but that stating the obvious without concrete proposals only fills an echo chamber.

Fine Gael’s postering reveals the hypocrisy of the climate emergency declaration

Thu, May 16, 2019

The Fine Gael-led Government is “hypocritical in the extreme” following their declaration of a climate emergency, according to EU Independent election candidate Dr Fidelma Healy Eames.

Cheevers accuses Government of neglecting Defence Forces personnel in Galway

Thu, May 16, 2019

Many soldiers stationed in Renmore Barracks are natives of Munster and have a “legitimate ambition to return and serve in or close to their native place”, but the high cost of renting in Galway is also a major factor in this.

Grateful Oranmore family to travel Route 66 for meningitis and cancer charities

Thu, May 16, 2019

In September 2020 the Folan family from Oranmore with friends, will take on the challenge of travelling the iconic Route 66 from Chicago to Los Angeles, USA. They do so with the aim of benefitting two local charities which have helped them overcome adversity.

We must plan Ardaun community facilities in advance - Walsh

Thu, May 16, 2019

According to Fine Gael Councillor John Walsh, up to 2,700 houses will be constructed in Ardaun over the coming years.

Volunteer your free time for the community with Athenry Credit Union

Thu, May 16, 2019

Athenry Credit Union is a unique financial service organisation which has successfully operated for over 53 years. At the heart of the credit union is its volunteers. Volunteers give freely of their time to develop and enhance the services of the credit union, which in turn works to support and enhance the development of the community it serves.

Credit unions are a fantastic place to grow your volunteer experience, credit unions emerged as the most highly regarded organisations in the country in the Ireland RepTrak® 2018 Study. Volunteers can benefit from this experience, increasing career prospects adding a valuable achievement to CVs, being responsible for directing the affairs of a local business, gain new skills and enhancing your personal development through targeted training programmes, experience with a professional financial services provider and in turn knowing that you have helped the continued development of a professional service which benefits the entire community.

Voting for poster-free candidates might make election posters disappear

Thu, May 16, 2019

To poster or not to poster, that is the question! Insider understands the continuing debate about using posters for the upcoming elections has put the cat among the pigeons in City Hall when it comes to candidates deciding their strategy for getting elected.

Abolish the TV licence says Healy Eames as she claims RTE censors debate

Thu, May 16, 2019

RTE’s decision to exclude nine of the 17 candidates seeking election in the Midlands North West constituency from its televised debate is absolutely absurd and demonstrates the need to abolish the TV licence, EU election candidate, and former Senator Fidelma Healy Eames has said.

Oh, to have a little house

Thu, May 16, 2019

Imagine if you can, having to go outside your front door at home. Imagine locking that door after you. How do you think you would feel if you were told you were never allowed to go back in again? It is getting colder and darker. Night is closing in. You have nowhere to go. How do you think you would feel? That is the feeling of being evicted, of being homeless.

For the bathroom you always dreamed of visit TJ O’Mahony Gort

Thu, May 16, 2019

This week the impressive TJ O'Mahony store in Gort marks the opening of it’s new bathroom showroom, where an option for every budget awaits in the O’Mahony’s Spacious New Bathroom Showroom.

Galway footballer Eoghan Kerin launches Children’s Hospice Week

Thu, May 16, 2019

Galway footballer Eoghan Kerin, joined other players from the Gaelic Players Association (GPA) to help launch the fifth National Children’s Hospice Week campaign, which this year runs from May 20-26 and is themed “Moments that Matter.” This focus highlights how precious time is for children with life-limiting conditions and their families, and that capturing and savouring the big and small moments every day can accumulate into valuable memories to cherish for years to come.

New Claddagh exhibition at Galway City Museum

Thu, May 16, 2019

An exhibition of paintings, sketches and photographs of the Claddagh and the Fishmarket at the Spanish Arch opens at the Galway City Museum today (Thursday).

Election comes at pivotal moment for Galway, says Soc Dem candidate Crowley

Thu, May 16, 2019

Social Democrats candidate John Crowley has said that this election comes at a pivotal moment in the history of Galway city and county and offers the electorate an opportunity to take stock of where we are.

Lyons concerned over new location for Galway Tourist Office

Thu, May 16, 2019

Galway City West councillor Donal Lyons this week voiced his deep reservations over the location of a new tourist office for Galway city.

Cannon welcomes voting plans for visually impaired

Thu, May 16, 2019

An East Galway TD has welcomed arrangements to assist voters who are blind or vision impaired in next week’s European Parliament and Local Elections.

Under funded roads in West see business opportunities drive by – Rabbitte

Thu, May 16, 2019

Fianna Fáil MEP candidate in the Midlands-North-West Anne Rabbitte TD has said that major under funding of the roads network in the western region is impacting on investment in the area.

Fianna Fáil ‘complicit in squandering billions in broadband debacle,’ says Carthy

Thu, May 16, 2019

Sinn Féin MEP Matt Carthy has slammed the government for squandering of billions on euro on the National Broadband Plan, and labelled Fianna Fáil as being “complicit” in the debacle.

The innocent joy of wonderment

Thu, May 16, 2019

It was around this time of year when we were kids that a vast array of nothingness spread ahead of us like a meadow with no walls. When schoolbags would be kicked into a corner for the summer, when evenings playing handball in the old ball alley would spread into days playing handball. When you would throw yourself back on the grass, stare at the heavens and wonder about things you had no notion of wondering about. Lying there watching the clouds move across the blue skies and wondering if it was the cloud that was moving or the earth beneath you.

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