Louis O'Hara to run for SF in Oranmore-Athenry

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

Louis O’Hara, a final year BA public and social policy student at NUI Galway, will be selected as the Sinn Féin candidate for the Athenry-Oranmore ward at the 2019 Local Elections.

Solemn Novena to focus on love and family life

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

The Galway Solemn Novena, which is in its 38th year, will reflect on the Joy of Love and Family Life today when it takes place from this Monday at Galway Cathedral.

The event, which will feature a 12-person Redemptorist team, 300 volunteers, Cathedral staff and 10,000 worshippers, will run from Monday (February 18) until Tuesday February 26.

Burt Bacharach to play GIAF Big Top

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

‘Walk On By’, ‘(There’s) Always Something There to Remind Me’, ‘What the World Needs Now Is Love’, ‘The Look of Love’, ‘I Say a Little Prayer’, ‘I’ll Never Fall in Love Again’. With Hal David, Burt Bacharach has written some of the greatest songs of the last 60 years.

Three coats of blue gloss and an understanding

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

I always loved this time of year as a kid. All winter long, the three lake boats which we had on Lough Mask would lie as part of the winter furniture — a plaything for my childhood. It was their hibernation, a chance for them to drip dry over the winter months. A chance for the floorboards, probably sodden in water all summer, to dry in the shed, alongside the oars. To have a timbered chat with each other about the adventures that they’d had all year, the rocks they’d have run aground, the stories they’d have heard, the secrets shared between anglers and gillies, the dying fish which breathed last on their thin ribs beneath the floorboards.

In late January, the boats would be turned over again — not named, just known as the big boat, the middle boat, and the small boat. Even though there would probably be only a few inches in the difference of each other, there was a hierarchy to them.

Burt Bacharach to play Galway International Arts Festival

Fri, Feb 08, 2019

Galway International Arts Festival and Róisín Dubh are delighted to announce that three-time Academy Award winner, eight-time Grammy award winner and Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee Burt Bacharach will play the Heineken Big Top at Galway International Arts Festival this summer.

Hospice may look at alternative site after planning setback

Thu, Feb 07, 2019

The board of Galway Hospice is to take time to review the decision of An Bord Pleanala to overturn its planning permission for the development of a new 36-bed hospice at Merlin Park, and may if necessary look at an alternative site for the facility.

Hospice refusal a dark day for Galway

Thu, Feb 07, 2019

A few years back, I and other Councillors were approached by the board and management of Galway Hospice seeking support to build a new modern state of the art facility on the grounds of Merlin Park. They explained that prior to selecting this site they had examined many other locations throughout Galway.

Let’s get Galway moving in 2020 with free public transport

Thu, Feb 07, 2019

Imagine if Galway was able to implement a single policy that could reduce traffic, combat climate change, let people take up jobs they previously would not have been able to, make life in rural Ireland easier, and reduce the cost of living all at once - and it only took a year or two to get it up and running.

Nobody is celebrating this decision, say Friends of Merlin Wood

Thu, Feb 07, 2019

Friends of Merlin Woods and signatories of the petition (nearly 7000 and rising, gathered both online. local areas and on Shop street Galway) to save the meadows welcome the decision of An Bord Pleanála to refuse the planning permission for development of Galway Hospice on the meadow and woodland of Merlin Park Woods an area zoned as Recreational and Amenity Land.

Refurbishment of old library in Tuam gets go-ahead

Thu, Feb 07, 2019

Planning permission for the refurbishment of the old library in Shop Street, Tuam, has been granted by the Galway County Council. The refurbishment represents an investment of €1.5 million in the building.

Farrell hails 'No Consent, No Sale’ Bill as first step in fight against vulture funds

Thu, Feb 07, 2019

A Sinn Féin councillor has expressed "disappointment" with two Galway West TDs who voted against a Bill in the Dáil that would seek to prevent sales of mortgages to vulture funds without the consent of the mortgage holder.

Mayor calls for Highfield Park footpaths to be repaired

Thu, Feb 07, 2019

Footpaths in Highfield Park are in urgent need of repair and the Galway City Council must ensure that repair work is done alongside the work Irish Water is currently carrying out in the neighbourhood.

Salmon Weir pedestrian bridge will not make Galway 'pedestrian friendly city'

Thu, Feb 07, 2019

Constructing a pedestrian bridge parallel to the Salmon Weir Bridge will not, of itself, make Galway a pedestrian friendly city, especially when the plans for the proposed new bridge have "severe limitations".

Heaney Meats secures multi-million northern deal

Thu, Feb 07, 2019

A Galway business has secured a multi-million contract to supply meat to NHS facilities in Northern Ireland.

Is there an Irish Jeremy Corbyn?

Thu, Feb 07, 2019

Back in May 2018, the London Times ran a revealing story from Brussels with the following headline: “Fear of Jeremy Corbyn-led government prompts tough EU-line on Brexit”.

'I love Galway and that I am firmly rooted here'

Thu, Feb 07, 2019

A new book from Rita Ann Higgins is always a cause for celebration and Friday February 15 sees the publication of Our Killer City, a scintillating and spiky compendium of essays and poems.

City bike scheme needs 'full review' and 'maintenance'

Thu, Feb 07, 2019

The Galway City Bike Share Scheme has been labelled "an extremely poor service", suffering from "a lack of maintenance", and which is in need of "a full review".

Galway Údarás client companies employ highest number since year 2000

Thu, Feb 07, 2019

A total of 2,978 people are employed in Údarás na Gaeltachta supported companies across the Gaeltacht in Galway, the highest figure since 2000.

Samaritans in Galway launch volunteer recruitment campaign with open meeting planned for next week

Thu, Feb 07, 2019

Samaritans Ireland are encouraging people to get involved with the charity to give something back to the local community and make a difference to people’s lives.

Have your say on the regeneration of Nuns’ Island

Thu, Feb 07, 2019

NUI Galway and Galway City Council have welcomed the commitment of the Government’s Urban Regeneration and Development Fund for the exciting regeneration of Nuns’ Island in the heart of Galway City.

The commitment supports a major planning exercise, to include a public consultation process which has now opened, to inform the preparation of a plan which will result in a strategy for a structured approach to regeneration of the lands at Nuns’ Island in Galway City, which is being prepared by internationally-renowned planners BDP, business strategy advisors Colliers International and quantity surveyors AECOM.

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