Clifden among winners at National Enterprising Town Awards

Thu, Nov 23, 2017

Clifden was among the winners at the Bank of Ireland National Enterprising Town Awards scooping a merit award prize at the recent awards presentation ceremony.

Galway 2020 announces final board appointments

Thu, Nov 23, 2017

John Crumlish, the CEO of the Galway International Arts Festival, along with Lisa Clancy and Leon Butler, has been appointed directors to the board of Galway 2020.

C’mon men — learn about your health at men’s health evening

Thu, Nov 23, 2017

In order to mark ‘Movenber’, the Irish Cancer Society along with the Health and Wellbeing division in the HSE are organising a free health information evening in the Salthill Hotel on November 30 from 6pm to 9pm. Men and their partners are invited to attend this health promotion initiative.

Great news budget sees 700,000 extra go towards city causes and initiatives

Thu, Nov 23, 2017

As I advised last week we reconvened the council on Monday last to ensure that we completed the council agenda for the November sitting. The quarterly reports for both Environment Dept transport Dept and Recreation and Amenity Departments were presented. This resulted in lively debate on a host of issues such as public services and availability to the public of a host of public amenities.

Oranmore Maree Coastal Search Unit look back on first year of operation

Thu, Nov 23, 2017

It has been a very busy time since the inception of the Oranmore Maree Coastal Search Unit in March 2016. Having held its AGM a fortnight ago in the Oranmore Lodge Hotel, a new committee was formed for the year ahead.

Remembering Roger Brady

Thu, Nov 23, 2017

Friends of Roger Brady, originally from Bray, County Wicklow, and who lived in Galway for two decades, between 1985 and 2005 were stunned when they learned of his untimely death on Thursday October 26 after a short illness.

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Thu, Nov 23, 2017

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Student-led research to investigate satisfaction levels with Galway’s public bus service

Thu, Nov 23, 2017

NUI Galway students with the help of NUI Galway’s Social Science Research Centre (SSRC) are leading a research project to investigate levels of satisfaction with the public bus service in Galway.

The student-led project is an effort to gauge satisfaction levels and bus usage practices in the city.

Gaeltacht language plan on the rocks

Thu, Nov 23, 2017

Cois Fharraige’s language planning may be in jeopardy as the community -ased Fóram Chois Fharraige um Pleanáil Teanga is threatening to dissolve itself at the end of the year unless increased funding and more staff are sanctioned for its implementation.

Mladic verdict a reminder of just how close we always are to barbarity

Thu, Nov 23, 2017

Yesterday morning, we got a reminder of just how close we always are to turning on one another.

Sometimes we can comfort ourselves by thinking that we cannot let happen what happened almost 80 years ago in the pursuit of a better race, that we have become much more sophisticated now than those who let that happen then; that we cannot be as foolish or easily led as those who cheered on the fanatics who brought this world to war.

Grealish criticises refusal to scrap charge for ‘Celtic Curse’ sufferers

Tue, Nov 21, 2017

People with the blood disorder haemochromatosis, "should be treated like people with other long-term illnesses" and not be be forced to pay up €80 a week for vital treatment, according to a Galway TD.

Sandy Row land bank must be used for social housing says People Before Profit

Mon, Nov 20, 2017

With some 5,000 households - an estimated total of 15,000 people - on the housing waiting list in Galway, an 11 acre site at Sandy Road should be used to provide residential development and council housing.

Ireland West Airport embarks on €15m phase of terminal enhancements and Runway upgrade works

Mon, Nov 20, 2017

Work has commenced on a €15m facilities investment plan aimed at transforming the Airport over the next three years. The investment strategy will see over €15m invested in new passenger facilities, terminal upgrades and infrastructural works across the airport facility and runway.

Ireland 2040 National Planning Framework an 'attempt to depopulate rural Ireland'

Mon, Nov 20, 2017

The Ireland 2040 National Planning Framework will have a devastating effect on much of County Galway, according to one local councillor, who has gone as far as to call the framework "a direct attempt to depopulate rural Ireland".

Cannon warns about use of double barrels on intruders

Thu, Nov 16, 2017

Minister Ciaran Cannon has this week hit out at ‘flippant language’ by an Independent TD on the issue of using force against burglars, warning that the use of force by householders in the event of encountering an intruder should always be the very last resort.

Housing crisis now 'out of control' says Connolly

Thu, Nov 16, 2017

The homeless crisis in Galway is now "out of control" as rents spiral upwards and increasing numbers seek emergency accommodation or sleep on the streets, a situation that will "continue to escalate with detrimental consequences" unless immediate action is taken.

Former taoiseach opens new cardiology suite at Bon Secours

Thu, Nov 16, 2017

Former Taoiseach, Enda Kenny TD turned the sod on the development of a new state of the art Interventional Cardiology Suite at Bon Secours Hospital Galway on November 10 last year. Exactly one year to the day, Deputy Enda Kenny returned to the hospital to officially open the new unit.

Rates likely to remain the same as council announces draft budget 2018

Thu, Nov 16, 2017

It is expected that commercial rates and local property tax will remain the same as last year after the Galway City Council published its draft budget for 2018.

A journey in Syria, among its resilient people

Thu, Nov 16, 2017

The Prophet Mohammad, when asked why he had never visited Damascus, replied that you "only enter paradise once". Thus advised, I joined a group of international peace activists on a tour of Syria.

Turning adversity into advantage: why 2018 is going to be the West of Ireland’s big year

Thu, Nov 16, 2017

The West of Ireland is offering more and more families an escape from the pressures of Dublin with a lifestyle and career to match, according to the organisers of a major conference showcasing entrepreneurialism in the region.

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