Offenders caught on CCTV at Western Distributor Road bottle bank

Thu, May 06, 2010

The new CCTV at the bottle bank on the Western Distributor Road is proving a success with six offenders caught dumping illegally on Tuesday.

Top Irish business woman to address BPW lunch

Thu, May 06, 2010

The head of a national directory enquiry company will be the guest speaker at the Galway Business and Professional Women’s summer lunch on Friday May 21 at The Ardilaun.

Pedestrian and cycle markings from Browne to Morris roundabouts

Thu, May 06, 2010

Proper and distinctive markings have been placed on the footpaths and cycle lanes from the Browne Roundabout at Corrib Park to the Morris Roundabout at the Tuam Road.

Get creative at the Galway Arts Centre

Thu, May 06, 2010

Get creative this summer with classes in lifedrawing, photography, acting, etc, at the Galway Arts Centre.

Spanish and Irish poetry on Inishbofin

Thu, May 06, 2010

The Spanish poet Miguel Hernández will be celebrated at a reading on Inishbofin as part of the island’s arts festival, which takes place this weekend.

John Liddy, an Irish poet who has lived in Madrid for many years, will read in the Inishbofin Library this Saturday at 5pm. As well as his own poems, Liddy will also read poems by Miguel Hernández, one of the most significant Spanish poets of the 20th century.

Community delighted with new Knocknacarra school

Thu, May 06, 2010

A new city primary school, which received funding of €3.9 million from the Department of Education, was opened by Minister Eamon O’Cuiv recently.

Learn to care for baby and you at Bump and Beyond

Thu, May 06, 2010

Are you a mum-to-be or a parent with a brand new baby? Are you looking for ideas on how to maximise your time and help you de-stress and unwind? Then why not head to a special event at The Ardilaun Hotel this Sunday.

Major business coaching conference for Galway

Thu, May 06, 2010

The fifth Annual Coaches Training Conference of Coach Institute of Ireland, the largest annual coaching event in Ireland, will be hosted in Galway from late next week.

Glo at the GPO

Thu, May 06, 2010

TONIGHT THE GPO hosts the Glo At The GPO event part three and there will be more lights, UV paint, and glow sticks than you can imagine.

Westside Youth Project launches summer programme

Thu, May 06, 2010

The Westside Youth Project, which supports personal, social, and educational development of young people, has launched its summer programme of events and services.

Precious personalised photo gifts at Fuji

Thu, May 06, 2010

With the summer season upon us again, and a host of memorable festivals and events to look forward to, a new service has been launched on Shop Street to allow budding photographers and their families to print their favourite photos.

Take part in memorial walk and help suicide bereaved

Thu, May 06, 2010

A local charity which supports people bereaved by suicide is calling on families, friends and work colleagues to take to the streets of Galway for the 2010 Console Memorial Walk.

Entitled “Walking in Memory of Our Loved Ones” it takes place on Sunday May 16 at 2.30pm from the Claddagh Hall. The route leads to Blackrock and back to the Claddagh Hall where walkers can enjoy refreshments.

Western Family History Association meeting

Thu, May 06, 2010

The Western Family History Association will hold its next meeting in the Oranmore Lodge Hotel on Wednesday at 8.15pm.

Traffic calming for Rockfield Park and Laurel Park

Thu, May 06, 2010

Rockfield Park and Laurel Park are listed in the Galway City Council’s Road Works Programme 2010 for traffic calming measures.

When the chips are down

Thu, May 06, 2010

St. Jarlath’s College was, as it is today, quite simply the best Gaelic football school in the world.

Fahey’s attendance not great, but better than Cowen’s

Thu, May 06, 2010

Voters elect TDs to legislate on behalf of the State and to advocate for the needs of their constituency, but are we, the taxpayers, getting any value for our vote?

Whatever you might say about their work or achievements, there is no doubt that Galway’s nine TDs have an excellent attendance record with most of them turning up for more than 85 per cent of all votes in the Dáil.

Horror as juggernaut ploughs into busy Cregmore schoolyard

Thu, Apr 29, 2010

A Claregalway school was last night thanking its lucky stars after serious injuries were averted when a 20-ton juggernaut left the road and ploughed into the schoolgrounds just as infants were being collected after school.

Arson accused sent ‘creepy’ texts to girl, jury hears

Thu, Apr 29, 2010

A jury in the trial of a man accused of setting fire to a block of flats in the UK killing two young jockeys, including Claregalway native Jamie Kyne, has heard that he sent “creepy” text messages to a teenage girl and had committed the arson attack as an act of revenge.

Leeds Crown Court heard witness testimony yesterday alleging that the accused, 37-year-old Peter Brown, had sent a series of inappropriate and disturbing text messages to a girl who had been a resident at the Buckrose Court flats in Norton, near Malton in North Yorkshire, where a fire had broken out several months later claiming the lives of 18-year-old Kyne, from Kiltrogue, Co Galway, and fellow apprentice jockey Jan Wilson (19), from Forfar in Scotland.

Galway A&E to be under the spotlight at national forum here next month

Thu, Apr 29, 2010

University Hospital Galway’s emergency department - which continues to hit the headlines due to overcrowding problems - will be put under the spotlight next month when a national A&E forum will be held in Galway to examine ways to improves its service.

Galway left demands renovation and re-opening of An Taibhdhearc

Thu, Apr 29, 2010

An Taibhdhearc must be refurbished and re-opened as it is “ludicrous” for Galway, which is seeking official status as the Bi-lingual Capital of Ireland, to have the National Irish Theatre closed for three years.

E-paper

Read this weeks E-paper. Past editions also available from within this weeks digital copy.