Walsh calls for new system for rates

Thu, Apr 29, 2010

A new system to pay rates may have to be introduced as City Hall is still owed €11 million in rates from last year, according to Fine Gael councillor Brian Walsh.

At Monday’s city council meeting, councillors were presented with a financial report for January-March 2010.

Wanted in good condition - one thousand pre-loved dresses

Thu, Apr 29, 2010

A local group is appealing to women to donate a dress they once loved or never wore to a charity “Buy My Dress” campaign which will raise funds for the national Down Syndrome Centre.

Walsh pledges to oppose any attempt to introduce water charges

Thu, Apr 29, 2010

Any attempts by City Hall to introduce water charges on the people of Galway city will be met with resistance and opposition, Fine Gael councillor Brian Walsh has warned.

Closing date for Young Ensembles Scheme is tomorrow

Thu, Apr 29, 2010

The closing date for the Young Ensembles Scheme 2010 is tomorrow at 5.30pm and the Galway City Council is encouraging young ensembles to take part.

Galway magazine wins major international award

Thu, Apr 29, 2010

The Journal of Music, the bimonthly music magazine published in An Spidéal, has won the 2010 Utne Independent Press Award for Arts Coverage - the first Irish magazine to win the award.

Celebrate May Day

Thu, Apr 29, 2010

Saturday is May Day, the International Workers’ Day, which since the late 1800s has been a day to celebrate the international labour movement and call for further social and economic progress.

Major funds allocated to Tuam school

Thu, Apr 29, 2010

Funds totalling more than €250,000 have been allocated to St Patrick’s Primary School, on the Dublin Road in Tuam, in order to build an extension.

Take that holiday now thanks to Bella Baby

Thu, Apr 29, 2010

Travelling has just been made a whole lot easier thanks to Oranmore-based Bella Baby and their travel products designed to take the stress out of travelling with your family. From travel cots which fold to fit comfortably in the boot of any car, feeding on the go, to travel potty’s ensuring toilet training progresses while on holiday!

Bringing our education system forward

Thu, Apr 29, 2010

Lucy Murray, a fifth year student in Dominican College, Taylor’s Hill recently attended a workshop in Trinity College where the aim was the creation of a Charter for 21st Century Learning. The emphasis was that the education system needed to change to fit the needs of our society but change will not happen if there is no evidence that it is wanted. Lucy has penned this article containing the viewpoint of a student in the educational debate and stressing the need for change.

New intercultural recreational facility for Galway opens Saturday

Thu, Apr 29, 2010

His and Hers Cooperative Society Limited a new intercultural recreational facility for Galway, will be officially launched on Saturday at 2pm.

Astronomy club to hold ‘Dynamic Sun’ talk

Thu, Apr 29, 2010

If you want to see the sun like never before then do not miss a talk entitled “Our Dynamic Sun and Its Earth Connections in 3D” which will be held at the Westwood House Hotel next Monday evening at 8pm.

Organised by the Galway Astronomy Club the talk will be presented by ex-Nasa scientist Dr Peter Gallagher from Trinity College.

Ó Brolcháin welcomes funding to tackle city’s litter problem

Thu, Apr 29, 2010

More than €100,000 funding has been provided to tackle litter blackspots in Galway city and county during the peak tourist season of May to September.

Menace hurled abuse at gardai and hospital staff

Thu, Apr 29, 2010

A Clare man who was highly abusive and insulting to gardai and hospital staff and had to be held down to be treated in A&E was described in court as a “nuisance and a menace”.

Man jailed for vicious assault on sister

Thu, Apr 29, 2010

A Ballybane man who kicked a hole in the front door of his mother’s house and viciously assaulted his sister in a frenzied attack leaving her with a broken nose has been given a 10 month prision sentence with the last five months suspended on condition that he receive treatment for alcohol addiction.

Rape accused sent forward for trial

Thu, Apr 29, 2010

A 38-year-old Galway man accused of raping and sexually assaulting his niece has been sent forward for trial.

Limerick woman jailed for cheeky shop lifting spree

Thu, Apr 29, 2010

A Limerick woman, with 108 previous convictions, received a nine month jail sentence and a suspended sentence for a cheeky shop-lifting spree in Galway city during which she stole more than €4,000 worth of goods.

Violent disorder and assault accused sent for trial

Thu, Apr 29, 2010

A young man accused of commiting violent disorder and intentionally or recklessly causing serious harm to a man has been sent forward for trial.

Duo plead guilty to attempted post office raid

Thu, Apr 29, 2010

Two men have both pleaded guilty to the charge of conspiring to commit a robbery at a post office in Connemara last November.

Galway flights resume after airspace restriction lifted

Thu, Apr 22, 2010

Flights have once again resumed at Galway Airport, but travel agents in the city are still working around the clock to assist hundreds of customers still stranded in countries around the world due to flight disruptions resulting from the Icelandic volcano cloud.

No slow boat from China for our Mayor and civic leaders

Thu, Apr 22, 2010

The Icelandic volcano which has caused massive disruption to airflights and left passengers stranded has also left Galway city bereft of its civic an political leaders who are stuck in China.

The Mayor of Galway, councillor Declan McDonnell, his wife Mary; the Galway City Council’s director of services Tom Connell; NUI, Galway vice president Jim Ward; the Chamber of Commerce president Paul Shelley, the Registrar of the GMIT Bernard O’Hara; and the Marine Institute’s Dr Michael O’Toole are currently in Beijing, capital of the People’s Republic of China, and will not be able to get flights out the country until Friday.

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