Fourteen treated at new sexual assault unit
Thu, Apr 22, 2010
The sexual assault treatment unit in Galway gave assistance to 14 people in just four months, according to figures released this week.
Read more ...Windfarm in Keelderry
Thu, Apr 22, 2010
Planning permission is being sought from the Galway County Council for the redesign and construction of the Keelderry Windfarm in Keelderry, Peterswell, Co Galway.
Read more ...Galway set for five-day Volvo finale
Thu, Apr 22, 2010
The newly published course calendar for the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-2012 will see Galway host up to five days of in-port racing and festivities at the end of the next event.
Read more ...Appeal follows Renmore robbery
Thu, Apr 22, 2010
Gardaí were this week on the trail of an armed robber who stole money from a shop in Renmore after threatening a shop assistant with a knife.
The man, described as five feet eight or nine inches tall with a strong build, went into Molloy’s shop in Renmore at around 1pm on Saturday and produced a knife. He threatened the shop assistant and stole a small sum of money before leaving the shop on foot.
Read more ...Councillors to vote on land disposal
Thu, Apr 22, 2010
At Monday’s Galway City Council meeting, councillors will have to vote on whether or not to allow City Hall give land it owns over to both the ESB and the Department of Education.
Read more ...Féile Joe Éinniu i gCarna
Thu, Apr 22, 2010
Reáchtálfar féile chomórtha Joe Éinniú i gCarna ón 30 Meitheamh – 2 Bealtaine. Is féile í seo a dhéanann comóradh ar shaol agus ar shaothar ceoil an amhránaí cháiliúil ón Aird Thoir. Ní dhéantar dearmad ach an oiread ar shaoithe eile Iorras Aithneach, mar is léir ó ócáid oscailte na féile nuair a thabharfar ómós do Sheán ‘ac Dhonnacha. Beidh an ócáid seo ar siúl in Áras Shorcha Ní Ghuairim agus is é Tim Dennehy a bheidh mar aoi chainteoir.
Read more ...Ard-fheis Chonradh na Gaeilge
Thu, Apr 22, 2010
Toghadh Pádraig Mac Fhearghusa mar uachtarán ar Chonradh na Gaeilge don tríú bliain as a chéile ag ard-fheis na heagraíochta i Luimneach an deireadh seachtaine seo caite. Bhí an bua ag Mac Fhearghusa ar Sheán Ó hAdhmaill, a bhí san iomaíocht d’uachtaránacht Chonradh na Gaeilge don chéad uair.
Read more ...Business man jailed for abuse of granddaughter
Thu, Apr 22, 2010
A “prominent” Galway business man who sexually abused his granddaughter and offered her family €200,000 not to go to gardai has been jailed for three years.
Read more ...Paws 4 Thought
Thu, Apr 22, 2010
If you are looking for a pet, please check out these gorgeous animals looking for homes. While we can only show you a sample here, please check our website www.galway-spca.com and have a look at all our animals. Please note home checks are carried out for all our animals, and a donation is required.
Read more ...Green homes equals green jobs
Thu, Apr 22, 2010
Job Creation Initiative Oranmore will hold a second Open Day on May 28, aimed at addressing green energy opportunities for homes, businesses, and farms.
Read more ...Vintners call for reduction of rates and water charges to save pub trade
Thu, Apr 22, 2010
If Galway bars, restaurants, and hotels are to survive the recession then commercial rates and water charges must be reduced and all other local authority charges frozen.
Read more ...Through the glass darkly
Thu, Apr 22, 2010
One of the most delightful consequences of the great ash plume exploding over Iceland, and the subsequent cancellation of air transport, has been the temporary clearance of the skies. Looking up, during the day and at night, we can experience something unknown to most people since the invention of the airplane – the heavens as they were seen before man began to colonise them.
Read more ...People stranded abroad should know their rights
Thu, Apr 22, 2010
With uncertainty continuing about travel arrangements following the volcanic eruption in Iceland, it is important that people who are stranded abroad realise their rights.
Read more ...City must get behind Connacht for sake of the team and local economy
Thu, Apr 22, 2010
The city should be decked in Connacht flags and the Connacht Rugby colours of green and white, with the public, city businesses, and the Galway City Council doing all they can to support the team in the run up to their European cup match against Toulon.
Read more ...NUI Galway rallies support for Jordan
Thu, Apr 22, 2010
In a unique charitable event laptop computers, donated by Galway businesses and educational institutions, will be carried overland from Germany to the Middle East in a rally car driven by NUI Galway postgraduate researcher Armin Haller before being donated to a school in Jordan.
Read more ...Galway Fianna Fáil members gather for city conference
Thu, Apr 22, 2010
Fianna Fáil members from throughout Co Galway will be gathering in the Clayton Hotel this Saturday for the Galway East/Galway West Fianna Fáil Conference.
Read more ...Galway’s world silver medallist races for Cancer Care West
Thu, Apr 22, 2010
Loughrea race walker Olive Loughnane has joined forces with Cancer Care West to participate in the Dublin Women’s Mini Marathon along with the 40,000 other women set to partake in the event.
Read more ...Decision to expand UHG manager role is ‘ludicrous’, says HSE forum chair
Thu, Apr 15, 2010
“Ludicrous” is how the chairperson of the HSE West’s regional health forum has described the decision to expand the role of general manager of Galway University Hospital’s to include responsibility for Portiuncula and Roscommon hospitals.
Read more ...Art auction in aid of Claregalway Educate Together school
Thu, Apr 15, 2010
Leading Galway and national artists such as Kenneth Webb, Aideen Barry, and John Behan are taking part in this year’s Claregalway Educate Together NS art auction.
Read more ...Sudden death of Welsh basketball star in city hotel not suspicious, say gardai
Thu, Apr 15, 2010
The sudden and tragic death of a Welsh basketball star at a city centre hotel is not being treated as suspicious, Galway gardai have confirmed.
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