New road markings in Mervue

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

Road lining to mark out the junctions where to stop are to be placed at each end of the Mervue Shopping Centre.

Bring the indoors outside with Golden Sheds

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

Golden Sheds delivers its products throughout Connacht and assembles on pre-prepared sites.

Grassroots

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

It was a very smart move by Eamon Gilmore to declare himself as a contender for the position of taoiseach. This caught Fine Gael on the hop and led to the largest surge in the opinion polls that Labour has ever had.

Leadership starts within…

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

In my company, Celtic Bookmakers, we employ 300 people. Our payroll is our most significant overhead. We were spending more than €7 million annually on pay.

Can Oliver’s Army help Crowe survive ‘The Group of Death’?

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

Cllr John Connolly and Ollie Crowe are the Fianna Fáil candidates for Galway City Central, a ward which rivals Galway City East for competitiveness and which has been rightly dubbed ‘The Group of Death’. Only one of them will survive the Local Election on June 5.

If the political poster goes, what will replace it?

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

There is a growing movement - or, more accurately, a growing feeling - that the day of the election poster is coming to an end.

Court hears Manuela’s injuries were ‘suggestive of strangulation’

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

A jury at the Central Criminal Court has heard that Swiss teenager Manuela Riedo died from strangulation.

Passing of a hero who lit up the grey fifties

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

Every generation has its heroes. The people to whom we all look up to for various forms of inspiration. These could be political, literary, sporting, or just in the field of sheer bravery. In most cases we use them as a form of escapism, as a distraction to take our minds off the realities of life. And in Ireland in the post-war period, there was much need for such distraction. The greyness of the fledgling state was mirrored in the lives of its citizens.

Indeed, much of the world, hit by the hot flushes of war and suffering the greyness of the aftershock felt the same way. However with the rebuilding programme occupying mainland Europe, life in Ireland, and in particular in the west of Ireland, was certainly drab, with most people having no option but to grin and bear it.

DNA of accused was found near her body, Manuela trial told on first day

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

The trial of a man accused of murdering Swiss teenager Manuela Riedo in Galway in 2007 has heard that his DNA was found in a used condom near her body (Tues).

Security at hospitals questioned after man steals from wards

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

Security at the city’s hospitals and other premises was thrown into question yesterday after Galway District Court heard how a man had simply wandered into areas such as the maternity ward, private offices, and locker rooms over a period of six weeks and rifled through bags.

Galway children to feature on German TV

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

A group of children from the Galway Dance Centre will feature on German TV later this year after being chosen to participate in a children’s cultural programme in Germany.

Win a €1,000 Mother’s Day makeover for you and your mum with Brown Thomas Galway

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

In celebration of Mother’s Day on March 22, Brown Thomas is delighted to offer one lucky mother and daughter the chance to win a €1,000 shopping spree instore complete with a personal shopper and beauty make-over at the cosmetics counter of your choice in Brown Thomas Galway.

Grealish appeals to Obama to assist Irish

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

Galway West TD Noel Grealish has written to President Barack Obama, appealing to him to “regularise the position” of the 50,000 undocumented Irish” in the US.

Homeless man jailed for assault on Cope worker

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

A COPE worker, who had been operating a bus service collecting homeless people and bringing them to shelter, was assaulted by one of the people he was trying to help, the Galway District Court heard yesterday.

Poetry event to close Coole festival

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

The biannual series of cultural events at Coole Park finishes today (Friday) with a reading by Galway poet Pete Mullineaux.

Over forties urged to get checked for glaucoma

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

People over the age of 40 could be risking their eyesight as they may be unaware they have glaucoma, the second largest cause of unnecessary blindness.

Careless driver mounts footpath to avoid collision with milk truck, court hears

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

A woman who drove in an “agitated manner”, overtaking cars and buses as well as mounting a footpath to avoid crashing into a milk truck, was fined €850 at Galway District Court this week after failing to contest the charges of careless driving.

Oranmore job creation initiative to tap into local skills

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

A new initiative aimed at tackling the jobs’ crisis by tapping into the wealth of skills and ideas in a local community is being spearheaded by Senator Fidelma Healy Eames and two other local women.

Callanan to hold public meeting on Knocknacarra expansion proposals

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

“Totally inadequate” is how Independent Cllr Daniel Callanan has described the Galway City Council’s consultation process on proposals to expand the Knocknacarra Community Centre.

Man fined for causing crash after sliding on gravel

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

A man who “slid on gravel” and crashed into a vehicle causing injury to a number of its passengers failed in having the charge reduced and was fined a total of €700 and ordered to pay witness expenses of €150.

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