Taxi regulatory staff must be based in Galway says Ó Brolcháin

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

Transport Minister Noel Dempsey must base some of the taxi regulatory staff in the Galway region rather than basing them all in Dublin.

EZ Living Furniture saves the day

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

The EZ Living Furniture Group has announced that it is compensating two customers who were let down by the closure of Jim Langan furniture store. The expose on the Gerry Ryan Show spurred EZ Living management to announce a generous offering to two fortunate customers of Jim Langan Furniture.

Farrell demands better planning on Renville Road

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

“Is a fatality necessary before anything is done about dangerous junctions in Oranmore?” This is the question being posed by Labour’s Oranmore candidate Josette Farrell.

Salthill Hotel - for the special day you deserve

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

Your wedding deserves the perfect setting, one that offers a truly unrivalled mix of location, service and facilities. Located on Salthill promenade with breathtaking views of Galway bay and the Clare hills, The Salthill Hotel makes the perfect venue for your perfect day.

Obituary Brother Fidelis James O’ Connell

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

The Patrician Congregation is mourning one of “nature’s finest gentlemen,” the late Brother Fidelis James O’Connell.

Lyons’ call for election poster ban gains support

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

Galway must look its best during the Volvo Ocean Race and if politicians care about how the city will look to the world during May, they will voluntarily agree to no election posters anywhere in the city.

Listen to St Patrick’s autobiography

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

While many of the legends about St Patrick are well known, such as his banishing snakes from Ireland, it is less well known that he wrote an autobiography.

Volunteers sought for world’s number one marathon

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

Local heart charity Croí is seeking volunteers to take part in the ultimate charity challenge - the New York City Marathon on Sunday Nov 1.

Loughrea St Patrick’s Day parade

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

Coiste Fhéile Pádraig in Loughrea is inviting the local community to attend the St Patrick’s Day parade which will start at 1pm.

Woman fined €650 for forged passport

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

A woman was fined €650 for possession of a forged passport despite insisting that she did not know her uncle had fooled her and that the passport office at home in Zimbabwe, which has a 300,000 backlog, had run out of the proper paper.

Hell’s kitchen — city chef assaulted by his toughest critic

Thu, Mar 05, 2009

A chef at a city centre fast-food restaurant received an unwelcome visit from one of his toughest critics yet — an abusive patron who after being served food entered the kitchen and assaulted him.

No election for Towers

Thu, Mar 05, 2009

Rev Patrick Towers, the former rector of St Nicholas Collegiate Church, has announced that he will not be standing for election as a Green candidate in June’s Local Elections.

'Menace' burglar jailed for twenty months

Thu, Mar 05, 2009

A Galway man, described as a menace to society, was sentenced to 20 months at Galway District Court yesterday for his involvement in a number of burglaries in which laptops were taken.

Advertiser confirmed as runaway leader in circulation race

Thu, Mar 05, 2009

The Galway Advertiser has increased its lead in the local newspaper circulation race, pulling well ahead of its local rivals, according to the latest distribution and sales figures, published by the UK-based Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC)

Statue to women of Magdalen Laundry to be unveiled on Sunday

Thu, Mar 05, 2009

A statue in remembrance of the women who had to endure life in the Magdalen Laundry in Galway will be unveiled the weekend.

Man dashed across race course after taxi flee dash attempt

Thu, Mar 05, 2009

A man who had hired a taxi to bring him and his family from Dublin to Galway attempted to avoid paying the €250 fare by bringing the driver around the town to confuse him and then fleeing across the race course, the Galway District Court heard yesterday.

Janusz Glowacki (21) with an address at 14 Merlin Park Lane, Galway, pleaded guilty to attempting to dishonestly avoid payment of €250 after obtaining the services of Gerard Murphy.

Nuisance caller who made 1,400 calls remanded in custody after plea for help

Thu, Mar 05, 2009

A Connemara man who allegedly made 1,400 menacing and abusive phone calls to a number of health care workers and rape crisis centres has been remanded in custody for the purpose of being assessed by the Central Mental Hospital as soon as possible.

Pregnant woman punched in stomach by ‘spiked’ man, court hears

Thu, Mar 05, 2009

A six-months pregnant woman was punched in the stomach by a drunk and abusive man who claimed that his drink had been “spiked”, the Galway District Court heard this week.

O’Rourke gets on his bike to show that Oranmore needs a railway station

Thu, Mar 05, 2009

Oranmore needs to have its own railway station which would service not only Oranmore, but the industrial estates, Maree, Clarinbridge, Derrydonnell, and Craughwell.

Coole celebrates Tree Week, hurling and football greats, local heritage,

Thu, Mar 05, 2009

The biannual series of cultural events at Coole Park is now drawing to a close but there are still a few events to look forward to before the end of the programme.

Gael Linn will present two Louis Marcus films, Christy Ring (1964) and Peil (1962) this evening. These films feature sporting greats of the 1960s in both hurling and football. Additional material consists of evocative Amharc Éireann newsreel footage of major Gaelic games from the years 1959 to 1963. Each film has an instructional section at its core, preceded by a nostalgic look at the past, followed by extended highlights of a major game. Both films feature colour footage from games rich in atmosphere and detail, accompanied by a rousing soundtrack of music from the Artane Band. Commentaries for both films were written by Breandán Ó hEithir, author of Over The Bar, a personal relationship with the GAA (1984) and voiced by Pádraig Tyers. The screening will take place from 8pm to 9pm.

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