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Teenager charged with attempted murder of chaplain
A 16-year-old boy has been charged with attempted murder in relation to the stabbing of a Defence Forces chaplain in Renmore in August.
Lettermullen man charged with Taoiseach threats promises to stay off social media
A 48-year-old Lettermullen man has promised to stay off social media after being charged with threatening to kill or cause serious harm to the Taoiseach and his family.
Calm down before someone is killed, Mayor tells feuding groups after week of street violence
Feuding groups who contributed to the series of violent incidents in and around the city centre last weekend have been told by the Mayor to “calm down, step back and take responsibility before anybody loses their life.”
An old Galway taxi rank
The word ‘hackney’ derives from the place name Hackney in London which supplied horses from the surrounding meadows. An ordinance for the regulation of hackney coachmen in London was approved by the English Parliament in 1654 to “remedy the many inconveniences [that] do daily arise by reason of the late increase and great irregularity of coaches and coachmen.” The first hackney carriage licences date from 1662. Licences applied literally to horse-drawn carriages, later modernised to ‘hansom cabs’ that operated as vehicles for hire.
Man dies tragically near Ballindine
A man died tragically on Wednesday near Ballindine when part of a roof on a shed he was demolishing fell on him. His remains were taken from the scene to Mayo University Hospital where a post mortem was due to take place yesterday (Thursday, January 10).
Man charged following discovery of cannabis worth €12,000 in Salthill house
A man has been charged following the discovery of cannabis worth an estimated €12,000 in the city this week.