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The sinking of the Neptune

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This photograph was taken about 100 years ago and shows several boats from the Claddagh fleet moored at the quayside.

Report reveals amount of penalty point charges wiped in Westmeath

A total of 1,523 fixed charge notices for traffic offences were cancelled by Gardaí in Westmeath, according to data released by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC).

NUI Galway graduate launches unique new taxi app

Flag - A new taxi app designed for students wil launch in Dublin City this December. The unique app is the only service in the world that allows a passenger to travel and pay for taxis with no phone, cash or bank card while ensuring the driver still gets paid.

Drinking German tea, and other stories from South Galway.

Pete Lane, now in his 80s, who went to Ballindereen national school, spent most of his busy working life ‘on his knees thinning beet’. He had a friend Tommy Staunton from Lough Cutra, who had fought in World War I. Before Tommy went ‘over the top’ he was delighted when each soldier was handed a ‘little glass of brandy’. After which, Tommy claimed, you had no fear in the world. One day they were fighting the Germans, and managed to drive them out of their trenches. There they found a boiler of tea. It was still warm. The men settled down for a good cuppa but the officer warned them that the tea might be poisoned. Nobody cared if it was poisoned or not. ‘We were so exhausted an killed out’ that they enjoyed the break while the fighting continued.

Oranmore Maree Coastal Search Unit look back on first year of operation

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It has been a very busy time since the inception of the Oranmore Maree Coastal Search Unit in March 2016. Having held its AGM a fortnight ago in the Oranmore Lodge Hotel, a new committee was formed for the year ahead.

Bereavement information booklets translated into Polish to meet growing diversity of families experiencing hospital deaths

The growing diversity of families experiencing bereavements at Galway University Hospitals (UHG and Merlin Park) has prompted the facility to translate its information booklets on bereavement and post mortems into Polish - the most commonly used interpreting service for the hospitals.

Irish Army reduced to ‘greasy salesmen for dealers in death’ say GAAW

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The Galway Alliance Against War has expressed its deep concern that an Irish naval vessel has been sent to the world’s biggest arms fair to assist in the sale of military hardware and software.

CÚRAM and Galway City Arts Office commission community art-science project

CÚRAM, the Science Foundation Ireland Centre for Research in Medical Devices based at NUI Galway together with Galway City Arts Office have commissioned a new Community Art-Science project for Westside community in Galway City.

The crime solving taxi driver

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GREEDY BUILDERS, resilient prostitutes, trafficked East European women, and rogue cops, all set in the Galway of 2009 - this is A Very Personal Service, a Galway noir novel by Seán Gibbons.

Cosmetic procedures

I am considering getting Botox. I am nervous about something going wrong. I know that Byrne Carolan Cunningham Solicitors have a Medical Negligence Department and I wonder if you have come across many legal cases where cosmetic procedures have not worked out as they should?

 

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