Paws 4 Thought

Thu, Jan 12, 2012

If you are looking for a pet, 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.

Reducing Garda Traffic Corps is a ‘short-sighted retrograde action’ says Cuddy

Thu, Jan 12, 2012

Reducing the size of the Garda Traffic Corps “is a short-sighted and retrograde step” that will have a “detrimental effect on policing across the country”.

This is the view of Jim Cuddy, the Independent councillor for the Oranmore area, who is calling on Minister for Transport Leo Varadkar and Minister for Justice Alan Shatter to review this decision.

Galway singer hopes to wow judges with her voice on new TV show

Thu, Jan 12, 2012

Galway will be represented in the RTE series The Voice on Sunday next when Claregalway native Ailbhe Hession auditions for the four judges with the aim of winning a recording contract with Universal Music.

Duo accused of robbing Christmas market trader sent for trial

Thu, Jan 12, 2012

Two men accused of following and then robbing a trader during the Continental Christmas Market in 2010 have been sent forward for trial.

At a previous court sitting Jamie Clune (34) with an address at 4 Bridge View, Roslevan, Ennis, Co Clare, and Justin Wynne (32) with an address at 59 John Coogan Park, Newcastle, pleaded not guilty to the charge of robbing a man of €360 in cash at Woodquay, on November 21, 2010, contrary to Section 14 of the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud) Act.

Cláraigh Anois do Sheachtain na Gaeilge

Thu, Jan 12, 2012

Tá Conradh na Gaeilge ag ullmhú Clár na Gaillimhe de Sheachtain na Gaeilge faoi láthair. Beidh Seachtain na Gaeilge 2011 ar siúl ón 5 – 17 Márta agus beidh na céadta imeacht ar siúl le linn na tréimhse sin agus na mílte duine ag glacadh páirte sna himeachtaí.

Athbhreithniú ar an Acht Teanga

Thu, Jan 12, 2012

Tá deis anois ag pobal na tíre a dtuairimí a chur ar fáil faoi Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla 2003, mar chuid den athbhreithniú ar an Acht atá fógartha ag an Rialtas. Tá go dtí 31 Eanáir ag daoine a dtuairimí agus a mholtaí a chur ar fáil do Roinn na Gaeltachta. Is féidir é seo a dhéanamh trí shuirbhé ar líne a chomhlíonadh maidir leis an Acht reatha agus freisin trí aighneacht a dhéanamh maidir le hathruithe a rachadh chun tairbhe spriocanna an tAcht Teanga a bhaint amach, sé sin cur leis an leibhéal seirbhíse a chuireann an stát ar fáil do phobal na Gaeilge.

Labour to hold National Conference in Galway in April

Thu, Jan 12, 2012

The Labour Party will hold its 2012 National Conference in Galway in April.

Public order offender jailed for four months and ordered to sober up

Thu, Jan 12, 2012

A homeless man arrested eight times in just three weeks and charged with a plethora of public order offences has been jailed for four months and told to use that time to sober up.

Health Minister urged to avert looming orthopaedic crisis at Merlin Park Hospital

Thu, Jan 12, 2012

A call has been made for the Minister for Health to avert a looming crisis at Merlin Park Hospital which is threatening to cripple the provision of orthopaedic services in the west from next month.

Questions about begging industry have to be asked, says judge

Thu, Jan 12, 2012

Serious questions need to be asked about the emerging begging industry where strings are pulled by those using vulnerable people, according to a Galway District Court judge who imposed a suspended sentence on one man for obstructing people while begging.

UHG junior doctor sent inappropriate texts and emails to female colleagues, hearing is told

Thu, Jan 12, 2012

A junior doctor sent inappropriate text messages and emails to female colleagues within a fortnight of starting work at University Hospital, Galway, a Medical Council Fitness to PractiSe hearing was told this week.

Family and friends of murdered Galwayman turn up for arraignment

Thu, Jan 12, 2012

Deirdre Nikoras sat in the front row of the downtown courtroom, craning her neck to see the face of the teenager who police say killed her brother.

Opposition grows to proposed Tesco development on Rahoon Road

Thu, Jan 12, 2012

Concern is growing among business and residential communities about the proposal to build a Tesco hypermarket on the Seamus Quirke Road/Rahoon Road.

McNelis criticises council’s Christmas tree recycling service

Thu, Jan 12, 2012

Galwegians wishing to dispose of their Christmas trees have three days left to avail of the Galway City Council’s Christmas Tree Recycling service. However a local councillor has claimed the service is leading to “illegal dumping”.

Through the glass darkly

Thu, Jan 12, 2012

It is not just Richard Dawkins, though he is a typical, contemporary, example. And it does seem as if science, dazzled, in many cases justifiably, by its own success in extending the boundaries of what we know about the physical world is uniquely liable to this particularly modern form of arrogance.

Man found with counterfeit driving licence jailed

Thu, Jan 12, 2012

A man who persistently drove with a counterfeit Romanian driving licence, once driving into a roundabout while drunk, has been jailed for eight months and disqualified from driving for six years.

Boston teenager to face trial next January for killing of Aran Islander

Thu, Jan 12, 2012

A Boston teenager was arraigned Monday in a US Superior courtroom for last October’s murder of Inis Meain man Ciaran Conneely and a subsequent double-shooting near St. Mark’s that left one man with multiple gunshot wounds.

Galway Arts Centre study day for Leaving Cert art students

Thu, Jan 12, 2012

The Galway Arts Centre will host the National Gallery of Ireland’s Study Day for Leaving Cert Students in the Nuns Island Theatre.

The study day will take place on Thursday March 1 and will be presented by Brina Casey of the National Gallery of Ireland. She will cover art in Ireland and throughout Europe, from 1000 CE to the present day. The lecture functions as an intensive revision sessions focusing on key points – they are not intended as introductions to the topics. Handouts for each theme are provided.

Shantalla residents’ senior residents’ lunch

Thu, Jan 12, 2012

The Shantalla Residents’ Association will hold its annual lunch for senior residents in the Clybaun Hotel this Sunday from 2pm to 6pm, with a mulled wine reception at 1.15pm.

A free bus service will be provided by Lally Coaches to take residents to the hotel, departing from the Shantalla Community Centre at 1pm sharp, with a return bus at 6pm. There will be music and dancing from 4pm to 6pm.

Gaillimh le Gaeilge to host Gradam information evening

Thu, Jan 12, 2012

Gaillimh le Gaeilge will host an information evening on Gradam Sheosaimh Uí Ógartaigh from 6.30pm to 7.30pm, Tuesday January 24, in the Menlo Park Hotel, Terryland. This prestigious award recognises, honours and celebrates all the great bilingual work done in Galway City and is named in honour of Seosamh Ó hÓgartaigh, founding member and company secretary of Gaillimh le Gaeilge.

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