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Galway Workhouse

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The ‘Night of The Big Wind’ on the night of January 6/7, 1839, deprived thousands of people in the Galway area of their homes. Their situation in the depths of winter was more than local charities could cope with. On May 8, the Galway Union was proclaimed to include the city and surrounding townlands to a radius of roughly 10 miles plus the Aran Islands, all of which would be served by a single workhouse in Galway. The first meeting of the Galway Board of Guardians was held in the Courthouse on July 3 of that year.

Charity football tournament in aid of Midlands Simon

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Imagine politicians, bankers, property developers, public servants, the town council, and estate agents/ solicitors, all in the one place at the same time! Well it is about to happen on Sunday October 10 at AIT, and it’s all for a great cause.

Council should employ in-house solicitors

Castlebar councillor Frank Durcan put forward a notice of motion at the county council’s monthly meeting, that the county council should employ two in-house solicitors on a salary basis to deal with the legal business of Mayo County Council and three urban councils.

Galway solicitor firm in High Court over insurance cover

A Galway-based solicitor’s firm has been ordered by the High Court this week not to practise until it has obtained insurance cover.

Drunk woman tried to get into solicitor’s office

An intoxicated woman who tried to enter a Ballina solicitor’s locked office was before Ballina District Court this week for being intoxicated in a public place.

Christmas jail term for homeless man

A homeless man with a chronic alcohol problem who has been found lying inebriated on the streets of the city on many occasions over the years by Gardai, and who now suffers from unexplained blackouts, will be spending Christmas in Castlerea Prison this year.

Merger creates a leading dynamic law firm

Two of Kilkenny’s leading law firms, Poe Kiely Hogan and Michael Lanigan & Co have announced that they are merging into the firm of Poe Kiely Hogan Lanigan with offices at 20 - 21 Patrick Street, Kilkenny.

Illegal sex cinema landlord fined

The landlord of an illegal adult sex cinema has been fined €1,000, ordered to pay costs of more than €1,500, and to adhere to a Galway City Council enforcement notice by ceasing unauthorised use of the premises within two months.

Refused to leave Dunnes

A man who refused to leave Dunnes Stores Harbour Place despite being banned, has received a one month prison sentence.

Bakery worker found in possession of cannabis

A 22-year-old Polish national, who was searched by gardaí and was found in possession of cannabis, was convicted and fined €250 at Ballinrobe District Court sitting in Castlebar last Friday.

 

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