Talks continue between HSE and Alzheimer Foundation over respite home
Thu, Dec 18, 2008
Discussions are continuing between the HSE West and the Western Alzheimer’s Foundation in relation to the capital plan for the 29-bed respite home for Alzheimer disease sufferers which is to be built at Merlin Park.
Read more ...Man charged with false imprisonment, threats and assault
Thu, Dec 18, 2008
A Tuam man who is accused of falsely imprisoning five people in a house in Bohermore, assaulting three of them, and then threatening to burn down the house has been remanded on continuing bail.
Read more ...Jailed burglar urged to snitch on his accomplices
Thu, Dec 18, 2008
A young man who was given an extra two months in jail for a burglary at a credit union was urged to stop taking the full blame and to snitch on his accomplices.
Read more ...Scottish seaman skips town without paying local B&B
Thu, Dec 18, 2008
A Scottish merchant seaman has been given until today to hand over the €245 owed to a local B&B owner after he skipped town without paying.
Read more ...‘Unfortunate’ homeless man jailed for three months
Thu, Dec 18, 2008
A Galway District Court judge described as “unfortunate” the case of a homeless man who fell into drink following the break-up of his marriage.
Read more ...Funding for Carna Lifeboat boathouse
Thu, Dec 18, 2008
Funding totalling €200,000 has been announced this week towards the provision of a boathouse in Carna for the Carna and Islands Lifeboat.
Read more ...Road traffic offender ruins chances of Christmas without jail
Thu, Dec 18, 2008
A Galway man who had continuously driven while disqualified and attempted to ‘hoodwink’ gardai ruined his chances of staying out of jail for Christmas when he walked out of court and failed to return.
Read more ...New Inn prepares for thirty first annual Mummers’ Festival
Thu, Dec 18, 2008
The renowned New Inn Mummers’ Festival will take place on Saturday January 3 and Sunday January 4.
Read more ...Terry Eagleton - taking on the capitalists and atheists in Galway
Thu, Dec 18, 2008
Terry Eagleton - Marxist, Christian, academic, literary critic, - and a provocative voice who relishes taking on those who disagree with him, is rightly regarded as one of the world’s foremost intellectuals.
Read more ...Teenager who set fire to Garda patrol car refused bail
Thu, Dec 18, 2008
A teenager charged with setting fire to a Garda patrol car was refused bail this week because he had continually ignored warnings given to him by the court.
Darren Moran (18) with an address at 20 Rinn Lia, Ballybrit, was brought before Judge Mary Fahy again last Monday charged with allegedly setting fire to the driver and passenger seat of a Ford Mondeo car, property of An Garda Siochana, and with resisting Garda Declan Fawl at Rinn Lia on December 7, 2007.
Read more ...Connolly urges An Post to operate parcel retrieval service at GPO
Thu, Dec 18, 2008
Deputy Mayor Cllr Colette Connolly is calling on An Post to operate a parcel retrieval facility at the GPO in Eglinton Street.
Read more ...Case of stolen chicken breast a ‘waste of resources’, says judge
Thu, Dec 18, 2008
A case in which a homeless man was brought to court for stealing a southern fried chicken breast, valued at only €2.69, was described by a Galway District Court judge recently as a “total waste of resources”.
Read more ...Get to grips with sign language with the Centre for Sign Language Studies
Thu, Dec 18, 2008
The Centre for Sign Language Studies — formerly known as the Conroy School of ISL — was established in 2001 to develop a centre of excellence in the west of Ireland for the study of the deaf community and Irish Sign Language and to provide consultation and advice, interpreting, and translation services.
Read more ...Huge response to Evergreen colouring competition
Thu, Dec 18, 2008
Evergreen Healthfoods has been inundated with entries to its second annual Christmas colour competition. The competition, which ran for two weeks in early December, received nearly 1,000 entries across three age categories from children throughout Galway.
Read more ...Hide your inhibitions at Karma on New Year’s Eve
Thu, Dec 18, 2008
Karma Club Galway will host a night of masked entertainment with a masquerade ball for New Year’s Eve.
Read more ...People sought to train for bereavement support groups
Thu, Dec 18, 2008
People interested in becoming bereavement support volunteers are invited to attend a training course in Galway in the New Year.
Read more ...Council to approach Government a second time for water assistance
Thu, Dec 18, 2008
The Galway City Council has voted to make a second bid to the Government seeking funding to assist with the pipe replacement in Old Mervue and other areas of the city affected by the lead water crisis.
Read more ...The inside story of the city council budget
Thu, Dec 18, 2008
Now that the back slapping is over and political kudos have been gained by politicians across the board for a most courageous, progressive, budget in recessionary times maybe it is appropriate at this stage to ask some pertinent questions as to the political intricacies of its birth, formulation, and delivery.
Read more ...Will FF convince Phelim O’Neill to run?
Thu, Dec 18, 2008
After months of speculation, fretting, and mystery, it finally appears as if Fianna Fáil will have two candidates to stand in June’s Local Elections in Galway City West.
For a number of weeks, there was intense speculation that FF may end up having to run just one candidate. However it is understood that this evening, FF officials will meet with NUI, Galway law graduate and young businessman Phelim O’Neill, to convince him to run for the party alongside Peter Keane.
Read more ...Will Libertas candidates add spice to Galway’s EU election campaign?
Thu, Dec 18, 2008
You can almost see it - an Irish politician scolding his bold child with the threat of ‘I’ll send you to Declan Ganley if you don’t behave yourself!’
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