Take 401 to Ed, recommends Bus Eireann

Thu, May 10, 2018

Bus Éireann advise customers that Galway City Route 401 will carry concert go-ers to Ed Sheeran concerts in Pearse Stadium this weekend.

Miscarriage Association to hold remembrance walk in Galway next week

Thu, May 10, 2018

No parent should have to say “goodbye” to their baby before they get the opportunity to say “hello.”

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Thu, May 10, 2018

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Chanelle employees hailed as heroes after plucking baby twins from flooded river

Thu, May 10, 2018

Two UK-based employees of Loughrea-headquartered pharmaceutical company Chanelle have been hailed as heroes after jumping into a swollen river outside their office to save baby twins whose buggy had blown into the canal.

Chanelle’s Fiona Holmes and Jessica Oliver are the toast of their company after saving the lives of twin boys, Riley and Marley Walls last week.

SeaFest 2018 will boost Galway business by €2million a day

Thu, May 10, 2018

The Seafest event, Ireland’s largest maritime festival will boost the Galway economy by more than €2million per day of its’ there day run from June 29 to July 1.

Boston Mayor and ‘surprise guests’ to attend Mayor Flannery’s charity ball tomorrow

Thu, May 10, 2018

Several Galway charities are set to benefit from Mayor Pearce Flannery’ Charity Mayors Ball tomorrow night Friday May 11 next in the Galway Bay Hotel, Salthill.

Judges and prizes announced for ‘the g Hotel Best Dressed’ Competition on Ladies’ Day

Thu, May 10, 2018

Join Ireland’s most fashionable at Ballybrit Racecourse on Thursday August 2 for the biggest day in the Irish racing calendar, Ladies’ Day of the Galway Races Summer Festival. A day where bold colours and cutting-edge silhouettes are paired with dramatic headpieces — all perfectly showcased by ‘the g Hotel Best Dressed’ event.

Cuddy calls for retention of Galway Airport airstrip

Thu, May 10, 2018

A formal request has been lodged with the Galway County Council that the airstrip at Galway Airport be retained as “there is no possibility” of a suitable site being found for another airstrip “so close to the city ever again”.

This is the view of Independent county councillor Jim Cuddy, who has contacted Kevin Kelly, the interim CEO of Galway County Council, to formally request the airstrip be retained.

New website and name at No 4 Youth Services

Thu, May 10, 2018

Galway Diocesan Youth Services which was set up in the early 1980s is to be renamed as No 4 Youth Service at an event in the Harbour Hotel next Wednesday, when it will also unveil its new website.

City to launch heart failure awareness campaign

Thu, May 10, 2018

Galway is the first city and county in Europe to launch a heart failure awareness campaign.

€3.5 million for home improvement grants for Galway's elderly and people with disabilities

Tue, May 08, 2018

Older people and those with disabilities in Galway city could be set to benefit from funding of €1,100,374 which will be made available via grants for housing adaptations.

Rent hikes at Cúirt na Coiribe condemned as 'callous and unfair'

Tue, May 08, 2018

An 18 per cent hike in rents for student accommodation could see Galway students paying an additional €1,000 for a nine month/39 week lease, leading to warnings that such hikes "threaten the advances our third-level institutions have achieved in recent years".

Cuirt na Coiribe issue statement in response to concerns over rent increase

Tue, May 08, 2018

Cuirt na Coiribe has issued a statement in relation to concern among students at the proposed rent increase. It reads as folows:

"Cuirt na Coiribe, Galway, has recently advised residents of rent updates planned to take effect in the September 2018 / 2019 academic year and a new €2m investment programme over the next two years. The new rent rates will bring Cuirt na Coiribe in line with the wider student accommodation market in Galway. From September 2018 a single room in Cuirt na Coiribe will cost €140 per week compared to current rents of €141 per week in Gort na Coiribe, €148 in Donegan Court and €135 at Corrib Village on the NUIG campus. Existing rental agreements with tenants for the remainder of this year are unaffected.

Seventeen families join Galway homeless list in last eight weeks

Thu, May 03, 2018

 The housing crisis in Galway city is worsening with 17 new families joining the homeless list in the city over the past eight weeks.

Grealish says figures prove case for minor injuries unit at Merlin Park Hospital

Thu, May 03, 2018

People with a minor injury now face an average wait of five and a half hours from the time they are first registered to when they are discharged from the Emergency Department at University Hospital Galway.

McNelis raises concerns over numbers of AIR B&Bs in the city

Thu, May 03, 2018

Many apartments in the city centre being run as Air B&Bs are not paying commercial rates or water charges, but are instead “reaping the benefits” of the hard work of rate payers in the accommodation industry in Galway.

Gort and Spiddal Water Treatment Plants to receive €1.5m upgrade

Thu, May 03, 2018

Irish Water, working in partnership with Galway County Council, is investing €1.54 million to upgrade the Gort and Spiddal Regional Water Supply Schemes.

Craughwell NS extension plan moves ahead

Thu, May 03, 2018

Galway East TD Seán Canney has welcomed news that an application for planning permission has been lodged with Galway County Council for an eight-classroom extension to Craughwell National School.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy clinic now open in Galway

Thu, May 03, 2018

A state of the art Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) Clinic has opened on Merchant Road in the city offering therapeutic and healing treatment to the people of Galway and beyond.

Ó Tuathail accuses city council of having ‘worst record for social housing’

Thu, May 03, 2018

Galway City Council has been accused of having “the worst record for social housing nationwide” having built “no social housing at all” and having acquired “the lowest number of units” in the State.

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