Bats, biodiversity and business dominate Monday’s oral hearing

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

The importance of biodiversity, business, and bats dominated the opening of the second week of the An Bord Pleanala oral hearing into the proposed Galway City Ring Road (GCRR), held at the g Hotel.

The hearing is scheduled to run until mid-April, and matters were expedited considerably on Monday when many of the listed speakers failed to turn up, leading to a hasty rescheduling of those who addressed the event.

Road development will cause ‘ecocide,’ says athletics board delegate at oral hearing

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

Plans for the construction of the €600 million Galway Citry Ring Road will cause ‘eco-cide’ to more than 6,000 species of animasl, birds and insects, various groups opposed to the development told an oral hearing into the project in the city this week.

Disagreeing with the fuzzy logic

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

Dear Editor,
The Through the Glass Darkly (GA, Feb 20th) column finishes with the claim “There is absolutely no way to drastically reduce carbon emissions in only 10 years.... without the appalling prospect of a massive global recession, which will impact the greatest on the poorest on the planet.”

The Through the Glass Darkly (GA, Feb 20th) column finishes with the claim “There is absolutely no way to drastically reduce carbon emissions in only 10 years.... without the appalling prospect of a massive global recession, which will impact the greatest on the poorest on the planet.”

First Traveller elected to NUI Galway’s governing body

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

Owen Ward, an Irish Traveller and a professional master of education student at NUI Galway, has been elected by postgraduate students onto the university’s Údarás na hOllscoile — the university’s governing body. This is the first time that an Irish Traveller has been elected onto a university governing body in Ireland.

Home loan scheme requirements need to be relaxed

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

Requirements of applicants seeking a loan under the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan scheme should be relaxed (RIHL) according to Tuam area councillor Karey McHugh Farag.

Under current conditions, those wishing to be issued with a loan from the scheme must have mortgage rejection letters from two different banks.

DV8 COMES TO GALWAY!!

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

DV8 Fashion opens in Galway Eyre Square Shopping Centre Friday 28th February. DV8 Fashion is a UK and Ireland based Fashion company with over 50 high street stores and a highly secure website stocking over 100 young fashion clothing and footwear brands in one destination.

New streets and plazas as Augustine Hill is revealed

Thu, Feb 20, 2020

A planning application has today been lodged for the eight-acre infill development site adjacent to Ceannt Train Station in Galway city centre that will see the creation of eleven new streets and four new civic spaces in a development that will create a new neighbourhood in the heart of the city.

NUIG accused of 'exploiting' students over controversial rent hike

Thu, Feb 20, 2020

NUI Galway's decision to hike student accommodation rents by four per cent has been condemned as exploitative and a move that will potentially bar many young people from accessing university education.

Leading LGBT+ organisations in Galway to receive Government funding

Thu, Feb 20, 2020

More than €12,000 in Government funding is to go towards two leading LGBT+ organisations in Galway, which one TD has welcomed as a move to helping combat homophobia and prejudice.

GLUAS team welcomes report saying Galway is 'mathematically suitable' for light rail

Thu, Feb 20, 2020

Galway city, because of its "linear shape" makes it "mathematically suitable" for the development of a cost effective light rail system, according to a report by an NUI Galway mathematician.

Augustine Hill to meet top sustainability commitments

Thu, Feb 20, 2020

Augustine Hill is aiming for One Planet Living endorsement, with a One Planet Action Plan designed by Bioregional to ensure that the development meets key sustainability commitments.

University to host Travellers in Education event

Thu, Feb 20, 2020

NUI Galway will celebrate Irish Traveller Ethnicity Day by hosting the ‘Travellers in Education: Building a Sense of Belonging’ event on Wednesday, 26 February.

Eleven new streets and four new civic spaces in Augustine Hill

Thu, Feb 20, 2020

A planning application has today been lodged for the eight-acre infill development site adjacent to Ceannt Train Station in Galway city centre that will see the creation of 11 new streets and four new civic spaces. The development company is a joint venture between Galway-based Edward Capital and London-based Summix Capital. The neighbourhood, deriving its name from an historic name for the area is to be known as Augustine Hill, and will deliver 376 homes in an exciting mixed-use expansion of the city centre.

Galway Freemasons to hold charity fundraising dinner

Thu, Feb 20, 2020

The Simon Community, Medecins Sans Frontieres, and the RNLI are the chosen charities to benefit from this year’s Freemasons’ Gala Dinner which will take place in the Clayton Hotel on Thursday March 5 at 7pm.

Freemasons have been part of Galway life since 1733 and are the longest continually meeting club in Galway city and county. The Grand Lodge of Ireland holds four meetings per year and have chosen Galway on this occasion to signal support for the city’s City of Culture 2020 status.

Celebrate International Women’s Day with a seasonal spring lunch for Self Help Africa

Thu, Feb 20, 2020

Paul and Mary Grealish of The King’s Head Bistro in Galway’s Latin Quarter, together with Ronan Scully of Self Help Africa, are hosting a special International Women’s Day lunch in aid of Self Help Africa on Sunday March 8.

Helping sick children have fun

Thu, Feb 20, 2020

A children’s charity which provides play and fun for sick children in hospitals is seeking play volunteers to help out at University Hospital Galway.

Módh Eile within weeks of opening its doors

Thu, Feb 20, 2020

On Monday afternoon, I visited Modh Eile as a guest of COPE Galway. It is the perhaps one of the last times that the media will see inside it fully, because from next month it will become the temporary and private home of many families who experience domestic violence in Galway every year and who require a place to flee to, receive respite, to be cosseted. A place of great privacy and comfort.

Lack of funding is affecting women with mental health problems during pregnancy or after childbirth

Thu, Feb 20, 2020

by mary O’Connor
Funding earmarked for services for women in the west experiencing mental health problems during pregnancy or after childbirth is no longer available for the project.

Gardai probe city centre assault

Thu, Feb 20, 2020

Gardai are looking for witnesses to an assault which took place in the city centre earlier this week, which led to a man being hospitalised.

On Monday morning at approximately 1am, a man was assaulted by another man outside McDonalds restaurant on Shop Street, Galway.

Boston Scientific and NUI Galway objections withdrawn on dramatic opening day of ring road hearing

Thu, Feb 20, 2020

On a day when it seemed the proposers of the new N6 Galway City Ring Road would merely go through the motions of outlining the project, there was drama when it emerged that both Boston Scientific and NUI Galway had withdrawn objections/submissions to the plan — in both cases to allow amendments to address their concerns.

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