Human League, Josh Ritter, Heaven 17, and Cathy Davey for arts festival Big Top
Thu, May 13, 2010
Synth pop legends and heroes of 1980s electro The Human League and Heaven 17, and leading singer-songwriters Josh Ritter, Cathy Davey, and Damien Dempsey, will all play the Galway Arts Festival Big Top in July.
Read more ...AIB seeking €18m judgment against Corrandulla businessman
Thu, May 13, 2010
A Cprrandulla businessman is being pursued by Allied Irish Banks for €18 million summary judgment orders over unpaid loans allegedly advanced for property developments in Galway, property investment in New York and a bloodstock business.
Because of defects in the bank’s legal documents, Mr Justice Peter Kelly adjourned the bank’s application for transfer of the proceedings against Joseph Joyce and his company Cahermorris Developments Ltd to the Commercial Court to this morning (Thursday.)
Read more ...Naughton makes her case to be FG city candidate in election
Thu, May 13, 2010
She may only be on the Galway City Council for less than a year, but Fine Gael’s Hildegarde Naughton is nothing if not ambitious, and her sights are now firmly set on running in the next General Election.
Read more ...HSE cuts will set back nation’s dental health by a decade, warn dentists
Thu, May 13, 2010
Almost 68,000 local medical card holders will be denied routine dental treatments, including fillings and extractions as well as dentures and treatment of gum disease, due to HSE cuts, according to the Irish Dental Association.
Denouncing what it terms the health authority’s decision to dismantle the medical card dental scheme and reduce it to one which only provides limited emergency cover for card holders the association says the move is “unsafe” and “unworkable”.
Read more ...Castlerea Prison responds to Walsh’s allegations about prisoner escape
Thu, May 13, 2010
A spokesperson for Castlerea Prison has responded to allegations by Fine Gale councillor Brian Walsh, regarding the recent escape of a prisoner from University Hospital Galway.
Read more ...Connolly’s motion condemning Government will live to fight another day
Thu, May 13, 2010
An attempt to pass a motion of no confidence in the Government’s handling of the economic crisis failed to get a chance to be heard at Monday’s city council meeting.
Read more ...Galway Theatre Festival table quiz
Thu, May 13, 2010
THE GALWAY Theatre Festival’s Arts Quiz takes place at 8pm on Thursday May 20 at the Galway Arms, Dominick Street.
Read more ...Leading PR guru to give communications masterclass in the city
Thu, May 13, 2010
One of Ireland’s leading PR Professionals, Jack Murray, will host a special communications masterclass in the Radisson hotel Galway on May 27.
Read more ...GPO goes into voluntary receivership
Thu, May 13, 2010
The GPO nightclub on Eglinton Street has gone into voluntary receivership, but despite this it is still “business as usual” at the venue.
Read more ...Nolan condemns ‘unthinking’ bureaucracy which cost VEC training places
Thu, May 13, 2010
Thirty training places at the city of Galway VEC’s Sandy Road training centre have been lost due to “unthinking and illogical bureaucracy” according to Labour councillor Derek Nolan.
Read more ...Road carnage adverts could lead to male drivers taking more risks, says NUIG research
Thu, May 13, 2010
New NUI Galway research has found that advertising campaigns showing the carnage on the nation’s roads could actually lead to young male drivers taking more driving risks.
Read more ...Fracas in Eyre Square
Thu, May 13, 2010
Gardaí have appealed for witnesses to come forward following a late night fracas in Eyre Square at the weekend.
Read more ...Dolan’s to hold summer art auction this weekend
Thu, May 13, 2010
Dolan’s art auction returns to the Marriott Hotel on the Headford Road, Galway, this weekend, with a very interesting and varied collection of paintings and sculptures.
Read more ...Get the truck outta here
Thu, May 13, 2010
The heart of Loughrea needs its arteries unclogged according to local Fine Gael representatives Sen Ciaran Cannon and Cllr Mogie Maher, who have called for a ban on heavy goods vehicles in the town centre.
The pair said this week that the town centre is still experiencing heavy HGV traffic almost five years after the completion of the bypass, and both traders and shoppers have asked that a ban on HGVs be put in place.
Read more ...Hospital consultants get on their bikes for charity
Thu, May 13, 2010
Two Galway hospital consultants will embark on a novel fundraising drive next week when they begin a 1,000 mile cycle to Russia.
Read more ...Safety measures to be erected at Cregmore Cross next week confirm Fahey and Noone
Thu, May 13, 2010
Variable message signs alerting drivers to their speed will be erected at Cregmore Cross next week, according to Dep Frank Fahey.
Dep Fahey said this week the Galway County Council has informed him of its plans to erect the signs at the junction as part of a traffic calming programme following the recent crash which saw a lorry career into several cars in the parking area at the front of Cregmore National School.
Read more ...Victim left for dead after ‘savage’ attack
Thu, May 13, 2010
A young third level student and part-time barman who had everything to live for had his life turned upside down after being left for dead in a laneway following a savage attack almost nine years ago leaving him with permanent facial paralysis.
One of his attackers, 34-year-old John Quigley with an address at 31 Mullacreevie Park, Armagh, was this week sentenced to six years at Galway Circuit Criminal Court. Quigley, who had been living at Carn Ard, Circular Road, at the time of the offence, pleaded guilty to intentionally or recklessly causing serious harm to James Curley on August 26, 2001. The court heard that although Quigley had been arrested the following day he was soon granted bail and absconded to Northern Ireland. Despite persistant efforts by gardai it was not until November 2009 that Quigley was arrested on foot of an extradiction warrant and taken into custody.
Read more ...Happy end to a story worthy of Hollywood star
Thu, May 13, 2010
When Bish student and Galway's Secret of Kells Oscar nominee Evan McGuire took to the red carpet in Hollywood a few months ago, little did he know that a real story of friendship worthy of a movie would unfold before his very eyes in the coming months.
Read more ...Quality pet foods delivered to your door
Thu, May 13, 2010
Do you find it hard to get to the pet store? Is the recession biting? Let locally owned Galway Pet Foods take care of you and your pets with affordable prices, and a friendly and fast delivery service that will cater for all your pet needs.
Read more ...Drámaí na Gaeilge 1975 - 2009
Thu, May 13, 2010
Cuirfear an-spéis anseo san iarthar i Playography na Gaeilge, bunachar sonraí idirlín ina bhfuil teacht ar eolas cuimsitheach faoi gach dráma Gaeilge a léiríodh don chéad uair sna blianta 1975 - 2009.
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