Noel Treacy bows out of politics after thirty years
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
After a 30 year career in national politics and as the Dáil TD for Galway East, Fianna Fáil’s Noel Treacy this week announced his retirement from politics.
Read more ...It’s a two horse race
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
Pundits and the public alike are in agreement that the coming election will see a historic battle for supremacy between Fine Gael and Labour.
Read more ...Galway West to still prove elusive to Sinn Féin
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
Sinn Féin looks certain to make gains in the next election, particularly in Donegal, and the polls show the party on level support with Fianna Fáil at 14 per cent.
Read more ...Canney lambasts no-show fellow councillors
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
The absence of 22 councillors from Monday’s Galway County Council meeting left County Mayor Jimmy McClearn with no option but to abandon the proceedings.
Read more ...Council basks in success of tackling water crisis
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
“Team Galway” was the catchphrase being thrown around at the Galway County Council chamber on Monday evening.
Read more ...NRA allocates €1.5 million for work on ‘dangerous’ road at Luimnagh
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
A total of €1.5 million in funds is to be allocated for improvement works on a very dangerous stretch of national secondary road on the N84.
The Galway County Council has received confirmation about the funds from the National Roads Authority for the Luimnagh Realignment scheme.
Read more ...Slagging match between candidates sees Mayor storm out of meeting
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
If you did not already know that a general election was coming, Monday’s city council meeting would have left you in no doubt as two candidates squared up to each other in a slagging match.
Read more ...Naughton hits out at ‘willing councillors’
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
Too many councillors have been willing to do the bidding of developers and this is why the city has far too much commercial/industrial zoned land.
Read more ...Can we get thirty male volunteers in thirty days?
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
The Big Brother Big Sister programme is a youth mentoring programme that forms friendships between an adult volunteer and a young person who will benefit from extra support. Male volunteers are matched with young males and female volunteers are matched with young females.
Read more ...Dermot Connolly to run for Sinn Féin in Galway East
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
With Fianna Fáil in seeming disarray in Galway East, could this be the election that gives Sinn Féin its first County Galway TD since the 1920s?
On Monday Sinn Féin’s Ballinasloe based county councillor Dermot Connolly was unanimously selected to represent the party in Galway East at next month’s General Election.
Read more ...Dermot Connolly to run for Sinn Féin in Galway East
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
With Fianna Fáil in seeming disarray in Galway East, could this be the election that gives Sinn Féin its first County Galway TD since the 1920s?
Read more ...Quiz night in Crowes
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
A charity quiz night in aid of the Irish Kidney Association (IKA) will be held in Crowes Bar, Bohermore, next week, Thursday, February 3.
Read more ...Conneely goes ‘bats’ over Menlo castle report
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
Despite the Government imploding around him and his party facing a hostile electorate in February, it is the lesser horseshoe bat that is occupying the mind of the Green’s John Gormley the most.
Read more ...Canney to run in Galway East
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
“Having been successful in delivering for communities in the Tuam electoral area I believe that I can also deliver at national level for Galway East.”
Read more ...The return of the LBD to Central Park
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
An all time classic in the history of Central Park events, returns on Wednesday February 2, as the club hosts its Little Black Dress 2011 event where the club’s already stylish female customer base, turn the glamour stakes up a notch to the very highest standard.
Read more ...Hockey is not just for school — it can be for life
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
Hockey is the most popular sport amongst school going girls but why not continue with it when your school days are over.
Read more ...Curry’s reduces prices on four hundreded products until the end of the year
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
Currys are reducing everyday prices on a massive 400 product lines including washing machines, washer dryers, dryers, dishwashers, refrigerators, wine/beer chillers, freezers, electric cookers, integrated kitchen appliances, dual fuel cookers, gas cookers and cooker splashbacks.
Read more ...Weddings Fair at the award-winning Westwood
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
The ever popular four star Westwood Hotel in Galway City will host its third annual “Weddings At The Westwood" Wedding Fair on Sunday February 6 from 2pm to 6pm.
The hotel is celebrating having recently been short-listed in the “Best Wedding Venue” section in the weddingsonline.ie awards 2011 and the afternoon is sure to be a must for those engaged couples who have booked, or who are considering, booking the hotel for their upcoming wedding reception.
Read more ...Lough Rea Hotel and Spa — an idyllic wedding destination
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
Lough Rea Hotel and Spa situated in the heart of Galway county is now fully established as an idyllic wedding destination for many in the south, east and centre of the county.
Read more ...Man charged with possession of replica firearm and knuckle duster with intent
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
A Dublin man has been charged with allegedly being in possession of a bag, which contained a replica/imitation firearm, knuckle duster, and a balaclava, with intent to cause injury at a Galway city location last summer.
The Galway District Court heard on Monday how David Hickey (35) with an address at 1D Pearse House, Dublin 2, faces two counts of possessing an article with intent to cause injury at Mervue on July 11, 2010.
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