Brendan Loughnane Butchers for quality and value
Thu, Nov 24, 2011
The best lamb, beef, pork, bacon and poultry from an award winning butcher.
Brendan Loughnanes Butchers beef is from their own farm in Loughrea, and his lamb is sourced locally in Athenry.
Read more ...President and Taoiseach to join French invasion of city
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
The President of Ireland, Mr Michael D Higgins, returns to the west this weekend to support Connacht Rugby’s historic Heineken Cup fixture against Toulouse. The President will be accompanied by his wife Sabina to the province’s first Heineken Cup fixture at the Galway Sportsground when they host European aristocrats Toulouse on Saturday evening. It will be Mr Higgins’ second major sporting event since being inaugurated, having attended the Republic of Ireland’s Euro 2012 play-off against Estonia at the Aviva Stadium earlier this week.
Read more ...Time for us to save ourselves now
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
Over the past few days, there has been a jauntiness in the step of the people of Ireland. Perhaps it has to do with the weather. In the past few years, by this time, half the county was under water or under ice and the harsh winters of 2009 and 2010 were well under way.
Read more ...Government committed to smarter travel and getting people back on their bikes, says Minister
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
The Government is fully committed to making travel in Galway smarter, making roads safer, and getting people back on their bikes, that is according to Minister Alan Kelly who opened the Public Bike Symposium this week.
Read more ...Ireland’s R&D reputation secures €25 million Covidien investment
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
A “well-established” record of fostering successful innovation was a key factor in Covidien’s decision to locate a number of advanced research and development projects in Ireland, with Galway and Athlone to benefit.
Read more ...New overcrowding initiatives for UHG
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
University Hospital Galway is one of eight public hospitals responsible for almost 60 per cent of the country’s trolley waiting problem.
Read more ...No judge to hear Galway priest’s libel case against RTÉ
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
A High Court libel action brought by Galway priest Fr Kevin Reynolds against RTÉ has been adjourned as there was no judge available to hear the case.
Read more ...Workers will lose jobs if sick pay plan goes ahead, warns Healy Eames
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
A Galway employer has told her seven employees that if Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton’s proposal - that employers should pay the first four weeks of employees’ sick pay - goes ahead they will lose their jobs. The company will instead downsize to become a sole trader.
Read more ...Connacht thank Walsh and Ring for sourcing funding for Sportsground
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
The stage is set for Connacht to welcome Heineken Cup rugby to Galway for the first time this weekend following a major revamp of The Sportsground on College Road.
Read more ...City Council arts grants announced
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
The provision of arts grants to a wide selection of the city’s arts groups was announced at Monday evening’s Galway City Council meeting.
Read more ...Galway Film Fleadh qualifies for Oscar status
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
The Galway Film Fleadh has been accepted as a qualifying festival in the Academy Awards Short Film category, meaning short films shown at the fleadh have a chance at an Oscar nomination.
Read more ...One Hundred Hats for Hospice charity event
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
One Hundred Hats for Hospice, a unique fashion fundraiser, will take place in The Paint Box, Bearna, this Saturday from 11am to 3pm.
Read more ...Grady Joinery - energy efficient windows that look the business
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
Grady Joinery is Ireland's premier manufacturer of uPVC, timber, and aluminium A-rated energy efficient windows and doors.
Read more ...Book launch to highlight premature births in Ireland
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
Tiny Footprints, a book written by parents about their experience of having a baby born prematurely, takes place this evening at 6pm in The Ardilaun.
Read more ...New dog bills will ‘improve animal welfare’ says Grealish
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
The Greyhound Welfare Bill and Dog Breeding Establishment Bill, among the first bills signed into law by President Michael D Higgins, will significantly improve animal welfare and protection.
Read more ...TY Students to hold Christmas Craft Fair in Athenry
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
The Transition Year Students of Gairmscoil Mhuire, Athenry and St Raphael's College, Loughrea will hold a Christmas Craft Fair in Athenry next month.
Read more ...Assault accused gets ten-month suspended sentence and is banned from Supermac’s
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
A Rahoon man who punched a stranger in a unprovoked attack in Supermac’s has been banned from entering any of the fast-food restaurant’s outlets in the city and given a 10-month suspended sentence.
Read more ...New book on 1920s Galway politics to be launched
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
The early 20th century in Ireland witnessed many significant events - 1916, the War of Independence, the Civil War, etc - and Galway was as caught up in those events as anywhere else in the country.
Read more ...Oxfam Galway shop asks people to make Christmas a little sweeter
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
This November and December, the Oxfam Galway shop is urging people to choose their Christmas presents from its range of Unwrapped gifts.
Read more ...Man sets fire to community garden shed
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
A man set fire to a shed in the Ballybane Community Garden, causing more than €2,500 worth of damage, in retaliation for difficulties he was having with his estranged wife who had an involvement in the project, the Galway District Court heard this week.
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