The numbers that sum up modern smalltown Ireland

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

In a town I know quite well, these are the numbers that are resonating this week. Not because some local octogenarian who spends €10 a week on her lucky dip has won some obscene amount of money. No, the number resonates the opposite of joy. These are the numbers that represent the new reality in small towns like the one I am referring to.

US online gaming giant given go-ahead for work on Rahoon premises

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

Plans to create more than 200 jobs will soon come to fruition after the go-ahead was given to a US online gaming giant to begin construction work and redevelopment of a site in Rahoon.

HSE forum chair to meet new UHG CEO to discuss difficulties

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

The chairperson of the HSE West’s regional health forum is to meet the new CEO of University Hospital Galway to discuss what he terms the “ongoing performance related difficulties” at the west’s biggest hospital.

Druid starts the year with award nominations

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

Galway’s Druid Theatre Company has received three nominations in this year’s Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards.

Galway Nigerians watch unfolding events at home with concern

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

Galway Nigerians are deeply concerned for family and friends at home as a 50 per cent hike in petrol prices and the ever widening gap between rich and poor is set to make life even more difficult in Africa’s most populous nation.

New fights from Knock to Leeds-Bradford from March

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, has this week announced a new service flying three times a week between Ireland West Airport Knock and Leeds Bradford Airport in the UK. The new route will commence on March 25 and will run on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays. This will be the third addition to Flybe’s route network at the airport following the introduction of new services to Edinburgh and Manchester last year.

CEO of Enterprise Ireland to give science and technology careers talk in GMIT

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

The CEO of Enterprise Ireland, Frank Ryan, will give a talk on careers in the indigenous science and technology sectors on Tuesday next in GMIT’s Theatre 1000 at 2pm. The talk, titled ‘Ireland — The Comeback Economy’, is organised by the Galway Science and Technology Festival.

Probation Act for footballer who attacked taxi passenger

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

A Newcastle man who assaulted a passenger in a taxi they were sharing, in an unprovoked attack, handed over the last of the compensation owed and received the benefit of the Probation Act.

Progress in Vietnamese adoption issue will help Galway families, says Healy Eames

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

Fine Gael Galway Senator Fidelma Healy Eames, has this week welcomed the news that the adoptions of Vietnamese children to Ireland may soon be resumed as signalled by Minister for Children Frances Fitzgerald, following her visit to Vietnam last week.

Last call for submissions on citywide transport consultation

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

Mayor of Galway Hildegarde Naughton has called on Galway residents to make their views known on the future of traffic management in the city before the deadline for a public consultation which has been taking place for the past seven weeks. This is the last week of the city-wide transport survey, entitled ‘Galway Transport – Engage for a liveable city’, which seeks to promote public discourse on how to improve the city’s overburdened traffic systems. The survey will end on Saturday.

Four hundred jobs to be created in construction thanks to €75m spend on university development

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

An estimated 400 jobs are expected to be created in the construction sector at NUI Galway as part of a €75 million spend on university developments.

UHG doctor in misconduct case says the way to treat women is to pamper them

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

A UHG doctor with seven allegations of professional misconduct against him, including that he sent inappropriate emails and texts to female colleagues, has told a fitness to practise committee he believes the way to treat women is “to pamper them”.

Dr Onada Olajide Onada (40), who worked as a senior house officer (SHO) at University Hospital Galway from August 2010 to January 2011, told a Medical Council inquiry he was a happily married man and did not believe he had been inappropriate towards the women.

HSE service plan will result in ‘drastic’ cuts, warns county councillor

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

A local county councillor has accused the Minister for Health of approving a service plan which will result in “drastic” cuts and increasing waiting times for hospital procedures.

Parrott fined for calling gardai ‘pigs’

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

A 24-year-old student who was extremely abusive to gardai calling them “pigs” and other offensive remarks was fined €500 and warned to behave himself in future.

Father and daughter to give talk on their Camino experience

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

Father and daughter team Peter and Natasha Murtagh will speak at a public meeting in Galway on Tuesday January 24 on their amazing 900km trek together across Northern Spain along the famed pilgrim path of the Camino de Santiago de Compostela.

Their story inspired them to write a book, Buen Camino, which has received a lot of media attention and they are coming to Galway to support local heart and stroke charity Croí who are currently promoting two charity treks on the Camino – one in June and the other in September of this year.

Nominations open for Mayor’s Awards

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

Mayor of Galway Hildegarde Naughton has called on people to submit their nominations for this year’s Mayor’s Awards, saying that all nominees are winners in their own right.

Galway makes top ten Lonely Planet places to visit list

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

Galway city and its surrounds has been rated one of the top 10 places to visit in Ireland, according to the 10th edition of the Lonely Planet’s Ireland guide was was published recently.

John Jennings Galway City Library exhibition

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

GALWAY BASED animator John Jennings has an exhibition of comic book and manga art in the Galway City Library children’s section.

Acknowledging the Debt to our forebears

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

“There are cases, in which more knowledge of more value may be conveyed by the history of a word than by the history of a campaign.” Indeed, this observation by Samuel Taylor Coleridge may be opened out to include not merely single words, but also aphorisms, metaphors, and short significant sayings. And one of the most striking of these is one he himself used in The Friend: "The dwarf sees farther than the giant, when he has the giant's shoulder to mount on."

Galway credit unions not affected by Central Bank take-over scare

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

The savings of credit union members in the Galway area are safe and secure, according to the Irish League of Credit Unions (ILCU).

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