Oughterard murder investigation continues with suspects questioned after gardai swoop to make arrests

Thu, Oct 06, 2011

One man charged, two released, and a total of six arrests made, the investigation into the murder of popular school teacher and publican John Kenny has continued unabated, with three people, still being questioned by gardai last evening, expected to soon be charged or released.

All Michael D has to do is keep his eye on the ball

Thu, Oct 06, 2011

Like an elf picking his way across a dangerous river, all he has to do is look out for the small smooth stepping stones, ignoring the tempting delights of the seemingly innocuous rocks which carry within them potential slips that could see him splash into the water. And before each leap, he must take a look left and then right. And if he can do that, then the gates of the Phoenix Park will beckon before him, the lush grass inviting him inside, rewarding him for a lifetime of service. Yes, that is just how close Galway is to having its first ever Uachtarain na hEireann. For a county that has provided leaders in almost every other sphere apart from Taoiseach and President, it is now very likely that Michael D will go into the last few weeks of the election campaign with the prize being his to lose. Althought there is many a slip twixt the cup and the lip, the manner in which the presidential debate has descended into verbal street-fighting has done a lot of the work for the Labour candidate.

Transatlantic cable link can turn Galway into ‘hotbed for IT’ says Walsh

Thu, Oct 06, 2011

A proposal to link the west coast of Ireland to a new transatlantic internet cable has the potential to turn Galway into “a hotbed for the IT and the gaming industry”.

Reg Gordon seeks space for major photography exhibition

Thu, Oct 06, 2011

Galway photographer Reg Gordon is seeking a city centre based vacant space for use in November to display a major exhibition of his latest photographic project.

Interviews to be held for vacant hearing specialist position

Thu, Oct 06, 2011

Interviews for a children’s hearing specialist position in Galway that has remained vacant for almost 10 years are to be held before the end of the month. It is the second time this year that the senior audiological scientist post has been advertised but the HSE has been unable to attract a suitable candidate and hundreds of children remain on the waiting list for services.

Art exhibition to raise funds for Michael D’s campaign

Thu, Oct 06, 2011

An exhibition of artworks by leading contemporary artists to raise funds for Michael D Higgins’ presidential campaign continues in Galway until Saturday October 15 at 6pm. .

Progress made on plans for new Claregalway secondary school

Thu, Oct 06, 2011

Progress was made this week on a new secondary school for Claregalway with officials from the Department of Education and the Galway County Council seeking a site for the building.

Anti-household charge public meetings

Thu, Oct 06, 2011

Meetings to organise a campaign against the Government’s proposed household charge will take place in Ballybane and Knocknacarra.

Star-studded line up for A Night For Manuela at end of month

Thu, Oct 06, 2011

Frances Black, Niamh Kavanagh, Crystal Swing, Trad on the Prom, and Don Stiffe will all perform at the A Night For Manuela fundraising concert in The Salthill Hotel on Saturday October 15.

Newly qualified teachers can use JobBridge to complete their probation, says Healy Eames

Thu, Oct 06, 2011

Fine Gael Senator for Galway West, Fidelma Healy Eames, has received confirmation from the Minister for Education that newly qualified teachers can use the JobBridge internship programme to complete their probation.

“I’m delighted to receive confirmation from Minister Quinn that young teachers who are struggling to find school placements can use the JobBridge programme to complete their probation. This is very welcome news.

Galway to host barbershop singers convention this weekend

Thu, Oct 06, 2011

Leading Irish and European Barbershop singers are coming to Galway this weekend to entertain the public and take part in the 23rd National Convention of Barbershop Singers.

Some 16,000 signatures collected to save St Francis Nursing Home

Thu, Oct 06, 2011

The level of public support for St Francis nursing home was further illustrated this week with the announcement that the campaign has collected more than 16,000 signatures. The Keep St Francis Nursing Home Open Campaign also has the support of all five local TDs and Senator O’Clochartaigh who attended a public meeting at the Westwood Hotel to try and secure the future of the Upper Newcastle facility.

GAAW organises Peace Convoy for Shannon protests

Thu, Oct 06, 2011

The Galway Alliance Against War will mark the 10th anniversary of its foundation this Sunday with a peace convoy from Galway to Shannon Airport.

Senator Healy Eames named as patron of Institute of Community Health Nurses

Thu, Oct 06, 2011

Fine Gael senator for Galway West, Fidelma Healy Eames, has been named as a patron of the Institute of Community Health Nurses (ICHN).

Ballinasloe man jailed for ten years for sustained sex attack while victim’s son slept in next room

Thu, Oct 06, 2011

A Ballinasloe man who broke into the home of a mother of four and subjected her to a sustained sexual assault while her son slept in the next room has been sentenced to 14 years with the final four years suspended.

Married father, Charlie Cawley (28), of Esker Hills, Ballinasloe pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to the attempted rape and aggravated sexual assault of the woman in the early hours of February 27, 2010.

Galway pharmacist gets life for murder of elderly neighbour

Thu, Oct 06, 2011

A Galway pharmacist has been sentenced to life in prison for the brutal murder of her elderly neighbour in Newry three years ago.

Footballers, academics, and singer-songwriters to address major Sinn Féin Galway conference

Thu, Oct 06, 2011

Sinn Féin presidential candidate Martin McGuinness, Tyrone Gaelic football hero Peter Canavan; NUI, Galway lecturer Dr Lionel Pilkington; and singer-songwriter Seán Tyrrell will speak at a major Sinn Féin conference in The Galway Bay Hotel, Salthill, tomorrow.

Lady Morgan and the Eccentric Mr Kirwan

Thu, Oct 06, 2011

Lady Morgan refers to Richard Kirwan (1733-1812) in several of her books, but her fullest portrait is found in The Book of the Boudoir (1829). She became acquainted with him during the last years of his life. She had by then published her most famous novel, The Wild Irish Girl (1806), and was the toast of Dublin and London literary society.

It was from her actor father that she first heard of Kirwan. “I remember, when I was a child, hearing a great deal of Mr Kirwan, and of chemistry: not that my family were particularly given to that, or any other of the sciences, though we had all a great calling to the arts. But the most eminent chemist of the day was an Irishman - and, still more, a Connaught man - and, more still, a Galway man.”

New figures show slight rise in Galway city house prices

Thu, Oct 06, 2011

While temperatures failed to rise noticeably during the summer months property prices in Galway city were climbing gradually with a one per cent rise recorded.

Galway hospitals celebrate poetry festival

Thu, Oct 06, 2011

The Arts Trust at Galway University Hospital is today celebrating All-Ireland Poetry Day. A poetry project called A Moment in Time has been set up and it will bring a short anthology of poems, selected by renowned poet Mark Roper, to the patients and staff of University Hospital and Merlin Park University Hospital.

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