Are the Blueshirts looking good for 2009?

Thu, Jan 08, 2009

Fine Gael appear to occupy a position in Galway city politics that Fianna Fáil and Labour must envy because the Blueshirts look set to emerge from the 2009 Local Elections without losing a seat.

Fianna Fáil know they will be lucky to hold what they have. Labour know they stand a great chance of making gains, but cannot be sure they will. FG has the advantage of knowing thier sitting councillors should stay put, but the party’s one dilemma is that they will find it very hard to pick up extra seats.

Could Packie Bonner be our next MEP?

Thu, Jan 08, 2009

Italia 90 was easily the worst World Cup in living memory. Excruciatingly dull games, foul play, cantenaccio gone mad, cynical holding out for extra time, and running down the clock for penalties.

A case of ‘almost...but not quite’ for Fianna Fáil

Thu, Jan 08, 2009

“Almost...but not quite” is how Galway Fianna Fáil might sum up its team for June’s Local Elections in both the city and county, with many candidates virtually certain to be selected, others still battling for a place, and the rest in the dark as to what party HQ intends to do with them.

What’s another year?

Tue, Dec 30, 2008

The Pope’s children are 30. As 2009 dawns it will be 30 years since the Pope went around the Racecourse in Ballybrit and told the young people of Ireland that he loved them. But the young people at Ballybrit were not the Pope’s children. The young people of Ballybrit in 1979 are anything from 45 to 55 now. They were well able to cheer and clap and sing loudly in 1979. The Pope’s children are a different generation.

Mother fined for fight at christening

Tue, Dec 30, 2008

A 26-year-old mother who hit the drink at her baby’s christening and then hit another woman during a “fracas” in Salthill was fined €500 at Galway District Court last Monday.

Connolly slams lack of tree preservation policy at city council

Tue, Dec 30, 2008

The absence of a tree preservation and replacement policy at the Galway City Council is of great concern and is detrimental to the city’s green enviroment.

Local student awarded Bank of Ireland scholarship

Tue, Dec 30, 2008

Galway student Conor Keane, who is studying Civil Law at NUI Galway has been awarded a prestigious Bank of Ireland scholarship. It is one of 80 new scholarships for third level education valued at over €1m.

Want to win a copy of the Irish Racing Yearbook?

Tue, Dec 30, 2008

Ruby Walsh adorns the cover of the Irish Racing Yearbook 2009, published this week — and the Galway Advertiser is giving away copies to racing fans in an end of year competition.

The six-time champion Irish jump jockey is the subject of a lead feature inside the 220-page book, in which members of his family and some weighing room colleagues give journalist John O’Brien a unique insight into the rider’s personality.

Man fined for abuse of gardai

Tue, Dec 30, 2008

A man who abused gardai when they arrived at his house to sort out a domestic row was fined €500 at Galway District Court recently.

Funding approved to kick-start Galway livestock and meat sector

Tue, Dec 30, 2008

Livestock marts and the small meat sector in County Galway are set to receive nearly €882,000 in grant-aid funding which it is hoped, will help to kick start economic activity and create additional job opportunities.

Galway Bay Hotel wins Optimus Award for second time

Tue, Dec 30, 2008

The Galway Bay Hotel has been awarded the prestigious Optimus Mark of Best Practice Award for the second year in a row.

NUIG to get Science Foundation funding

Tue, Dec 30, 2008

NUIG’s digital research centre is to benefit from a €23 million cash injection which will be phased over five years and is hoped will create new jobs.

The Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI) is one of three centres for Science, Engineering, and Technology (CSETs) to get a slice of more than €60 million funding which will be provided by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) and the industry.

Man fined for abuse of night club staff

Tue, Dec 30, 2008

Getting rowdy at a city centre night club and giving bouncers the finger during a night out proved to be very expensive for an electrician who was fined for public order offences last week.

Garda forced to avoid overtaking motorist, court hears

Tue, Dec 30, 2008

A Garda had to take evasive action to avoid a motorist who had dangerously overtaken a number of vehicles, the Galway District Court heard recently.

‘MRSA is not a reason to delay discharge’- HS

Tue, Dec 30, 2008

The fact that a hospital patient may be an MRSA carrier is not a reason to delay discharge.

Trespasser granted bail

Tue, Dec 30, 2008

A man who trespassed, broke three rear windows, and damaged a car at the house of an 81-year-old woman as well as targeting two other houses in the same area was granted bail last week.

Man jailed after being found ‘slumped’ over wheel of car

Tue, Dec 30, 2008

A man who had been found intoxicated and “slumped over the wheel” of his car while disqualified from driving was jailed for three months last week.

Garda division changes to come into effect next week

Tue, Dec 30, 2008

Galway’s two Garda divisions will be united into a single Galway division from Thursday under administrative changes being introduced under the Policing Plan.

Lifetime achievement award for GMIT lecturer

Tue, Dec 30, 2008

A lecturer in the GMIT school of hotel and catering has been awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Panel of Chefs of Ireland.

Galway families hurt by high energy prices — Healy Eames

Tue, Dec 30, 2008

Sen Fidelma Healy Eames has hit out at the continuing high cost of energy, despite a massive drop in the cost of oil.

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