Sunshine and the best food in the west attracts record vistors over Easter

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

A record 70,000 visitors attended the third Galway Food Festival during the Easter weekend to delight in food tastes from the west.

Clear the clutter for Simon

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

Following the success of last year’s Big, Big Clear Out, the Galway Simon Community is inviting Galwegians to once more to bring unwanted clean clothes, shoes, accessories, linens and good quality homewares to Joyce’s Supermarket car park in Knocknacarra.

Growing up Irish in New Zealand

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

Danny Dowling, the New Zealand born, Galway based comedian, noted how emigration to the islands saw “the English going to Christchurch, the Scots to Dunedin, and the Irish congregating around Timaru”.

Bird watchers’ treat at Galway turlough

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

The Galway branch of the Irish Wildlife Trust will host a guided walk at Rahasane turlough near Craughwell on Saturday.

Spiddal Ceardlann to host annual craft festival

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

Ceardlann Spiddal Craft Village is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, and the festivities begin at the annual Féile na Ceardlainne on May 3 and 4.

Wear your SHADES and support Irish Guide Dogs, urges Roy Keane

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

Irish Guide Dogs’ most famous patron Roy Keane is looking for volunteers in Galway city and county area to help out with Irish Guide Dogs national SHADES campaign taking place from Monday April 28 to Friday May 2. Volunteers are required for street collections throughout the week and for a Tesco collection day on Thursday May 1.

Bag a Bargain to aid the Alan Kerins African Projects

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

Bag a Bargain, a special charity event to aid The Alan Kerins African Projects, takes place on Sunday.

The event, which features clothes, shoes, bags and accessories for sale at bargain prices, will raise funds for the non-profit Alan Kerins charity which benefits the poorest of the poor in Zambia.

GMIT wins three national student achievement awards

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

GMIT Students’ Union took home a record three awards at last Thursday's National Student Achievement Awards in Dublin Castle, which was attended by President Michael D Higgins and hosted by the Union of Students in Ireland (USI).

McDonnell lashes Health Minister for putting fear into the elderly

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

Independent city councillor Declan McDonnell has lashed the Minister for Health, Dr James Reilly, for targeting the elderly for medical card reviews.

Residents must run Ballinfoile centre, says Cllr Fahy

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

Residents and local clubs must have an input into the running of the €3.4 million Ballinfoile Community Neighbourhood Centre, according to local city councillor Frank Fahy.

Speaking ahead of a public meeting held in the Menlo Park Hotel last night, Cllr Fahy said the community must have a say and that he would oppose any attempt by the Galway City Council to employ a private for profit company to manage a public facility paid for by the taxpayers’ money.

Call for realignment of Ballymoe roadway to remove dangerous bend

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

Tuam area local election candidate Nora Fahy has called for council funds to be diverted to a busy stretch of road in Knockogonnell, Ballymoe, in a bid to remedy a dangerous bend on the roadway.

Start the lights in Salthill before there is an accident, pleads Cllr Murphy

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

Pedestrian traffic lights at two locations in Salthill, which have been out of action since the storm, need to be repaired before there is a serious accident, warned Fine Gael city councillor Michelle Murphy who has also taken steps to help improve the safety of a pedestrian crossing at Clybaun Road.

Lack of traffic calming measures poses ‘serious threat to life’

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

There is a “serious threat to life” caused by the complete lack of adequate traffic calming and safety measures in the immediate vicinity of schools on Threadneedle Road, according to Galway City West and Knocknacarra councillor Donal Lyons.

LGBT community demand gay resource centre for Galway

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

Galway’s status as the only city in Ireland not to have a resource centre for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community, could be coming to an end.

Public meeting on Lough Atalia roadworks

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

A public meeting will be held today on the proposed lowering of the road under Lough Atalia railway bridge.

Lyons rejects calls for Leisureland board to be dismissed

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

The fallout from the announcement that Leisureland swimming pool is set to remain closed until at least the end of this year continues, with demands that the current Leisureland board be dismissed.

After twenty-eight years, Chernobyl remains a ‘ticking time bomb’

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

We, all of us, have a problem with keeping things in mind, with remembering what it is important to remember, while allowing other things that might have seemed important at the time to fade. We can, perhaps, be forgiven for such lapses of recollection. We are, after all, bombarded 24/7 with an unprecedented flood of information, from every corner of the globe.

Renmore convent development fails to receive blessing from residents

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

Plans for a new two-storey Sisters of Mercy convent in Renmore have failed to receive the blessing of local residents who have lodged an objection against the proposed development with An Bord Pleanála.

No Claregalway Relief Road - what is Noel Grealish to do?

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

Back in 2008, an article gracing the pages of this newspaper appraised scepticism surrounding the ability of Galway West TD Noel Grealish to “land the big road” as promised prior to the General Election of the previous year.