Fifteen Galway community groups receive €91,000 funding from IPB Insurance

Thu, Mar 20, 2014

Irish mutual insurer, IPB Insurance, has recently announced that 15 Galway-based community groups are among the recipients of their Youth and Community Fund.

City council gets full storm funding from Environment Department

Thu, Mar 20, 2014

The Galway City Council has received “100 per cent” of the storm repair funding for which it applied in its preliminary estimates sent to the Department of the Environment, Community, and Local Government, according to acting director of services for transport and infrastructure, recreation and amenity, Billy Dunne, who told this month’s meeting of Galway City Council “what we submitted, we got”.

Concert for Mike Diskin takes place next week

Thu, Mar 20, 2014

A concert, which is being likened to a ‘mini-festival’, celebrating the life and work of the late Town Hall Theatre manager Mike Diskin, takes place in the Town Hall on Sunday March 30.

Equestrian sportswoman to walk from Clifden to Dublin in aid of those who can’t

Thu, Mar 20, 2014

This Sunday,equestrian sportswoman, Caroline Bjoerk, will begin, ‘Walking for those who can’t”, a 330km cross-Ireland walk from Clifden in Galway to Beaumont Hospital in Dublin to raise €50,000 for Beaumont Hospital Foundation to fund Spinal Degeneration Research.

Community-based approach vital to tackle drugs ‘epidemic’ in city says Ó Conchúir as fears are expressed over ‘Blue Ghost’

Thu, Mar 20, 2014

Drug use in the city has reached “epidemic proportions”, particularly through the increased use and availability of Blue Ghost, a kind of ecstasy.

Golden Cleric time as Jim Higgins wins ‘MEP of the Year’ award

Thu, Mar 20, 2014

Nobody knew such an award existed but nonetheless, it was local MEP Jim Higgins who scooped the MEP of the Year award in Brussels on Tuesday night.

Hosty launches petition for more footpaths in Barna area

Thu, Mar 20, 2014

The lack of facilities in Barna shows that regions which straddle the city and county boundary are regarded as “no man’s land” by both local authorities in Galway.

Farrell condemns Gateway as ‘State-sanctioned slave labour’

Thu, Mar 20, 2014

The Gateway scheme may claim to provide short-term work and training for the long-term unemployed, but it is little more than “State-sanctioned slave labour”.

Golden Cleric time as Jim Higgins wins ‘MEP of the Year’ award

Thu, Mar 20, 2014

Nobody knew such an award existed but nonetheless, it was local MEP Jim Higgins who scooped the MEP of the Year award in Brussels on Tuesday night.

O’Flaherty opposes further Group Housing Schemes

Thu, Mar 20, 2014

The Group Housing experiment has failed with some such houses left derelict or used as stables, and the scheme must be removed from the Draft Traveller Accommodation Programme.

Jury selection begins in Boston for trial of teen accused of murdering Aran Islander

Thu, Mar 20, 2014

Jury selection began this week for the upcoming trial of the Boston teenager accused of murdering Aran Islander Ciaran Conneely on October 10, 2011.

Walsh’s Boston decision shows moral fibre we need from our leaders

Thu, Mar 20, 2014

We can take a lot from the life of Marty Walsh, the Mayor of Boston who comes here next month. Not alone is his story one of inspiration for so many Irish people who have had to travel far from home, but it is one of immense pride to the people of this county and especially Connemara that one of their own can do so well without sacrificing any of the moral fibre which has taken him thus far.

Woman with depression on psychologist waiting list for over seven months

Thu, Mar 13, 2014

A young city woman who has severe depression and anxiety, and is on a waiting list to attend a psychologist on the public health system, fears that lives will be lost as already pressurised local mental health services come under further strain.

She has been waiting seven months so far for an appointment and at times has been “close to the edge”, she says.

Claregalway drama festival starts tonight

Thu, Mar 13, 2014

The finest amateur drama talent in the country will head to Claregalway from tonight (Thursday) March 13 when the Claregalway Drama Festival gets under way at the local leisure centre.

Get registered for the Annual Aware Connemara Cycle

Thu, Mar 13, 2014

The seventh Aware Connemara Cycle has been announced by its volunteer organisers and people from all over Ireland are invited to participate in the fun cycle to raise much needed funds for Aware in the West of Ireland.

Second hand book sale for Galway and African charities

Thu, Mar 13, 2014

AIDS Partnership Africa and the Galway Autism Partnership are to benefit from a second hand book sale in the Galway Shopping Centre on the Headford Road.

Empower young girls early' says Healy Eames, if we want more women in politics

Thu, Mar 13, 2014

All the talk about gender quotas being the solution to more women in politics remains to be seen. Fundamentally it's false. Let's face it, quotas are a fabricated means (in Ireland's case man-made!) to put women on tickets because we have failed spectacularly otherwise.

Harbour development will be major boost to tourism says Kyne

Thu, Mar 13, 2014

Galway could be in line for up to 27,000 extra visitors during the peak of the summer season if the Galway Port redevelopment is given the go ahead by An Bord Pleanála.

Call for nominations for Mayor’s Awards

Thu, Mar 13, 2014

The Mayor of Galway city, Cllr Padraig Conneely is reminding people in the city that the closing date for this year’s Mayor’s Awards is March 21.

New seating at the Black Box Theatre

Thu, Mar 13, 2014

Extra seats are being installed in the Black Box Theatre and will be ready for the forthcoming production of Marie Jones’ Stones In His Pockets on Monday April 7.

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