G hotel gets prestigious AA rating

Thu, Apr 26, 2012

Galway’s glamorous and unique g Hotel has double cause to celebrate this week as it has been awarded five AA Stars plus 2 AA Rosettes for culinary excellence.

Students disappointed by High Court verdict

Thu, Apr 26, 2012

The Union of Students in Ireland has expressed disappointment at the outcome of a High Court challenge taken by three students, two of whom attend Galway colleges, against the Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn.

The three students had sought a judicial review of cuts made to the Higher Education Maintenance Grant scheme in the Budget last December. The hearing took place between February 23 and 24 last but judgment had been reserved until April 25.

Sale of State assets must not jeopardise jobs, says Senator Higgins

Thu, Apr 26, 2012

The proposed sale of State assets must not be at the expense of job losses, Senator Lorraine Higgins has warned this week.

Council agrees to twinning of Clifden with Coyoacan in Mexico

Thu, Apr 26, 2012

Plans are currently being drawn up to begin the process of twinning Clifden with Coyoacan in Mexico City following an agreement which was reached at a recent Galway County Council meeting.

NUI Galway and GMIT get ‘A’ grade as IBAL launches 2012 Litter League

Thu, Apr 26, 2012

The litter free campuses of NUI Galway and Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology have been held up as a model for those responsible for keeping public places clean to follow, that is according to the Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) which launched its 2012 Litter League this week.

Island brothers risk life to save clifftop canine

Thu, Apr 26, 2012

Two brothers are the toast of Inisbofin after a daring rescue on the island.

Shock at drowning of hero fisherman

Thu, Apr 26, 2012

The fisherman who drowned off the coast of Connemara earlier this week has been named as Gearóid O Cualáin, from Carna.

To inspire schoolchildren, councillors will have to stop acting like them

Thu, Apr 26, 2012

It is perhaps quite appropriate that Mayor Hildegarde Naughton, herself a schoolteacher by profession, brought some of the city’s young people into the Council chambers this week to launch her novel initiative Know Your Council, which is aimed at getting young people interested in and giving them a knowledge of the workings of local government. At such an age, the happenings at City Hall on alternative Monday evenings are perhaps the furthest things from the minds of these youngsters, but it is a novel way of introducing the city’s youngsters into the processes that, for better or worse, determine how public services are overseen in the city.

Volvo gets royal boost as Prince Harry keen to attend Galway finale

Thu, Apr 19, 2012

Britain’s Prince Harry is expected to visit Galway city this summer for the finale of the Volvo Ocean Race, in what would be the first visit by a British royal in more than a century.

Man charged with thirty eight counts of deceiving city bookie

Thu, Apr 19, 2012

A man has been charged with up to 38 counts of deceiving a city centre bookmakers by falsifying bets on horses over the course of three months and is to face trial at Galway Circuit Criminal Court.

Tom Mulvihill (32) with an address at 24 Silver Springs, Cork, and formerly of Riverdale, Oranmore, appeared before Galway District Court on Monday charged with 19 counts of dishonestly by deception, with the intention of making gain or causing loss to another, by destroying, defacing, or falsifying a document made or required for accounting purposes, did while providing information for the purpose of recording bets placed on horse races produced or made use of the EPOS money transfer system by making an entry on a lodgement sheet that was false, misleading or deceptive at William Hill, Ballybane, on various dates between January 17 and April 18, 2010, contrary to Section 10(1)(a) and (3) of the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud) Act 2001.

Occupy Galway to host workshops

Thu, Apr 19, 2012

Occupy Galway will host a series of workshops in a wide variety of areas ranging from carpentry, electronics, film making, psychology, meditation, economics, and Gaeilge.

Cúirt festival to be opened by Garry Hynes on Tuesday

Thu, Apr 19, 2012

The end of April will see books, readings, writers, prose, poetry, and theatre celebrated and enjoyed throughout the city when the Cúirt festival begins next week.

Mayor announces charities to benefit from gala ball

Thu, Apr 19, 2012

Enable Ireland, COPE’s Waterside house, Galway Contact, and the ISPCC are the four charities that will benefit from this year’s Mayoral Charity Gala Ball.

Remand on continuing bail for assault accused

Thu, Apr 19, 2012

A Bohermore man charged with assaulting two women causing them harm has been remanded on continuing bail.

Cuddy wants decision on Oranmore one-way street reversed

Thu, Apr 19, 2012

A new one-way system in Oranmore is causing “huge annoyance for residents and motorists” and needs to be changed immediately.

This is the view of Independent councillor Jim Cuddy, who said the new system is causing the greatest difficulty for those travelling from the Maree Road who wish to turn towards Limerick.

Labour’s priority is to restore the economy and create jobs, says party chair Keaveney

Thu, Apr 19, 2012

The Labour Party’s priority is to restore the economic fortunes of the country and to get people back to work, that is according to Galway East TD Colm Keaveney.

Dance classes, talk, and films for Latin America Week

Thu, Apr 19, 2012

Talks, film screenings, and dance classes will take place throughout Galway city this weekend as part of Latin America Week.

Diamond and Daisy April promotion weekend at Belladonna Bridal

Thu, Apr 19, 2012

April is usually associated with April Showers the flower most associated with April is the Daisy and the birthstone for April is the Diamond! What girl doesn’t want a diamond? To mark this April Belladonna Bridal has a special promotion on offer.

Keep Galway in the shop window

Thu, Apr 19, 2012

As I’m typing this on this Wednesday evening, with the sun squinting in through the blinds and the sky blue as far west across the city as I can see it, it is not difficult to be optimistic about the fate of Galway in this time of unprecedented doom and gloom.

Galway is blessed to have many opportunities throughout the year to place itself in the shop window, and if the opportunities are not there, the place and its people makes them. We found ourselves in the news last weekend for the protests at the Labour Party conference. Last evening there was the good news of 220 new jobs being created in the county, and next week the whole Galway season starts with a bang with the first of the major festivals to fill the streets with the weird and the wonderful, the famous and the hopefuls.

SIPTU rejects abseentism claim in health service

Thu, Apr 19, 2012

The trade union SIPTU has rejected claims by the chairperson of the HSE West’s regional health forum that a culture of abseentism exists among health service employees.

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