New food festival announced for Galway

Thu, Jan 26, 2012

A new addition has been added to Galway’s packed festivals line-up with the announcement this week of the Galway Food Festival which will run from April 6 to 8.

Teenager sent for trial over assault of city publican

Thu, Jan 26, 2012

A Ballybane teenager accused of assaulting a city centre publican while armed with a knife has been sent forward for trial.

Galway’s first TV sit-com seeks your support

Thu, Jan 26, 2012

IF recently on Shop Street, or anywhere in the city centre, you happened to see some guys chasing a goat, schoolboys staggering around drunk, or blood-soaked men skulking up back alleys, fear not, Galway has not become the new Sodom and Gomorrah.

UHG doctor in fitness to practice case says his accuser may have psychiatric disorder

Thu, Jan 26, 2012

A UHG DOCTOR accused of sending inappropriate texts and email pictures to female colleagues has denied wrongdoing and says he believes one of his accusers may have had a psychological or psychiatric disorder.

Use St Francis Home to relieve pressure on UHG, urges action group leader

Thu, Jan 26, 2012

The leader of an action group set up to save St Francis Nursing Home from closure is urging the HSE West to use the facility to relieve the pressure on the overburdened University Hospital Galway.

Cllr Catherine Connolly says the “ongoing crisis” regarding patients on trolleys at the regional hospital - there were more than 50 people awaiting beds on two separate nights last week - confirms the “absolute necessity” of keeping the 35-year-old Upper Newcastle public nursing home open.

Celebrate the Year of the Dragon in Galway

Thu, Jan 26, 2012

This week marks the start of the Chinese New Year - the Year of the Dragon - and Galway’s Chinese community will celebrate with a concert and performance to which the public is invited.

NUIG announces 2012 Alumni Award winners

Thu, Jan 26, 2012

Druid co-founder and actress Marie Mullen and the Attorney General Máire Whelan will be among the recipients of the 2012 NUI Galway Alumni Awards.

Galway children encouraged to get writing

Thu, Jan 26, 2012

Galway children are encouraged to get writing on the theme of ‘family’ and take part in the 2012 EBS/INTO National Handwriting Competition

Septic tank protesters take their fight to the Dáil gates

Thu, Jan 26, 2012

A large group of Connemara protesters took their grievances regarding the introduction of septic tank charges and inspections straight to the gates of the Leinster House yesterday.

Parents urged to stop parking illegally at Scoil Caithriona

Thu, Jan 26, 2012

Motorists who park on double yellow lines on the main road at Scoil Caithriona in Renmore, will face parking tickets and fines, unless they start using the nearby carpark.

The EU remains determined to help developing countries, says Geoghegan-Quinn

Thu, Jan 26, 2012

The European Union’s determination to help developing countries has not diminished in these times of economic crisis, that is according to EU Commissioner for Research, Innovation, and Science Máire Geoghegan-Quinn.

Conversations with Achievers

Thu, Jan 26, 2012

From the moment you meet Frank Byrnes you sense intuitively he Is the type of guy who Is clear about what he wants, and then just goes for it.

Sixty per cent increase on number of patients on trolleys at UHG last year

Thu, Jan 26, 2012

The number of patients on trolleys at University Hospital Galway’s emergency department rocketed by almost 60 per cent last year.

Fast boats to China — the race is on again

Thu, Jan 26, 2012

The boat with the strongest Irish connection, Team Sanya celebrated Chinese New Year’s Eve this week by leading a full strength Volvo Ocean Race fleet off the start line on the 3,051-nautical mile Leg 3 second stage from the Maldives to their home port in China.

Thu, Jan 26, 2012

For many of us, Terryland Park was the nearest we got to the San Siro back in the 1970s and 1980s. It was the most senior level of soccer we could get to see without getting on a plane to do so, and that was unheard of in those days.

Council and NUIG determined to make ‘Greenway’ project a reality

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

Fears that funding for a major ‘Greenway’ for the city would be withdrawn by the Government, causing the project to collapse, appear to be unfounded as both City Hall and NUI Galway are determined to press ahead with the walkway.

Lyons ‘extremely disappointed’ at private purchase of Rusheen amenity land

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

Knocknacarra based city councillor Donal Lyons said this week that he was disappointed at Galway City Council’s failure to buy 18 acres of amenity land at Rusheen Bay. It emerged this week that the land has been sold to an unnamed buyer.

The numbers that sum up modern smalltown Ireland

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

In a town I know quite well, these are the numbers that are resonating this week. Not because some local octogenarian who spends €10 a week on her lucky dip has won some obscene amount of money. No, the number resonates the opposite of joy. These are the numbers that represent the new reality in small towns like the one I am referring to.

US online gaming giant given go-ahead for work on Rahoon premises

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

Plans to create more than 200 jobs will soon come to fruition after the go-ahead was given to a US online gaming giant to begin construction work and redevelopment of a site in Rahoon.

HSE forum chair to meet new UHG CEO to discuss difficulties

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

The chairperson of the HSE West’s regional health forum is to meet the new CEO of University Hospital Galway to discuss what he terms the “ongoing performance related difficulties” at the west’s biggest hospital.

Top of Cllr Padraig Conneely’s priority list will be the fact that one in five children requiring medical or surgical procedures at the city hospital are forced to wait for more than a year before receiving treatment.

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