NOW That’s What I Call a Christmas Party — at Claregalway Hotel

Thu, Sep 26, 2013

The team at Claregalway Hotel are getting in the festive season mood and are announcing the launch of its 2013 Christmas Brochure. With a variety on offer ranging from Christmas weddings to office party nights, Claregalway Hotel has all the finer details wrapped up in style.

Public lecture on the history of the cosmos

Thu, Sep 26, 2013

As the Voyager space probe recently left the solar particle field for regions where the sun’s influence does not penetrate, it is timely to look at the history of human attempts to understand the cosmos.

On The Shoulders of Giants - A History of Man’s Quest to Understand the Cosmos is the title of a public talk by Brian MacGabhann which will be given at Renmore Barracks on Thursday October 10 at 8pm.

UHG lab down to one technician amid fears over impact on waiting lists

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

The chairperson of the HSE West’s regional health forum is concerned that difficulties arising from reduced staffing levels at a laboratory at the west’s biggest hospital may result in longer out-patient waiting lists.

The impact of a Mayo victory

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

Galway should brace itself next week for a variety of unexpected emotional responses from otherwise rational people. Grown men could burst into tears in the street, rip off their clothes and run naked through the Square; logical women might be seen muttering to themselves, staring at the skies, wondering how this thing has come to pass. Families could be torn apart from the demon drink; marriages ripped asunder as previously pleasant understandings become irreconcilable differences. In fact, one wonders if the Chamber of Commerce have made allowances for the fact that hundreds and hundreds of staff may not turn up for work, and indeed, may never be seen again, as they cast off the baggage of decades past. And this, the week after the camogie players of Galway slew all before them on the hallowed turf.

Elected members should not be bullied, says councillor

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

Elected councillors attempting to halt the privatisation of refuse collection should not be bullied by officials, according to city councillor Colette Connolly.

Cllr Connolly made the comments following Monday’s city council meeting which saw elected members vote to seek independent legal opinion in relation to a Section 140 motion. The Labour councillor said she is “aghast that the city manager continues to show such utter contempt for the elected members”, and there was no reason why Brendan McGrath could not have circulated the legal advice prior to the meeting.

Padraig's rocky road in politics

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

The memoir of former Fine Gael TD Padraic McCormack, which will be launched in Galway on Monday night, will give the public an insight into how difficult it is to succeed in politics, he says.

Ray Silke chosen for Hall of Fame

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

Galway Advertiser GAA correspondent and All Ireland winning captain, Ray Silke, has been chosen as one of the first inductees of the University of Limerick Sports Hall of Fame.

Hillwalking Club to hold information night

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

The Cumann Siúl Cois Coiribe Hillwalking club, based in Galway city, will hold an information night in the Menlo Park Hotel on Thursday September 26 at 8pm. New members are welcome.

City councillors to seek independent legal advice as bin row continues

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

Independent legal advice is being sought by city councillors who continue to plead with city manager Brendan McGrath not to continue with plans to privatise the household waste collection service.

At a special meeting of Galway City Council on Monday evening, a motion proposed by Cllr Colette Connolly was passed with eight votes for and five against calling for independent legal opinion regarding the invoking of a Section 140 motion by elected members and the consequences of elected members directing the city manager to retain the refuse service. However, remaining firm with his plans to privatise, Mr McGrath warned that the bidding process to find a private provider will continue and “run in parallel” while the second legal opinion is being sought.

Toon latest team to recruit Renmore scientist’s high-tech sports company

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

Premiership football team Newcastle United is the latest elite squad to recruit the services of ORRECO, a Sligo-based-company co-owned by a Galway scientist that provides a pioneering ‘bio-analytics’ service that helps athletes optimise performance and reduce the number of training days lost to illness and injury.

Healy-Eames urges Galway voters to keep Seanad

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

Voting No on October 4 to abolishing Seanad Éireann is a way to protect scrutiny of Dáil legislation and to ensure the upper house is reformed.

Persistent burglar given twenty two months and told to get a job

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

A district court judge told a persistent burglar, with 95 previous convictions, to get a job and live in the real world, before imposing the maximum sentence of 22 months for stealing more than €2,000 in cash during a series of burglaries committed over the course of four months this year.

Frank Kearney to seek FG nomination as candidate

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

Long serving Fine Gael activist Frank Kearney is to seek nomination to stand as a Fine Gael candidate in the 2014 Local Elections in the Oranmore-Athenry Electoral area.

Permission granted for Coláiste na Coiribe

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

There was great celebration this week with the news that planning permission has been granted by An Bord Pleanála for the new Coláiste na Coiribe all Irish secondary school in Knocknacarra.

The bord granted permission with 19 conditions - three of which specifically deal with local residents’ concerns, such as the erection of signage preventing through traffic, construction of a gate, and the development of a traffic plan - for the school, which is set to cater for 720 students

Chess congress to be held in city early next month

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

The 12th Galway Chess Congress, with support from Blackthorne International and the Irish Chess Union, will take place in the Menlo Park Hotel from October 4-6.

Players of all ages and abilities from across the country and abroad will battle it out over the weekend for a share of the €3,300 prize fund.

Become Connacht fans first and join the incredible journey

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

When I came to Ireland last November to meet with the Connacht Board (PGB) and hear their vision for Connacht Rugby, I took the opportunity to find out more about Galway and the rest of the province. I asked everyone I came across in my few days in Ireland, “What is it like there?”, “Tell me about Connacht?” “Tell me about Galway?” “What is the West of Ireland like?”

Walsh says Oranmore ticket fares are ‘the great train robbery’

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

A local TD has branded as “the great train robbery”, the price of train tickets from the new station in Oranmore, and warned that such prices could put people off using the service.

Politicians condemn plans to close Community Welfare Offices

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

Towns across County Galway are to be stripped of their Community Welfare Offices which are to be reduced to just a few locations, a move that has attracted condemnation from Independent politicians.

Olympic hero Rudisha becomes an honorary Galwayman and wants to come back after exciting stay

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

It is not every day that an ion of world sport pops in to visit your class, but that was the case for several Galway schools last week as Olympic champion and world record holder David Rudisha became integrated into the Galway scene.

Opening hours for Knocknacarra Community Centre ‘inadequate’ says Keane

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

The opening hours for the new Knocknacarra Community Centre have been branded “totally inadequate” and “short-sighted and inconsiderate of the needs of the wider community”.

This is the view of Fianna Fáil city councillor Peter Keane who has slammed the Galway City Council on the centre’s opening hours.

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