Man smashes up own car when told it would be seized, court hears

Thu, Mar 14, 2013

A 26-year-old Athenry man who violently smashed up up his own car with an iron bar when told by a gardai that it was going to be seized, has been sentenced to a total of four months in jail.

John Ward with an address at 54 Cullairbaun, Athenry, appeared at Galway District Court on Monday charged with obstruction, threatening and abusive behaviour, production of an article in the course of a dispute/fight, and dangerous driving at Headford Road on September 15, 2012. A charge for criminal damage and driving without reasonable consideration were struck out.

Get involved in the Galway Food Festival

Thu, Mar 14, 2013

The public are being urged to visit the upcoming Galway Food Festival and truly get involved by talking and getting to know all the producers and exhibitors who will be showing off their products and skills during the Easter bank holiday weekend event.

N17/18 road project a ‘watershed in the development of the west’

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

Galway and the west of Ireland is in line for a major employment boost in the construction sector with the announcement that the three and a half year N17/N18 Tuam to Gort motorway road project is to begin construction.

Grealish lashes Noonan over vague property tax answers

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

Residents of housing estates, who are already paying maintenance fees to a management company, should not have to pay the property tax as they should not have to pay twice for the same service.

Busy week on the roads for gardai and emergency services

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

Gardai and the emergency services were kept busy over the past few days attending the scenes of a number of road traffic accidents, one of which resulted in the untimely death of a young Corrundulla man.

Companies queue up for list for GMIT tourism fair

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

For the first time, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology has to operate a waiting list for companies wishing to recruit students for jobs and work placements at GMIT’s annual Tourism and Hospitality Careers Fair, which will take place on Wednesday March 13 from 1.30pm to 4.30pm.

According to the institute there has been a tremendous response from hotels, restaurants, and tourism companies wishing to attend, resulting in the organisers having to reluctantly introduce a waiting list.

Media coverage of Savita Halappanavar’s tragic death showed ‘no respect for dignity of patient or her family’

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

“Unacceptable” and “regrettable” is how the general manager of University Hospital Galway has described the media coverage last month about the contents of a draft report into the tragic death of 31-year-old mother-to-be Savita Halappanavar at the hospital in late October.

Five Galway settlements on latest tax defaulters’ list

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

Five individuals in Galway made tax settlements totalling just over €920,000 in the last quarter of 2012, figures released by the Revenue this week reveal.

Galway farewells a champion of Irish food

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

When the late and much loved Gerry Galvin and his wife Marie opened Drimcong restaurant near Moycullen in the 1980s, Gerry came with the glowing accolade as one of Ireland's leading chefs.

Kyne demands answers over fish farm proposals

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

Unless vital questions over sea lice, contamination of fish stocks, and issues of employment are addressed openly and publicly, the public cannot have any confidence in decisions made about the controversial fish farm for Galway Bay.

This is the view of Fine Gael Galway West TD Seán Kyne, who was speaking in Dáil Éireann this week about the proposal by Bord Iascaigh Mhara to locate a salmon fish farm in Galway Bay, off Inis Óirr.

Daffadil Day hopes to raise €3.4m for cancer services 

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

Almost 1,500 people were diagnosed with cancer in Galway in 2010 - the latest year for which figures are available - according to the Irish Cancer Society.

Council must support of the food festival

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

The Galway Food Festival will provide a “vital boost to the local economy”, bars and restaurants, and local suppliers and so must be supported by the Galway City Council.

Oscar fashion designer gives boost to local charity

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

An exclusive gift for that someone special is up for grabs at this year’s annual Charity Gala Ball in aid of local heart and stroke charity Croí which will take place in the Radisson Blu Hotel Galway on Friday March 22.

Imelda May to play Galway Arts Festival Big Top

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

Ireland’s ‘Queen of Rockabilly’ Imelda May will play the Galway Arts Festival Big Top on Friday July 26, joining an excellent Big Top line up that includes Grizzly Bear, Josh Ritter, and Glen Hansard.

Born in Dublin’s The Liberties area, Imelda has been working as a singer and musician since her teens but it as with the release of the Love Tattoo album in 2008 that she began to gain recognition in Ireland. In 2010 an appearance on BBC’s Later with Jools Holland saw her shoot to fame in Britain. Her Irish and British success was confirmed with the release that year of the album Mayhem.

Get clued up on food waste at the Galway Food Festival

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

One third of the food we buy ends up in the bin costing the average housholder €1,000 a year, that is according to the StopFoodWaste Campaign which will have its own stall at this year’s Galway Food Festival providing members of the public with all they need to know about food waste and creative ways to be more economical.

Table quiz in aid of Galway drop-in centre for young people

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

A volunteer group from St Augustine’s Parish will hold a table quiz in aid of Galway Diocesan Youth Services next week. The proceeds raised at this event will go towards the ongoing running costs of the drop-in centre at No 4 St Augustine Street.

Magdalene women deserve Civic apology

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

Any service of remembrance for the women who died while in the former Magdalene Laundry in the city must include a civic service and an apology by the Mayor on behalf of Galway citizens.

HSE committed to speeding up hospital admission times for A&E patients

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

Speeding up hospital admission times for patients attending A&E departments is one of the top priorities for the Galway and Roscommon University Hospitals Group this year, according to its chief executive.

Bill Maher, the head of the group which comprises UHG, Merlin Park, Portiuncula and Roscommon Hospitals, said other aims are to maintain inpatient waiting time targets. This includes a reduction to an eight month waiting time for adults as well as meeting the outpatient waiting time target.

Twenty-one businesses vie for top prize in promoting Irish language in Galway

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

The Mayor of Galway, Cllr Terry O’Flaherty, will announce the finalists of Gradam Sheosaimh Uí Ógartaigh next week as part of the city’s Seachtain na Gaeilge celebrations.

Saluting women of the world

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

“"The story of women's struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor to any one organisation but to the collective efforts of all who care about human rights" - Gloria Steinem

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