Grandmother jailed for role in fraud that targeted Galway jewellers

Thu, Mar 16, 2017

A UK grandmother has been jailed for one year for her role in a gang of fraudsters who travelled to Ireland on weekends to buy high value items using fake credit cards.

After her arrest Michelle Butterworth (56) readily admitted her part in the fraud and identified her accomplices after one of them nearly ran her over while trying to escape from gardaí.

Galway night for Syria

Thu, Mar 16, 2017

A special fundraising event for people who have lost their homes in Syria will be held in The Clayton Hotel on March 16 2017.

Experience that red carpet feeling at the Blue Teapot Gala Fundraiser

Thu, Mar 16, 2017

The EYE Cinema will get a taste of Hollywood for one night only pre-general release on March 31, as Sanctuary premieres in Galway to raise funds for a new theatre for Blue Teapot.

NUI Galway to host analysis and discussion event on first 60 days of Trump presidency

Thu, Mar 16, 2017

The Moore and Whitaker Institutes and the School of Law at NUI Galway will host an event on Wednesday, 22 March, entitled “President Donald Trump: The First Sixty Days and Beyond”. The event will take place in the Emily Anderson Concert Hall (Upper Aula Maxima) at 5.30pm in the University’s Quadrangle.

The panel discussion will feature five speakers who will provide various perspectives - political, human rights, historical, economics and more - on Donald Trump’s election and his time in the White House. This will be followed by an interactive audience question and answer session. A reception with light refreshments will precede the event and begin at 5pm.

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Thu, Mar 16, 2017

Rail review for Oranmore stop
Fianna Fáil councillor for Athenry-Oranmore Martina Kinane is looking for more stops in Oranmore from trains serving the Dublin to Galway route.

Curtain rises tonight on nine nights of theatre at Claregalway Drama Festival

Thu, Mar 16, 2017

Claregalway Community Centre will once again be transformed into a cosy theatre for the 35th Annual Claregalway Drama Festival when the curtain opens tonight Thursday March 16 and runs until Friday 24th inclusive.

File sent to DPP after death of well-known local athlete

Thu, Mar 16, 2017

A man in his sixties has been released without charge and a file sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions over the fatal stabbing of a man in the city on Sunday morning.

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Thu, Mar 16, 2017

Stolen generator
Gardai in the city are investigating the theft of a generator from a house in Rahoon last weekend.

Gardai in the city are investigating the theft of a generator from a house in Rahoon last weekend.

More than 1,700 calls made to domestic violence helpline

Thu, Mar 16, 2017

omen experiencing domestic abuse received more than 1,700 calls last year.

These included crisis calls from women seeking safe accommodation as well as return calls from those seeking ongoing support and information.

Almost nine decades of a life less ordinary

Thu, Mar 16, 2017

The former Bishop of Galway Eamon Casey, who passed away on Monday afternoon at a Co Clare nursing home, was born in Co Kerry on April 24 1927.

Home at last — Bishop Casey makes final journey

Thu, Mar 16, 2017

Bishop Eamon Casey, who will be laid to rest today (Thursday) following his funeral Mass at Galway Cathedral at 2pm, was fondly remembered this week as a “great source of love and support” by his grieving family.

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Thu, Mar 16, 2017

Unsinkable Enda and tales from
the high seas

the high seas

A day when everything changed

Thu, Mar 16, 2017

BY DECLAN VARLEY AND DAWN MCGOLDRICK
Galway-based ACT for Meningitis are a special charity, formed from heartbreak, to ease the heartbreak felt so many families. Its existence is an unbelievable act of selflessness, a sharing and bearing of pain by its founder Siobhan Carroll and her husband Noel, who lost their daughter Aoibhe at just four years of age, to this unforgiving illness. The disease they hope to raise awareness of is one that strikes quickly, without much warning and has taken countless lives over the years. This week, another mother who lost a child to meningitis has spoken out about ACT for Meningitis and how they have provided her family with unbelievable support at the most tragic point of their lives.

It’s Grand Prix race weekend for Seven Springs Cycling Club

Thu, Mar 16, 2017

Seven Springs Cycling Club are once again proud to host their annual Grand Prix race meeting this Sunday March 19. The event, based in Carrabane, Athenry, is one of only six such events held each year in Connacht and attracts the cream of Ireland’s amateur racing cyclists.

It’s Grand Prix race weekend for Seven Springs Cycling Club

Thu, Mar 16, 2017

Seven Springs Cycling Club are once again proud to host their annual Grand Prix race meeting this Sunday March 19. The event, based in Carrabane, Athenry, is one of only six such events held each year in Connacht and attracts the cream of Ireland’s amateur racing cyclists.

Taking tours of places your mother would rather you stay away from

Thu, Mar 16, 2017

A trip to North Korea; an adventure to Afghanistan; or a sojourn to Somalia are most likely not the types of holidays of which most Irish people are dreaming. Yet it is all in a day’s work for Renmore native Shane Horan who leads tour groups to these countries, as well as many other places “that your mother would rather you stay away from.”

Access to files for Tuam Baby Home, a ‘basic right’, says TD

Thu, Mar 16, 2017

The fact that some survivors of the Tuam Mother and Baby Home may have to take High Court cases to access records of family members has been described as an “obscenity”.

Farewell to a rock’n’roll bishop

Thu, Mar 16, 2017

I can well remember the last time I met Bishop Eamon Casey. I was late for a reporting gig at some event in the Crescent and we both ran on the footpath around the corner and crashed into each other, each of us as apologetic as the other. In hindsight, I should have been able to avoid him because as he walked, he sang and so his arrival was flagged well before he appeared.

Farewell to a rock'n'roll bishop

Thu, Mar 16, 2017

I can well remember the last time I met Bishop Eamon Casey. I was late for a reporting gig at some event in the Crescent and we both ran on the footpath around the corner and crashed into each other, each of us as apologetic as the other. In hindsight, I should have been able to avoid him because as he walked, he sang and so his arrival was flagged well before he appeared.

What a great idea....pay what you feel!

Tue, Mar 14, 2017

The One World Tapestry is a not for profit pay as you feel venture that aims to create a space for people to come together through food and experience an inclusive community while working with asylum seekers to help them use their own skills through volunteering.

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