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Thu, Feb 27, 2020

GMIT Brexit lecture
Martina Lawless, research professor at the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) will deliver a public lecture on the topic “Brexit and the Irish Economy” to final year GMIT business students on Monday 2 March, 1pm (Room 939), GMIT Galway (Dublin Road) campus. Members of the public are welcome to attend.

Living on a volcano — putting a price on what matters

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

“Being a football manager is like living on a volcano: any day may be your last” - Arsene Wenger

At night his heartbeat gets faster when he hears it, the drip drip; the wind getting up; the words from the forecast ringing in his ears; his mind a mixture of warnings yellow and orange of wind and rain. He twists but sleep doesn’t come because there is always a worry that it will happen again; like before. The forecast said rain...heavy rain...torrential rain...rain that will swell the river below.

Call for horse exclusion zone after welfare concerns

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

Independent councillor James Charity has called for the implementation of a ‘horse exclusion zone’ in part of the Carrowbrowne area to protect the welfare of animals abandoned in flood waters over the weekend.

World’s largest passenger aircraft touches down in the west

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

Eirtrade Aviation Limited, the global technical assets services and trading company, recently took delivery of an Airbus A380 aircraft at its facility at Ireland West Airport. This is the largest passenger aircraft to ever land at the airport.

Green councillor warns about dangers of poorly-lit city centre

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

Green Party councillor Martina O’Connor has proposed a motion that street lighting be installed as a matter of urgency in the area referred to as The Plots, behind Waterside West of Dyke Road.

“This area is in the centre of the city, has Galway City Council pay and display parking but is in complete darkness at night, or on winter evenings,” she said.

We need a reformed Seanad to help tackle the big issues

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

More than a few people have told me that the Sinn Fein surge in the General Election gave them the jitters. Their fear comes down to two things. They worry that Sinn Fein’s proposals to fix our housing, health and pensions problems could wreck the economy and cause longer-term misery and hardship for us all.

Council grants permission for re-development of Portumna hotel

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

A hotel that was destroyed by fire in 2011 and which has been “an eyesore” for almost a decade, has now received planning permission for a complete re-development and refurbishment.

Bats, biodiversity and business dominate Monday’s oral hearing

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

The importance of biodiversity, business, and bats dominated the opening of the second week of the An Bord Pleanala oral hearing into the proposed Galway City Ring Road (GCRR), held at the g Hotel.

The hearing is scheduled to run until mid-April, and matters were expedited considerably on Monday when many of the listed speakers failed to turn up, leading to a hasty rescheduling of those who addressed the event.

Road development will cause ‘ecocide,’ says athletics board delegate at oral hearing

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

Plans for the construction of the €600 million Galway Citry Ring Road will cause ‘eco-cide’ to more than 6,000 species of animasl, birds and insects, various groups opposed to the development told an oral hearing into the project in the city this week.

Disagreeing with the fuzzy logic

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

Dear Editor,
The Through the Glass Darkly (GA, Feb 20th) column finishes with the claim “There is absolutely no way to drastically reduce carbon emissions in only 10 years.... without the appalling prospect of a massive global recession, which will impact the greatest on the poorest on the planet.”

The Through the Glass Darkly (GA, Feb 20th) column finishes with the claim “There is absolutely no way to drastically reduce carbon emissions in only 10 years.... without the appalling prospect of a massive global recession, which will impact the greatest on the poorest on the planet.”

First Traveller elected to NUI Galway’s governing body

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

Owen Ward, an Irish Traveller and a professional master of education student at NUI Galway, has been elected by postgraduate students onto the university’s Údarás na hOllscoile — the university’s governing body. This is the first time that an Irish Traveller has been elected onto a university governing body in Ireland.

Home loan scheme requirements need to be relaxed

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

Requirements of applicants seeking a loan under the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan scheme should be relaxed (RIHL) according to Tuam area councillor Karey McHugh Farag.

Under current conditions, those wishing to be issued with a loan from the scheme must have mortgage rejection letters from two different banks.

DV8 COMES TO GALWAY!!

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

DV8 Fashion opens in Galway Eyre Square Shopping Centre Friday 28th February. DV8 Fashion is a UK and Ireland based Fashion company with over 50 high street stores and a highly secure website stocking over 100 young fashion clothing and footwear brands in one destination.

Fantasy Football round 28 preview

Wed, Feb 26, 2020

Another weekend and another round of Premier League games completed. Frank Lampard's Chelsea secured a valuable win over Spurs in the race for fourth spot. The match was marred by VAR controversy as Giovani Lo Celso was inexplicably allowed to stay on the field after raking his studs down Cesar Azpilicueta's leg.

Augustine Hill — a new neighbourhood in a new Galway

Thu, Feb 20, 2020

Over the past few months I have opined and received many responses on the need for a big discussion on how Galway will be shaped in the next 10 years, because the next 10, and the opportunities it allows, will shape what will be achieved in the next one hundred.

New streets and plazas as Augustine Hill is revealed

Thu, Feb 20, 2020

A planning application has today been lodged for the eight-acre infill development site adjacent to Ceannt Train Station in Galway city centre that will see the creation of eleven new streets and four new civic spaces in a development that will create a new neighbourhood in the heart of the city.

NUIG accused of 'exploiting' students over controversial rent hike

Thu, Feb 20, 2020

NUI Galway's decision to hike student accommodation rents by four per cent has been condemned as exploitative and a move that will potentially bar many young people from accessing university education.

Leading LGBT+ organisations in Galway to receive Government funding

Thu, Feb 20, 2020

More than €12,000 in Government funding is to go towards two leading LGBT+ organisations in Galway, which one TD has welcomed as a move to helping combat homophobia and prejudice.

GLUAS team welcomes report saying Galway is 'mathematically suitable' for light rail

Thu, Feb 20, 2020

Galway city, because of its "linear shape" makes it "mathematically suitable" for the development of a cost effective light rail system, according to a report by an NUI Galway mathematician.

Augustine Hill to meet top sustainability commitments

Thu, Feb 20, 2020

Augustine Hill is aiming for One Planet Living endorsement, with a One Planet Action Plan designed by Bioregional to ensure that the development meets key sustainability commitments.

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