Closing date looms for Culture Night applications

Thu, Jun 13, 2013

Groups, individuals, and organisations wishing to host an event for Culture Night in September are being urged to make their applications as soon as possible.

Man rescued off rocks

Thu, Jun 13, 2013

Galway RNLI Lifeboat went to the aid of a man whose sailboat narrowly missed rocks off the coast of Barna on Sunday.

Public lecture on Galway’s Lynch Tribe

Thu, Jun 13, 2013

Every Galwegian knows Lynch’s Castle and the story of Mayor Lynch who hanged his own son, but what is the real story behind the Lynch family in Galway?

Athenry family star in TV series The Family Project

Thu, Jun 13, 2013

The pressures of the workplace, maintaining the household, minding the children, and trying to stretch the last cent makes having a family in Ireland a difficult job to handle. On top of these, finding the time to help out with the homework and to make learning an interesting and enjoyable exercise can often seem impossible.

Fix broken lifts at Athenry Station now, demands Higgins

Thu, Jun 13, 2013

Disabled travellers and those with limited mobility should not be waiting six months for the lifts which service the footbridge at Athenry railway station to be repaired.

British soldier to speak in Galway on ‘war on terror’

Thu, Jun 13, 2013

Joe Glenton, who served in the British army’s Royal Logistics Corps in Afghanistan, but who has since become a vocal critic of the War on Terror, will speak in Galway next week.

Galwegians sought for Big Brother Big Sister mentoring

Thu, Jun 13, 2013

Foróige is seeking Galwegians to take part in Big Brother Big Sister, an internationally recognised youth mentoring programme.

Councillors give approval for Galway’s bid for UNESCO City of Film

Thu, Jun 13, 2013

Galway’s bid to become an UNESCO City of Film is one step closer this week after councillors gave their full approval and support for the submission.

Foróige summer camps for young people

Thu, Jun 13, 2013

Young Galwegians who want to learn kayaking, music production, fishing, street theatre, visual arts, and field sports should check out the new Foróige summer camps.

Council scraps Shantalla park plans in face of strong local opposition

Thu, Jun 13, 2013

The Galway City Council has backed down and scrapped plans to sell Shantalla Community Park and develop it into a primary care centre and car park after councillors and local residents continued to strongly oppose any change in the city development plan that would facilitate such a move.

Poll shows Labour will lose both seats in Galway

Thu, Jun 06, 2013

Labour looks set to lose its seats in Galway East and Galway West according to an independent poll carried out for the Galway Advertiser which shows the party on a dismal six per cent support rate.

Poll shows Labour will lose both seats in Galway

Thu, Jun 06, 2013

Labour looks set to lose its seats in Galway East and Galway West according to an independent poll carried out for the Galway Advertiser which shows the party on a dismal six per cent support rate.

Clifden to get new post-primary school in latest round of funding

Thu, Jun 06, 2013

After many years of waiting Clifden is to finally get a new post-primary school following the allocation of funding which was announced yesterday. A number of other schools in the county will also benefit from extensive refurbishment works.

Red C readership survey shows that Galway Advertiser is most-read local newspaper in both Galway city and county

Thu, Jun 06, 2013

The Galway Advertiser has maintained its position as the most read newspaper in both Galway city and county, according to an independent readership survey carried out in the area in the past few weeks.

Poll makes frightening reading for Labour

Thu, Jun 06, 2013

Whenever a politician appears on television, banging a table and declaring, “The people will decide!” it is a clear indication s/he has no idea how a vote will go, but wants to make it seem as if s/he will be on the winning side.

Less access to autism services stresses parents, NUI, Galway study finds

Thu, Jun 06, 2013

Reduced access to services for childen with autism is resulting in greater stress for their parents, according to preliminary data from research carried out at NUI Galway.

The findings of the study, conducted by the university’s Irish Centre for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Research (ICAN), indicates cutbacks in services are having a “real and measureable effect” on parents’ wellbeing.

Bawnmore National School celebrates 150 years with events this month

Thu, Jun 06, 2013

Bawnmore National School, Claregalway will celebrate its 150 year anniversary in 2013 with two special events promising to be full of nostalgia and entertainment.

Galway City Museum launches major ceramics and glass exhibition

Thu, Jun 06, 2013

A ceramics and glass exhibition will be officially launched at the Galway City Museum tomorrow, Friday June 7, by Ms Catherine Marshall of the Irish American Cultural Institute.

Minister urged to exempt flooded houses from property tax

Thu, Jun 06, 2013

A motion calling on Environment Minister Phil Hogan to exempt householders affected by the big flood of 2009 from having to pay property tax on houses which were damaged and, in many cases, have been rendered valueless was passed at this month’s meeting of the Galway County Council.

At last week’s meeting the motion, put forward by Cllr Dermot Connolly was carried with 18 councillors for and five against. The Sinn Fein councillor highlighted that there are still many householders in county Galway, affected by the flooding, that “still cannot get insurance”, that many are valueless and it is “very unfair” for property tax to be imposed on these properties.

Bench warrants issued for two charged with manslaughter of Oughterard publican and teacher

Thu, Jun 06, 2013

The trial of a man and a teenager charged with the killing of popular Oughterard publican and teacher John Kenny could not go ahead at Galway Circuit Criminal Court this week as they failed to turn up and bench warrants for their arrest were subsequently issued.

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