Rail commuters are being ‘ripped off’ by ‘expensive tickets’ says Athenry Greens
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
Rail commuters in the west of Ireland are being “ripped off” by having to pay for “the most expensive commuter rail tickets” in the country.
Read more ...Galway Christian Community Night Vigil service
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
The inaugural gathering of the Galway Christian Community Fellowship, a multi-denominational group open to all Christians in the city and county, takes place tomorrow.
Read more ...Galway Christian Community Night Vigil service
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
The inaugural gathering of the Galway Christian Community Fellowship, a multi-denominational group open to all Christians in the city and county, takes place tomorrow.
The group will meet in the United Presbyterian and Methodist Church, Victoria Place, at 10pm. The group’s twin objectives are to provide a platform for Bible-believing Christians in Galway to pray and to intercede for Ireland together.
Read more ...Nurses’ union urges Government to open closed beds at UHG
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
A leading local union official is calling on the Government to provide funding on a phased basis to open much needed beds at the west’s flagship hospital.
Read more ...Irish Wheelchair Association celebrates fiftieth anniversary
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
An organisation committed to improving the lives of people with physical disabilities will celebrate its 50th anniversary later this month.
Read more ...Enjoy pancakes and help Galway Hospice Foundation
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
Why not get in the pancake mood this Saturday by attending the third annual pancake party at the AGA shop at 6 Centrepoint, Liosbaun Business Park on the Tuam Road from noon until 2.30pm?
Read more ...Website allows students to practice oral Irish at home
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
A Galway based design agency recently launched the latest version of the award winning Abairleat e-learning website.
Block 5 Design has continued its affiliation with Coláiste Lurgan and comedian Des Bishop to produce the initiative which aims to revolutionise the traditional approach to teaching Irish.
Read more ...Arthur Scargill to speak in Galway this month
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
Arthur Scargill, the controversial British politician and trade union leader, is coming to Galway at the end of this month to address a public meeting hosted by the James Connolly Forum.
Read more ...Kenny may not be the most charismatic, but he brings electoral success — Flanagan tells college
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
Fine Gael TD Charlie Flanagan has expressed surprise and shock at former RTE economics editor George Lee’s decision to resign from the party. Speaking in NUI Galway on Monday the Fine Gael spokesperson on Justice, Equality and Law Reform said it was a sad day for Fine Gael.
Read more ...The trouble with Hildegarde
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
Fianna Fáil councillors both abstained from and walked out of a recent pact meeting in protest against Fine Gael’s Hildegarde Naughton, placing the future of the FF/FGael/Independent former PD allaince in doubt.
Read more ...Time to rip it up and start again
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
It’s time to rip it up and start again, nothing else will do for the Ireland we currently find ourselves in. Politically, institutionally, and economically, staying wedded to our current ideologies is no longer an option. They have proven to be either failures or past their sell-by date.
In France, after a traumatic episode in the nation’s history - the Revolution, defeats to Germany in 1870 and 1940, the decline of the empire - the French nation sought to reinvent itself, begin again. It did this most recently in 1958. After the Suez Crises France drew up a new constitution, changed its style of government and became The Fifth French Republic.
Read more ...Local Fine Gael ‘shocked’ by curious George’s departure
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
TS Eliot’s memorable conclusion to his great poem The Hollow Men predicts the world will end “not with a bang but a whimper” but it is also a line which sums up the political career of George Lee.
Read more ...Lee debacle punctures holes in parachute strategy
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
The furore and acres of media space allocated to the decision on Monday of George Lee to walk away from his cushy well-paid Dublin South seat back into his cushy well-paid South Dublin media job could signal the beginning of the end for the practice of parachuting celebrity candidates into political life when in most cases they are ill suited to the change of role. The psyche of the politician does not sit well with the psyche of the ego-led media world which we inhabit. The cynicism necessary for the latter means that the former cannot be done with any great integrity. Even the few who have made the crossover from media to politicis are still viewed dubiously as ‘hiding it well’ in the new job.
Read more ...Man threatened to shoot garda after domestic row, court hears
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
A Ballybane man who threatened to shoot an unnamed garda, during an altercation with his wife, has received a three month suspended sentence and was fined €500.
Read more ...Man fined for illegally selling charity lottery tickets
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
A man has been fined €50 for selling lottery tickets for a charity without being authorised to do so.
Read more ...Frying pan thief to await Garda behaviour report
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
A cash-strapped man who was caught swapping the price tags on a frying pan was advised by an amused judge to “use the grill next time”.
Read more ...Man breaks garda’s finger during struggle, court hears
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
A 21-year-old Ballybane man who assaulted a garda by punching her in the stomach and broke another garda’s finger as they attempted to arrest him will have to serve an extra five months in jail.
Read more ...Compo to be paid for headbutt assault
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
A further compensation of €1,000 will have to be paid by a young man who headbutted another man, breaking his nose during a fight in the early hours of the morning.
Read more ...No one entitled to be armed with dangerous implement, says judge
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
No one is entitled to be out armed with a potentially dangerous implement, said a district court judge who rubbished an excuse offered by a defendant that he had been carrying a hammer at 4am because he had been doing household work.
Read more ...Gardai seek help in identifying city body
Mon, Feb 08, 2010
A post mortem examination is due to be carried out this afternoon (Monday) on the body of a man found in the city yesterday.
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