A battle to preserve local democracy, says Parsons

Thu, Apr 08, 2021

Cllr Dr Evelyn Parsons has called on Galway County Council to make a formal submission to the Minister for Housing Local Government & Heritage outlining the council’s “complete opposition” to the proposed provisions of the Land Development Agency Bill 2021. The Bill to set up the agency contains a number of clauses which would divest councillors of their veto on land transfers relating to the new agency.

“The proposed removal of the Section 183 reserved function of Elected Members in relation to the disposal of local authority held land to the LDA as provided for in Part 7 Section 56 of the bill is unacceptable and an affront to local democracy,” she said. As advocates for the empowerment of local government, we can never support or accept any diminution in the reserved functions and powers of elected Councillors.”

Fluent Irish speaking student nurses invited to apply for €5,000 bursary

Thu, Apr 08, 2021

Gradam Áras Chois Fharraige is open to fluent Irish speakers beginning a nursing degree in 2021.

Home Instead – to us, it’s personal

Thu, Apr 08, 2021

As part of Ireland’s largest and longest-established home care network, locally managed Home Instead Galway enhances the lives of ageing adults and their families in communities throughout Galway City and County.

SuperValu and AsIAm launch colouring competition as part of campaign for autism

Thu, Apr 08, 2021

To mark Autism Awareness Month this April SuperValu & AsIAm have launched a national colouring competition as part of their “Say Yes to Autism Acceptance” campaign. Autistic people often face invisible barriers because of how the world works and the judgment and attitudes of others, they are used to hearing ‘No’. This World Autism Month SuperValu and AsIAm are encouraging people to say ‘Yes’ for a change: Yes to employment, Yes to education and Yes to community inclusion.

Oranmore-Maree GAA One Club launches Win a Car Fundraising Competition

Thu, Apr 08, 2021

Oranmore-Maree GAA One Club have launched a Fundraising Competition for their planned sports centre of excellence, Renville Sports & Community Grounds, where one lucky winner will win a brand new Ford Puma ST-Line X Hybrid in association with Sheils Motor Group. Tickets costing €25 each or €50 for three are available for purchase through www.oranmoremareegaa.com.

Take a ‘Dip a Day in May’ for Galway Simon Community

Thu, Apr 08, 2021

Homelessness and housing charity Galway Simon Community has launched a new virtual challenge calling on all sea swimmers, fitness enthusiasts and everyone in between, to take a ‘Dip a Day in May’ in support of those facing homelessness in the West of Ireland.

New advocacy group imagines a healthier, more liveable city

Thu, Apr 08, 2021

In March 2020, a sudden halt to our daily routines encouraged us to explore and reexamine our local areas. Over the last year, our lives have been transformed, yet in many ways we are in the same position as we were one year ago. The public’s mental health and fortitude is waning, many businesses are struggling or have shut their doors, and there is a strong desire to reconnect with family and friends in a safe way. Recent figures showed that in 2021, only 0.1% of Covid-19 cases in Ireland were linked to outdoor transmission, underlining the importance of reconnecting with friends and family outdoors over the coming months.

Close to seven hundred people tested at the walk in test centre in Ballinasloe

Thu, Apr 08, 2021

Close to 700 people were tested by Tuesday afternoon in Ballinasloe over the Easter long weekend. The pop-up Covid-19 test centre was open from Good Friday April 2 to Tuesday April 6.

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Thu, Apr 08, 2021

Appeal for witnesses to assaults
Gardaí in Galway are appealing for witnesses to an assault that took place at John Coogan Park, Newcastle, Galway at around 7.15 am on Sunday morning, April 4.

Gardaí in Galway are appealing for witnesses to an assault that took place at John Coogan Park, Newcastle, Galway at around 7.15 am on Sunday morning, April 4.

65 Roses remembrance walk challenge for Cystic Fibrosis Ireland

Thu, Apr 08, 2021

On Sunday February 28 Mary Booth from Clarinbridge started her 165km walk for CF Ireland in memory of her husband’s niece Laura Booth, Kinclare, Caltra who died in 1998 from cystic fibrosis. For the last seven years Mary and Malachy have hosted a Tea Party in their home for different charities.

Telecoms cable between Galway and Iceland will come ashore at Ballyloughane

Thu, Apr 08, 2021

A revolutionary telecoms cable connecting Galway to Iceland will begin being laid underwater this year with the final section to be pulled ashore over a five-day period at Balloughane Beach in the next two years.

Following the successful offshore marine survey earlier this year, Farice, (a company fully owned by the Icelandic Government, currently owns and operates two submarine cables linking Iceland to Northern Europe) announced this week that the IRIS Sub-Sea Telecoms Cable System connecting Galway to Iceland and onwards to Denmark and the Nordics, on existing Farice networks, has progressed significantly.

NUI Galway medical students celebrate sixteen years of teddy bear hospital

Thu, Apr 08, 2021

For the 16th year running, NUI Galway is inviting children to its award winning Teddy Bear Hospital, which will take place online on Saturday, 17 April from 12pm-3pm.

Canney wants twin track vaccination approach

Thu, Apr 08, 2021

Independent TD Seán Canney wants the Government to adopt a twin track Covid 19 vaccination rollout.

Higgins wants late night soccer leagues in Knocknacarra

Thu, Apr 08, 2021

Late night soccer leagues in Knocknacarra are being proposed by Cllr Clodagh Higgins.

Get grass cutting now before it becomes overgrown, O’Flaherty tells City Council

Thu, Apr 08, 2021

Cllr Terry O’Flaherty wants the Galway City Council to get started on the seasonal grass cutting before green spaces around the city get too overgrown and unsightly.

Naughton urges local schools to apply for Safe Routes programme

Thu, Apr 08, 2021

Minister for State at the Department of Transport, Hildegarde Naughton, is encouraging all schools in Galway and South Mayo to apply for the Safe Routes to School programme.

Suspected cannabis herb seizure leads to Knocknacarra arrest

Thu, Apr 08, 2021

Gardaí have seized €20,000 of suspected cannabis herb in the Knocknacarra area of Galway.

Shortly before 6.30pm on Tuesday April 6 drugs, which are subject to forensic analysis, were detected and seized following the search of a house by members of the Galway divisional drugs unit.

Galway Covid rate falls as official urges us to ‘hold firm’

Thu, Apr 08, 2021

As restrictions such as the 5k rule are set to be eased on Monday, there was a boost in Galway’s Covid19 figures this week when the 14-day incidence rate fell below 100 for the first time since December 24.

Publication of vaccination dates should douse the flames of tension

Thu, Apr 08, 2021

They say that patience is the virtue that you show when there are too many witnesses around to see how you may have behaved otherwise. Be that as it may, it has been a virtue that we have been implored to employ over the past year or more. And like in all instances when we require patience, it is as we enter the final straight that the adherence to it becomes the most difficult.

I am not one for wishing my life away, but I think if many of us were to be given a time machine, we would fast forward it now to mid-summer when a large chunk of the population will have been vaccinated and when there will be a return to some semblance of normality.

Jobs boost as Hewlett Packard names Galway as European cyber security hub

Thu, Apr 01, 2021

There was further good news on the jobs front for Galway yesterday (Wednesday) when Hewlett Packard Enterprise named Galway as its European hub for cyber security operations.

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