Gardai not treating Rosmuc fire death as suspicious

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

A house fire in Rosmuc which resulted in the death of a 73-year-old man is not being treated as suspicious by gardai.

Road safety report shows road fatalities in Galway halved

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

The number of road fatalities in Galway has halved since 2007, according to a recently published report by the Road Safety Authority.

Protest at City Hall tomorrow

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

Protests to highlight the nearly 4,000 people on the Galway City Council housing waiting list will take place at City Hall tomorrow.

Oughterard manslaughter accused in court after extradiction

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

A 38-year-old man charged with the manslaughter of popular publican and teacher John Kenny is to be brought before Galway Circuit Criminal Court this morning after being extradited back to Ireland to face trial.

Councillors fall out over mayoral pact agreement

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

Acrimonious and bitter allegations of “underhand” and “sneaky” behaviour has erupted between the centre-right political groups in City Hall, ahead of tomorrow’s first meeting of the new council.

Don't leave home till you've seen the county

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

The June Bank Holiday weekend traditionally signals the start of a summer season that promises a calendar filled with festivals, outdoor activities, holidays, and, hopefully, warm and dry weather.

‘I will serve my full five years’ - Cameron

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

“Absolute crap, absolute rubbish” is how Labour councillor Billy Cameron has described Fianna Fáil accusations that he has no intention of serving his full five-year term on Galway City Council.

No robes for Sinn Féin councillors

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

Sinn Féin councillors will not be wearing the ceremonial robes traditionally worn by councillors at the first meeting of the new council tomorrow.

The party’s three councillors - Anna Marley, Mairéad Farrell, and Cathal Ó Conchúir - are refusing to wear the robes on the basis that they cost up to €800 to make for a new councillor, and that this expense is not justifiable in the current economic climate.

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

A judge has called for “Mr or Mrs Aldi” and “Galen Weston” to appear in court and explain their zero tolerance policies of pursuing shoplifters for €8 worth of stolen meat, and €5 of stolen clothing.

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

FG/FF/ex-PD Independents set to control City Hall

Thu, May 29, 2014

Despite the punishment handed out to the establishment parties in Galway city’s local elections, the centre-right is regrouping and set to take control of City Hall for the next five years.

Tonabrucky Challenge goes on the road again for charity

Thu, May 29, 2014

Rahoon Newcastle Hurling Club will host the fouth annual Tonabrucky Challenge on Saturday June 7 at 6pm.

Golden Mile of Galway 2014 competition launched

Thu, May 29, 2014

The annual Golden Mile of Galway Awards has been launched, announcing details of this year’s competition.

Oughterard school to replace prefabs not ‘fit for teaching’

Thu, May 29, 2014

St Paul’s Secondary School in Oughterard, which had been forced to remove some of its students and staff from decade-old prefabs after its roof started caving in, has welcomed the news that funding to construct permanent classrooms has been approved.

Nurses urged to use their imaginations

Thu, May 29, 2014

A call has been made for nurses to be less risk averse and to use their imaginations to work more creatively.

Open your garden for Irish Red Cross

Thu, May 29, 2014

The Irish Red Cross is appealing to Galway gardening enthusiasts to take part in Open Gardens 2014.

Galway hosts photography exhibition about child labour in the Gaza Strip

Thu, May 29, 2014

By Ebhan Loughlin
An exhibition of photographs about child labour in the Gaza Strip, many taken from a child’s-eye perspective, is open to the public in Galway city this week.

Galway city’s 2014 vote - all change and no change

Thu, May 29, 2014

Galway will never have seen a city council like the one which gathers on Friday June 6 at 4pm in City Hall for its first meeting, and yet, from a certain point of view, it will be a council that is strangely familiar.

For all the drama, excitement, and cliff-hangers at last weekend’s count in the Westside Community Centre, Galway’s electorate returned four Fine Gael councillors, three Fianna Fáil, and three Independent former PDs. This is hardly the mark of a city embracing radicalism, especially when Fine Gael actually increased its representation - albeit by one councillor, Pearce Flannery, the only one of its four who was elected after exceeding the quota.

Galway city’s new council

Thu, May 29, 2014

Seven new councillors were returned to City Hall in last weekend’s local elections, including three Sinn Féin candidates, the party’s best performance in the city in living memory.

‘And you can quote me on that’

Thu, May 29, 2014

“I have a degree and a masters and yet I’m unemployed. My generation is the lost generation. In me, voters saw someone who has stayed and can give the perspective of that generation in City Hall, and the perspective of my generation is needed.”

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