Information nights for parents of teenagers
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
Parents of teenagers can learn more about issues of concern, such as drugs, legal highs, sexual health, alcohol and effective communication, at two information nights being held in the county later this month.
The events, which are being organised by Aids West, will take place on Monday March 22 at Gullanne’s Hotel, Ballinsloe and at the Station House Hotel, Clifden on Monday March 29, from 7pm to 9pm.
Read more ...New Maxi-Cosi FamilyFix collection at Bella Baby
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
Maxi-Cosi has been supporting parents for decades by keeping their precious cargo safe while travelling in cars.
Read more ...Ninety seven per cent of ‘urgent’ patients seen at UHG’s breast centre within ten days
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
Some 97 per cent of “urgent” patients are seen within 10 days at the symptomatic breast centre at University Hospital Galway.
The facility, one of eight such designated centres throughout the country, got a positive review in a report compiled by the health watchdog HIQA recently.
Read more ...Cake sale to raise funds for Sr Rose in Haiti
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
A fundraiser in aid of a former Galway based nun who has been working in Haiti for the past five years will take place at the Irish Girl Guide Centre at 36, New Road on Saturday from 11am to 2.30pm.
Read more ...B&B burglar jailed for twelve months
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
A 35-year-old man who committed burglaries at a number of B&Bs, by gaining access to rooms with filed down keys, was jailed for 12 months this week and could face deportation following his release.
Read more ...Mother steals and damages nearly €3,000 worth of stolen goods
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
A Limerick mother of one, with 108 previous convictions, cheekily stole more than €2,000 worth of clothes and jewellery from a city centre retail store and then damaged nearly €500 of her loot by taking security tags off, the Galway District Court heard this week.
Read more ...Garda takes action to ensure baby’s safety at house party, court hears
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
A garda who had concerns for the safety of a child after gaining entry to a wild house party was then confronted with the highly intoxicated and agitated mother, the Galway District Court heard this week.
Read more ...Mayoman ‘foolishly’ bought cocaine and cannabis
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
A Mayo man, who had “foolishly” bought €100 of cocaine and a small quantity of cannabis after attending an engagement party, was fined a total of €900 at Galway District Court this week.
Read more ...Learn occupational first aid with the Irish Red Cross
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
The Irish Red Cross offers a range of courses designed to comply with health and safety legislation regarding first aid in the workplace.
Read more ...Unprecedented demand for childcare training in Galway
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
Demand for childcare training has reached an all time high since the introduction of the Government’s new free pre-school scheme. The Early Childhood Care and Education Scheme requires that staff in childcare services have accredited childcare training in order to participate in the scheme. “This has been a welcome step in the professionalisation of childcare,” said Mary Giblin, coordinator of the Galway City and County Childcare Committee.
Read more ...Who can we now trust in the Church?
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
The revelations this week that Cardinal Sean Brady sat in on and conducted interviews with traumatised victims of child rape, believed their story to be true and failed in his moral, Christian and legal duty to inform the gardai, is a true indicator of the extent of the level of denial that exists in the Catholic Church regarding the culture of secrecy.
That at this late stage, more than 30 years on, the Cardinal should see nothing wrong in what he did is shocking. People in business who carry out investigations into alleged misbehaviour recognise the need for secrecy and confidentiality in such investigations, but these mainly pertain to bullying, discrimination. To sit in a room with children who have been raped by one of your employees, and not to call in the police shows that many of God’s disciples live in a parallel universe to the rest of us. To make recommendation that the employee should be halted in his path of evil and to then know that he has not and to still not report it, is a further dereliction of Cardinal Brady’s duty. To know that he could have stopped the abuse of many other children is something only he can live with, but for a start he should remove himself from a position where his role is to guide us on the role to moral righteousness.
Read more ...City council is more mature, less dysfunctional than before
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
Green Senator Niall Ó Brolcháin recently described the Galway City Council as being a dysfunctional institution and in the aftermath received a tongue lashing from certain councillors for what was seen as an unwarranted attack.
Read more ...Dotted line for the finish line — Cowen pens deal for €80 million race spectacular
Thu, Mar 11, 2010
It’s official. As we revealed here on this page last week, Galway is set to host the biggest global party in Irish sailing history.
Read more ...Galway property developer tried to sell properties to meet loan repayments, Commercial Court told
Thu, Mar 11, 2010
A Galway property developer who has unsuccessfully tried to sell properties for more than two years so as to meet loan repayments is in the same situation as many people coming daily before the Commercial Court, a judge remarked yesterday (Wednesday)
Mr Justice Peter Kelly said his experience of managing the Commercial Court - where people are sued daily over non-repayment of substantial loans mainly advanced to buy properties - is that trying to sell property now is a "very difficult exercise" with no indication of any improvement in the market in at least the next two years.
Read more ...The Boy With The Dragon Yahoo and other Swedish things
Thu, Mar 11, 2010
SOMEWHERE in Dublin. Probably Buswells. A Wednesday. Around teatime. Cups are clinking. A man stands up on a chair. Silently, a grey cat breaks wind and spits into a fire. Simultaneously. The man talks.
Read more ...Get your motorbike blessed by biker priest in Renmore
Thu, Mar 11, 2010
Bikers can show off their prized possessions and get them blessed into the bargain at a special ceremony being organised by a city curate on Sunday.
Read more ...Labour young guns let down by mistakes of elder lemons
Thu, Mar 11, 2010
As we approach the first anniversary of this current council, Insider has been observing the workings of the largest party in City Hall, the Labour Party. Labour got a very strong endorsement from the people of Galway city in last year’s locals, returning with effectively six seats, if you include Independent Catherine Connolly.
Read more ...Pádraic McCormack - big boss man
Thu, Mar 11, 2010
Those wondering if Fine Gael’s Pádraic McCormack would be standing at the next election may have received their answer as the long serving Galway West TD has been elected chairperson of the FG Parliamentary Party.
Read more ...Praise sails in after Galway Volvo finale selection
Thu, Mar 11, 2010
Major boost, a triumph, and a fantastic day, this is just some of the praise expressed after An Taoiseach and the CEO of Volvo Ocean Race signed on the dotted line yesterday officially confirming Galway as being the host port for the grand finale in 2012.
Read more ...‘Stupid mistake’ cost Connemara man his job, relationship, and favourite sport
Thu, Mar 11, 2010
A 28-year-old Connemara man, who suffered a brain injury after crashing his car while drunk on Hallowe’en night in 2004, says he was “stupid and ignorant” to drink and drive.
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