Volunteers sought for world’s number one marathon

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

Local heart charity Croí is seeking volunteers to take part in the ultimate charity challenge - the New York City Marathon on Sunday Nov 1.

Loughrea St Patrick’s Day parade

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

Coiste Fhéile Pádraig in Loughrea is inviting the local community to attend the St Patrick’s Day parade which will start at 1pm.

Woman fined €650 for forged passport

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

A woman was fined €650 for possession of a forged passport despite insisting that she did not know her uncle had fooled her and that the passport office at home in Zimbabwe, which has a 300,000 backlog, had run out of the proper paper.

The heart of banking regulation

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

The Great Depression of 1929 is the only economic event comparable to our current morass. A post mortem study in the 1930s into the cause of the Wall Street crash concluded that it was due to deregulation of the financial sector.

The hacks are already creating the mayoral pacts

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

Although nominations have yet to close for June’s Local Elections, attentions are already being focused on the likely results and the potential mayoral pacts that may be created post June.

Most support a ban on election posters but making it a reality will be difficult

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

At Monday’s Galway City Council meeting, Independent Cllr Donal Lyons will call for a “voluntary ban on all political posters in the city area for the forthcoming Local and European elections”.

If the political poster goes, what will replace it?

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

There is a growing movement - or, more accurately, a growing feeling - that the day of the election poster is coming to an end. If it is though, what might replace it?

Hell’s kitchen — city chef assaulted by his toughest critic

Thu, Mar 05, 2009

A chef at a city centre fast-food restaurant received an unwelcome visit from one of his toughest critics yet — an abusive patron who after being served food entered the kitchen and assaulted him.

No election for Towers

Thu, Mar 05, 2009

Rev Patrick Towers, the former rector of St Nicholas Collegiate Church, has announced that he will not be standing for election as a Green candidate in June’s Local Elections.

Brace yerself for the crazy taxes

Thu, Mar 05, 2009

Brace yerselves. Tie down everything because when next month comes and April Fool’s Day flies through faster than a flasher in a turnstile, we are set to be royally shafted by the Government in a whole series of crazy new taxes designed to make sure that we keep filling the giant hole in our finances with a watering can.

'Menace' burglar jailed for twenty months

Thu, Mar 05, 2009

A Galway man, described as a menace to society, was sentenced to 20 months at Galway District Court yesterday for his involvement in a number of burglaries in which laptops were taken.

Advertiser confirmed as runaway leader in circulation race

Thu, Mar 05, 2009

The Galway Advertiser has increased its lead in the local newspaper circulation race, pulling well ahead of its local rivals, according to the latest distribution and sales figures, published by the UK-based Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC)

Statue to women of Magdalen Laundry to be unveiled on Sunday

Thu, Mar 05, 2009

A statue in remembrance of the women who had to endure life in the Magdalen Laundry in Galway will be unveiled the weekend.

Man dashed across race course after taxi flee dash attempt

Thu, Mar 05, 2009

A man who had hired a taxi to bring him and his family from Dublin to Galway attempted to avoid paying the €250 fare by bringing the driver around the town to confuse him and then fleeing across the race course, the Galway District Court heard yesterday.

Janusz Glowacki (21) with an address at 14 Merlin Park Lane, Galway, pleaded guilty to attempting to dishonestly avoid payment of €250 after obtaining the services of Gerard Murphy.

Nuisance caller who made 1,400 calls remanded in custody after plea for help

Thu, Mar 05, 2009

A Connemara man who allegedly made 1,400 menacing and abusive phone calls to a number of health care workers and rape crisis centres has been remanded in custody for the purpose of being assessed by the Central Mental Hospital as soon as possible.

Pregnant woman punched in stomach by ‘spiked’ man, court hears

Thu, Mar 05, 2009

A six-months pregnant woman was punched in the stomach by a drunk and abusive man who claimed that his drink had been “spiked”, the Galway District Court heard this week.

O’Rourke gets on his bike to show that Oranmore needs a railway station

Thu, Mar 05, 2009

Oranmore needs to have its own railway station which would service not only Oranmore, but the industrial estates, Maree, Clarinbridge, Derrydonnell, and Craughwell.

Coole celebrates Tree Week, hurling and football greats, local heritage,

Thu, Mar 05, 2009

The biannual series of cultural events at Coole Park is now drawing to a close but there are still a few events to look forward to before the end of the programme.

Gael Linn will present two Louis Marcus films, Christy Ring (1964) and Peil (1962) this evening. These films feature sporting greats of the 1960s in both hurling and football. Additional material consists of evocative Amharc Éireann newsreel footage of major Gaelic games from the years 1959 to 1963. Each film has an instructional section at its core, preceded by a nostalgic look at the past, followed by extended highlights of a major game. Both films feature colour footage from games rich in atmosphere and detail, accompanied by a rousing soundtrack of music from the Artane Band. Commentaries for both films were written by Breandán Ó hEithir, author of Over The Bar, a personal relationship with the GAA (1984) and voiced by Pádraig Tyers. The screening will take place from 8pm to 9pm.

McDonnell calls for action on Renmore rat-runs

Thu, Mar 05, 2009

The people of Renmore must get together and take action on the rat-running though estates as the “there has been enough talking and the time has come for some meaningful action”.

Controversial rezoning motions to be discussed next month

Thu, Mar 05, 2009

Two controversial motions to rezone land on the Tuam and Dublin roads are likely to be part of discussions during the review of the Galway City Development Plan in April.

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