Hunt for killer begins after man stabbed in city centre

Thu, Jun 04, 2009

Gardaí have launched a wide-ranging investigation following the death of a young Claregalway man who was found with stab wounds in the city centre in the early hours of yesterday.

Callanan reveals our city councillors pocketed €2 million in last five years

Thu, Jun 04, 2009

Councillors have cost this city €2.13 million over the last five years while the mayoral transport is costing €209,000. It is time to call a halt to councillors’ expenses and abolish this “gravy train” system.

This is the view of Independent councillor and Galway City West candidate Daniel Callanan. He has upped the ante in the Local Election campaign by releasing figures showing the total pay, allowances, and expenses incurred by the 15 Galway city councillors over the past five years.

New balls please — Tennis club and Westside to be venues as future of councillors is decided

Thu, Jun 04, 2009

Galway goes to the polls tomorrow to elect 30 county councillors, 15 city councillors, and three MEPs, while Saturday and Sunday will be taken up with counts, elections, and eliminations.

Brutal killing takes shine off feelgood factor

Thu, Jun 04, 2009

There is nobody in this city or county who is not horrified by the senseless killing of young Kieran Cunningham just 100 yards from this office in the early hours of yesterday morning. Shocked by the needless rubbing out of the life of a man who by all accounts was a decent sort. His colleagues in Hughes Supermarket in Claregalway where he had worked on the deli counter for the past 18 months were shocked to the core at the news of his death and were sincere in their praise of him.

Galway student dies in Bali after drinking contaminated alcohol

Thu, Jun 04, 2009

It has been confirmed that the Irish woman who died in Indonesia after drinking contaminated alcohol was a final year engineering student at NUI Galway.

President to bid farewell to the Volvo Ocean Race

Thu, Jun 04, 2009

Following the electric atmosphere of the last 12 days, Let's Do It Galway, are asking as many people as possible to join in farewell festivities on Saturday to bid farewell to the Volvo Ocean Race sailors.

Walsh lashes Keane over ‘ruined the city’ remarks

Thu, Jun 04, 2009

“Nonsense” is how Fine Gael councillor Brian Walsh has described claims by Fianna Fáil Galway City West candidate Peter Keane that the current body of city councillors have “ruined the city”.

Cameron condemns ‘sinister’ attempt to ‘besmirch my name’

Thu, Jun 04, 2009

A “sinister” attempt to “besmirch my name and blacken my character in the final days of the election campaign” is how Labour councillor Billy Cameron has described information leaked to the media over his expenses claims to the Galway City Council.

Galway can be proud and confident, but now needs to capitalise on the Volvo experience

Thu, Jun 04, 2009

There is nothing to stop Galway hosting another stopover of the Volvo Ocean Race in the future, according to Volvo’s communications director Marcus Hutchinson.

Noone proves a hit on the doorsteps in competitive Oranmore constituency

Thu, Jun 04, 2009

As the chase for seats in the Oranmore electoral area hots up, it has emerged that a battle royale will ensue for the third and fourth seats in that area.

Pioneer smoke-ban pub fined for smoking ban offence

Thu, Jun 04, 2009

A city centre licensed premises, which was one of the first in Galway to implement the smoking ban before it had been made law, has been fined for allowing punters to smoke in an area specifically designated as non-smoking.

Woman steals jewellery after release from custody

Thu, Jun 04, 2009

A Scottish woman who stole jewellery worth more than €300 immediately following her release from Garda custody for another theft has been sentenced for three months and given an additional five month suspended sentence.

Happy snappers upload 6,000 photos of Volvo Ocean Race Festival

Thu, Jun 04, 2009

An incredible response to the Volvo Ocean Race stopover in Galway has produced some 6,000 photos for a photo competition to highlight the west of Ireland’s creative industry.

Fianna Fáil’s performance will be the key to this weekend’s election outcome

Thu, Jun 04, 2009

The outcome and the aftermath of tomorrow’s Local Election in Galway city will be determined by the performance of Fianna Fáil, for that will impact directly on how Labour and Fine Gael do.

Extensive coverage of election counts on Galway Bay fm

Thu, Jun 04, 2009

Full coverage of the local and European election counts will be available on Galway Bay fm from Saturday morning.

The Election '09 coverage, anchored by Tom Gilmore, will run from 10am on Saturday and will continue right through until every seat is filled, no matter what time of the day or night.

Libertas calls for moratorium on taxi plates

Thu, Jun 04, 2009

A three year moratorium on the issuing of taxiplates is being sought by Libertas candidate Declan Ganley. The European election candidate for the North West constituency has written to the Minister for Transport to immediately seek a moratorium.

Adult store owner fined €1,500 for uncertified porn

Thu, Jun 04, 2009

The owner of a city centre adult store has been fined a total of €1,500 for having pornographic DVDs available for sale to the public which did not have a supply certificate or proper labelling.

Galway City East: Can Labour do it?

Thu, Jun 04, 2009

The biggest ward in the city could prove to be the most dramatic. The battle for the final seat is likely to be a showdown betweenLabour, which needs this seat to become the largest party in City Hall, and Fianna Fáil.

Lyons and Leahy are the only two candidates not to have posters

Thu, Jun 04, 2009

Councillor Donal Lyons has expressed disappointment with the “plethora of political posters” around the city, despite his motion asking for a voluntary ban on posters during the Volvo Ocean Race stopover.

Man gets ten months for threat to neighbours and spitting at garda

Thu, Jun 04, 2009

A man who threatened to “sort out” his elderly neighbours following a noise complaint, and spat at a garda on another occasion after roaring abuse, was sentenced to a total of 10 months in jail at Galway District Court yesterday.

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