Galway People of the Year winners revealed

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

The winners of the Galway People of the Year Awards organised in partnership with Galway Credit Unions were announced at a press reception in the Galway Bay Hotel at the weekend. The winners will be honoured at a Gala Banquet and Presentation to be held in the Galway Bay Hotel on Saturday March 21, compered by Ollie Turner and broadcast live on Galway Bay fm.

Councillors bemoan inaccurate election register during name change debate

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

A number of Galway county councillors have criticised the inaccuracy of the current updating system of the county’s election register.

Councillors raised their concerns as the chamber was approving a name change of two of the county’s polling stations.

New county housing estate speed limits adopted

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

The Galway County Council has adopted new special speed limits for specific housing estates throughout the county at Monday’s monthly meeting at County Hall.

September solution for access to Clarin College

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

A temporary solution to gain access to Clarin College’s new facility from Athenry is expected to be in place by September of this year.

Inspiring You launch #InspiringTomi schools competition

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

Tomi Reichental is a man who unfortunately has been through a lot in his life. As a nine-year-old boy he was imprisoned in the Bergen Belsen concentration camp. Tomi lost 35 members of his family during the Holocaust but never lost his ability to show empathy to others. Anne Frank was a fellow prisoner in Bergen Belsen but sadly she didn’t survive.

County councillor lashes TII over road delays caused by flooding

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) is useless when it comes to dealing with flooding on national roads in the county, that is according to Galway county councillor Jim Cuddy.

The independent councillor’s comments come after motorists travelling from Tuam to Galway were involved in two hour traffic jams due to roads issues in Claregalway.

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Thu, Feb 27, 2020

GMIT Brexit lecture
Martina Lawless, research professor at the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) will deliver a public lecture on the topic “Brexit and the Irish Economy” to final year GMIT business students on Monday 2 March, 1pm (Room 939), GMIT Galway (Dublin Road) campus. Members of the public are welcome to attend.

Living on a volcano — putting a price on what matters

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

“Being a football manager is like living on a volcano: any day may be your last” - Arsene Wenger

At night his heartbeat gets faster when he hears it, the drip drip; the wind getting up; the words from the forecast ringing in his ears; his mind a mixture of warnings yellow and orange of wind and rain. He twists but sleep doesn’t come because there is always a worry that it will happen again; like before. The forecast said rain...heavy rain...torrential rain...rain that will swell the river below.

Call for horse exclusion zone after welfare concerns

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

Independent councillor James Charity has called for the implementation of a ‘horse exclusion zone’ in part of the Carrowbrowne area to protect the welfare of animals abandoned in flood waters over the weekend.

World’s largest passenger aircraft touches down in the west

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

Eirtrade Aviation Limited, the global technical assets services and trading company, recently took delivery of an Airbus A380 aircraft at its facility at Ireland West Airport. This is the largest passenger aircraft to ever land at the airport.

Green councillor warns about dangers of poorly-lit city centre

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

Green Party councillor Martina O’Connor has proposed a motion that street lighting be installed as a matter of urgency in the area referred to as The Plots, behind Waterside West of Dyke Road.

“This area is in the centre of the city, has Galway City Council pay and display parking but is in complete darkness at night, or on winter evenings,” she said.

We need a reformed Seanad to help tackle the big issues

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

More than a few people have told me that the Sinn Fein surge in the General Election gave them the jitters. Their fear comes down to two things. They worry that Sinn Fein’s proposals to fix our housing, health and pensions problems could wreck the economy and cause longer-term misery and hardship for us all.

Council grants permission for re-development of Portumna hotel

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

A hotel that was destroyed by fire in 2011 and which has been “an eyesore” for almost a decade, has now received planning permission for a complete re-development and refurbishment.

Bats, biodiversity and business dominate Monday’s oral hearing

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

The importance of biodiversity, business, and bats dominated the opening of the second week of the An Bord Pleanala oral hearing into the proposed Galway City Ring Road (GCRR), held at the g Hotel.

The hearing is scheduled to run until mid-April, and matters were expedited considerably on Monday when many of the listed speakers failed to turn up, leading to a hasty rescheduling of those who addressed the event.

Road development will cause ‘ecocide,’ says athletics board delegate at oral hearing

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

Plans for the construction of the €600 million Galway Citry Ring Road will cause ‘eco-cide’ to more than 6,000 species of animasl, birds and insects, various groups opposed to the development told an oral hearing into the project in the city this week.

Disagreeing with the fuzzy logic

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

Dear Editor,
The Through the Glass Darkly (GA, Feb 20th) column finishes with the claim “There is absolutely no way to drastically reduce carbon emissions in only 10 years.... without the appalling prospect of a massive global recession, which will impact the greatest on the poorest on the planet.”

The Through the Glass Darkly (GA, Feb 20th) column finishes with the claim “There is absolutely no way to drastically reduce carbon emissions in only 10 years.... without the appalling prospect of a massive global recession, which will impact the greatest on the poorest on the planet.”

First Traveller elected to NUI Galway’s governing body

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

Owen Ward, an Irish Traveller and a professional master of education student at NUI Galway, has been elected by postgraduate students onto the university’s Údarás na hOllscoile — the university’s governing body. This is the first time that an Irish Traveller has been elected onto a university governing body in Ireland.

Home loan scheme requirements need to be relaxed

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

Requirements of applicants seeking a loan under the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan scheme should be relaxed (RIHL) according to Tuam area councillor Karey McHugh Farag.

Under current conditions, those wishing to be issued with a loan from the scheme must have mortgage rejection letters from two different banks.

DV8 COMES TO GALWAY!!

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

DV8 Fashion opens in Galway Eyre Square Shopping Centre Friday 28th February. DV8 Fashion is a UK and Ireland based Fashion company with over 50 high street stores and a highly secure website stocking over 100 young fashion clothing and footwear brands in one destination.

Fantasy Football round 28 preview

Wed, Feb 26, 2020

Another weekend and another round of Premier League games completed. Frank Lampard's Chelsea secured a valuable win over Spurs in the race for fourth spot. The match was marred by VAR controversy as Giovani Lo Celso was inexplicably allowed to stay on the field after raking his studs down Cesar Azpilicueta's leg.

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