UHG consultant slams racist bullying in Irish hospitals
Thu, Aug 07, 2008
A consultant urologist at University Hospital Galway has alleged that a significant minority of junior hospital staff are being subjected to low level racist bullying in some of Ireland’s hospitals.
Non-EU doctors’ representative Dr Syed Jaffrey was commenting after it was revealed that 64 bullying claims were made against medical personnel in the health service last year. East Galway Fine Gael TD Ulick Burke had sought the figures from the HSE.
Read more ...Heartless thugs destroy a quarter century of circus entertainment
Thu, Aug 07, 2008
Heartless joyriders destroyed Ireland’s first youth circus this week, when the car they were driving crashed into a circus van which was set a blaze.
Read more ...Man secures court order for second post-mortem in Connemara murder
Thu, Aug 07, 2008
The 22-year-old man charged in connection with the murder of a woman in Connemara last month has secured a High Court order allowing a UK pathologist to carry out a second post-mortem on the body of the victim.
Read more ...After the cowboys, tourism chiefs target the Indians
Thu, Aug 07, 2008
As the boom of the races fades for another year, a group of leading journalists from India were in Galway this week, invited by Tourism Ireland and Fáilte Ireland, to come and sample the delights of the west.
Read more ...Fianna Fáil parliamentary party to meet in Galway next month
Thu, Aug 07, 2008
Fianna Fáil’s TDs and senators will descend on Galway next month when the party holds it annual parliamentary party meeting in the city.
The meeting will see Fianna Fáil’s 106 Dáil deputies and senators get together in the city’s Clayton Hotel on September 15 and 16 for their yearly brainstorming session.
Read more ...Memorial tree to be planted in honour of slain Galway-based photographer
Thu, Aug 07, 2008
A memorial tree will be planted on the Salthill Promenade next week to honour the life of Galway-based photographer Trent Keegan just days after what would have been his 34th birthday.
Read more ...Help Debenhams to keep Galway’s beaches tidy
Thu, Aug 07, 2008
An annual beach litter survey and clean-up will take place this Saturday August 9, at Ballyloughane Beach, Renmore.
Read more ...Prison for man caught red-handed with stolen camera
Thu, Aug 07, 2008
A 20 years old man was sentenced to four months in prison at Galway District Court after Gardaí caught him red-handed with a camera which had been stolen hours earlier in a house break-in.
Read more ...Photographic awards exhibition in Eyre Square
Thu, Aug 07, 2008
The Irish National Photographic Awards exhibition returned to Galway city last month and will be there until next Monday August 11.
Read more ...Treacy welcomes cervical cancer vaccine rollout
Thu, Aug 07, 2008
Women’s risk of being diagnosed with cervical cancer will be greatly reduced thanks to plans to introduce a vaccination programme for 12-year-old girls next year and to roll out a cervical screening programme nationally.
That is according to local Fianna Fail TD Noel Treacy who says 180 new cases of cervical cancer are diagnosed in Ireland each year. Some 70 of these result in death.
Read more ...‘A man and his wife are a team’
Thu, Aug 07, 2008
Around five years ago Denis Andre was working as a nurse in Angola. His employers discovered he had helped some wounded Cabindan independence fighters with medicine and treatment. Cabinda is an enclave in Angola and is a disputed territory.
Read more ...Prison for man who tried to rob parking meter
Thu, Aug 07, 2008
A Romanian man, who was caught drilling holes in the back of a parking meter to siphon money from its collection box, was sentenced to six months in prison at the holiday sittings of Galway District Court yesterday.
Vasile Sabadas (26), with addresses in Collins Avenue, Dublin, and Sallins, Co Kildare, pleaded guilty to causing €5,790 worth of damage to the pay parking machine, which belongs to Galway City Council, at the Docks, Galway, on June 22 last.
Read more ...Funding for An Spidéal childcare centre
Thu, Aug 07, 2008
A new community childcare centre in An Spidéal is to benefit from a grant of more than €70,000 towards equipment.
Read more ...Bogus doctor makes house calls in east Galway
Thu, Aug 07, 2008
Gardaí are warning householders in east Galway to be wary of unsolicited callers after a man called to a number of homes claiming to be a health professional.
Read more ...Major fundraiser for Sunflower Chernobyl appeal this weekend
Thu, Aug 07, 2008
A fundraiser in aid of a multi-sensory facility for the Sunflower Chernobyl Appeal will take place this Saturday August 9. The fundraiser will take place in the Western Hotel, Prospect Hill, at 6.30pm and will have performances from Shane Warner, Cafe Minor, and Jackhammer Purr. There will also be live performance puppetry, juggling, and poetry.
Read more ...Judge advises rose seller to ask city council for trading licence
Thu, Aug 07, 2008
A District Court judge is hopeful that Galway City Council will consider granting a casual trading licence to a Romanian rose seller so that he can “go straight” from now on and ply his trade lawfully on the city’s streets.
Read more ...Coole to host family events this month
Thu, Aug 07, 2008
Coole Park is hosting a number of family activities in the woods and visitors’ centre throughout this month.
Family walks will take place in the Coole Park woods every Sunday from 3pm, while nature activities for young children will take place on Wednesdays from 2.30pm to 4pm. These activities are suitable for children from five to 12 years and booking is essential.
Read more ...Support the Frances Thornton Swimmers this weekend
Thu, Aug 07, 2008
The Frances Thornton Memorial Galway Bay Swim in aid of Cancer Care West takes place this Saturday August 9. Andrew Flanagan, Ronan Collins, Kevin Thornton, Michael Heffernan, Simon Flatley and Colin Duffy, seen here presenting the proceeds of last year’s swim to David O'Donnell from Cancer Care West, along with twelve others will set out from Augnish, Co Clare, at 11am.
Read more ...Galway Clinic awarded €8.2 million under National Treatment Fund
Thu, Aug 07, 2008
The Galway Clinic was awarded €8.2 million this year under the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF).
Read more ...Treacy welcomes battery bring bank plans
Thu, Aug 07, 2008
Dep Noel Treacy has welcomed plans to introduce a free battery recycling service throughout the country from next month.
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