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.
Mantaray clothing range at Debenhams, supporting the Marine Conservation Society (MCS), is calling people of Galway to join the MCS army of volunteers in turning the tide on litter. The meeting place for the clean up is the lifeguard hut at 2.30pm.
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.
Sean McKevitt, no fixed abode, Cork city, pleaded guilty to handling a digital camera, knowing it was stolen, at Eyre Square, Galway, on August 15 last year. He is currently serving a sentence in Cork for burglaries and theft in that jurisdiction.
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.
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.
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).
The NTPF arranges for public patients to be treated in private hospitals, and this year four private hospital operators received over half the payments made by the fund.
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.
Read more ...Car boot sale fundraiser for Oughterard church
Thu, Aug 07, 2008
A car boot sale will take place in Oughterard this month as part of the fundraising campaign for Kilcummin Parish Church.
Read more ...The perfect running mate
Thu, Aug 07, 2008
No doubt all you political junkies who tune into these pages weekly have seen the very successful series on TG 4 called The Running Mate — all sitting politicians have a variety known as the perfect one. They exist to keep the incumbent in and their selection and placement on the ticket involved some very skillful old style convention rigging. From what Insider understands, picking a fool to run with you is a sport that's about to be made extinct.
Read more ...Galway poster ban welcomed by hungry newspaper owners?
Thu, Aug 07, 2008
The suggestion this week by the dashing Neil McNeilis that all political posters should be banned in the city during next year’s local elections is one that will be welcomed in all sectors — especially as it will mean that there won’t be any pictures of red-faced jowly councillors glaring down on all those sailors who will hit town next year for the Volvo Ocean Race.
Read more ...The Twelve hotel keeps on winning awards
Thu, Aug 07, 2008
Already winner of the 'Best new hotel' award from Hospitality Ireland, and the 2008 winner of the ‘Best gastro-pub’ for The Pins bar, The Twelve’s West restaurant has just scooped one of only four prestigious wine spectator awards of excellence in the country.
West restaurant at The Twelve hotel, Bearna won this award along with only three other Irish restaurants, Ashford Castle, Ballymaloe House, and the Michelin star winning Mint restaurant. These prestigious awards of excellence recognise restaurants whose wine lists offer interesting selections, are appropriate to their cuisine, and appeal to a wide range of wine lovers.
Read more ...Puppy row killing gets nine-year sentence for pregnant city woman
Thu, Jul 31, 2008
An eight-months-pregnant Galway woman who stabbed her neighbour to death in a row over a puppy has been jailed for nine years at the Central Criminal Court.
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