Councillor calls for support for landlords not receiving HAP payments

Thu, Aug 06, 2020

Financial support is needed to support landlords who have seen their Housing Assisting Payment (HAP) stopped because their tenants are no longer paying rent contribution to the Galway County Council, that is according Cllr Noel Thomas.

County councillors agree to electronic payslips

Thu, Aug 06, 2020

The Galway County Council has agreed to have all payslips for councillors and staff electronically distributed and to discontinue the use of payslips being printed and posted on a weekly, fortnightly, or monthly basis.

'Move your grass'

Thu, Aug 06, 2020

It is not acceptable to expect residents in Galway City Council managed estates to dispose of their own grass cuttings and then have to pay for it says Fianna Fáil councillor Alan Cheevers.

Government decision leaves pubs on the brink, says publican

Thu, Aug 06, 2020

The decision by the Government to delay the reopening of pubs in Ireland for another three weeks has been described by the Galway chairman of the Vintners Federation of Ireland (VFI), Cllr Joe Sheridan, as "gut-wrenching".

Digital speed signs wanted for Castlepark Road says community activist

Thu, Aug 06, 2020

Two digital speed signs need to be installed on the Castlepark Road before someone is injured, says community activist Donal Lynch.

Galway Pride 2020: The show must go on

Thu, Aug 06, 2020

Every year Galway has a summer of non-stop action, festivities, and cultural and artistic show cases. At the end of typical that summer in Galway comes Galway Pride. This is no typical Galway summer but Galway Pride will still be delivering a week full of events like the 30 years that have come before it.

Virtual competiton keeps the Spirit of Ladies’ Day alive

Thu, Aug 06, 2020

Fashion enthusiast Danielle Gingell from Claremorris was this year's winner of the best-dressed competition at the Galway Races.

Additional adult flu vaccines will not go far enough, says TD

Thu, Aug 06, 2020

An additional 200,000 adult flu vaccines for the forthcoming flu season is well short of what is needed, according to TD Denis Naughten.

The Roscommon/Galway Independent TD says the HSE is falling short with its plans to purchase only 200,000 adult flu vaccines despite the pressure this could place on Ireland's health system over the winter months.

Town Hall Theatre partners with Dublin Fringe Festival

Thu, Aug 06, 2020

Town Hall Theatre Galway has announced it will partner with Dublin Fringe Festival on the festival’s exciting new Artist At Work residency as well as working with local theatre artist Oisin Robbins as part of the initiative.

New adventure centre Wildlands opens in Moycullen tomorrow

Thu, Aug 06, 2020

Galway has a new offering in the leisure industry, with Wildlands, an adventure centre overlooking Ballyquirke Lake in Moycullen.

Roadworks on notorious road gets the go ahead

Thu, Aug 06, 2020

A "notorious stretch of road" on the N83 has finally got the go-ahead to be made safer for motorists.

Deputy Seán Canney says he has received confirmation the contract for the road re-alignment of Twenty-Minute Hill on the N83 Dunmore to Tuam Road has gone to tender.

Staycation in Sligo for the ultimate oyster experience

Thu, Aug 06, 2020

Sligo Oyster Experience has launched the Sligo Oyster Farm Tour, an immersive guided tour and visit to the Coney Island working oyster farm on the shores of Sligo Bay, overlooked by the majestic Belbulben and Knocknarea.

Galway will have its arts festival this year

Thu, Aug 06, 2020

The famed Galway International Arts Festival, cancelled for the first time in 43 years this summer, will now stage a new autumn edition.

Galway cyclists call for lower speed limits

Thu, Aug 06, 2020

Galway needs to follow the example of Wales and decrease its speed limits for urban areas from 50km/h to 30km/h, that is the opinion of the chairperson of Galway Cycling Campaign, Kevin Jennings.

The city council is currently in the process of a public consultation about revising speed limit bye-laws throughout the city and Mr Jennings believes that Galway should be inspired by the Welsh Government's report that is recommending 30km/h replace 50km/h as the default speed limit on urban roads throughout the country and should embrace the benefits of slower speeds.

'Deeply concerning'

Thu, Aug 06, 2020

The purchase of a property by the Galway City Council in Killtullagh, Oranmore has been described by the Mayor of the Galway County Council, James Charity, as "deeply concerning".

John Hume – the man who laid the foundations for a new Ireland

Thu, Aug 06, 2020

One of the many admirable qualities of the late and unquestionably great John Hume was his ability to listen. As someone once said, courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. And John Hume possessed both.

He also gave new and positive meaning to a concept often derided – compromise, the recognition that through patient dialogue and respect you can find a way out of a dead end. By taking a huge political gamble in deciding to engage with Sinn Fein and Gerry Adams to seek a way out of the poisonous situation in Northern Ireland in the early 1990s, he laid the foundations for the Good Friday Agreement and for the Ireland in which we now live. Of course, there have been difficulties along the way. After such appalling bloodshed and hatred, could anything else be expected?

Virtual outpatient consultants are the new norm

Thu, Aug 06, 2020

More than 36,000 virtual outpatient clinics have been conducted by clinical teams at Galway University Hospitals (University Hospital Galway and Merlin Park University Hospital) since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Garda Briefs

Thu, Aug 06, 2020

Theft from van
Gardai are appealing for information in relation to an incident in which a van was broken into last week.

Gardai are appealing for information in relation to an incident in which a van was broken into last week.

Call to assist suckler beef sector

Wed, Aug 05, 2020

The Galway County Council is calling on leaders of political parties in Dáil Éireann to support the suckler beef sector and support the viability of family farms in areas where other enterprises like dairying are not feasible.