Fianna Fáil calls for re-allocation of council staff to cemetery duty

Thu, Feb 23, 2012

Galway City Council staff need to be re-allocated immediately in an attempt to deal with the escalating problem of delayed burials in the city.

Progress made on Clifden treatment plant plans

Thu, Feb 23, 2012

Significant progress has been made this month on providing Clifden with the long-awaited treatment plant upgrade with Galway County Council currently assessing tender documents with the view of appointing a contractor soon, that is according to local county councillor Eileen Mannion who described the works as vital for the local environment as well as for tourism and local economy.

Council losing money with on-street parking

Thu, Feb 23, 2012

The Galway County Council is one of many local authorities across the country that is losing more money than it is generating in the provision and enforcement of on-street parking, that is according to figures released this week.

Shorter journey times needed to keep Galway rail on track

Thu, Feb 23, 2012

Infrastructural improvements and shorter journey times for the Galway to Dublin line are just some of the recommendations of a report presented yesterday to the Rail Vision 2030 seminar, with indications that further consideration could also be given to an Athenry to Tuam rail line.

Off-licences should close early on St Patrick’s Day says McNelis

Thu, Feb 23, 2012

Galway off licence owners should commit to opening later or have earlier closing hours on St Patrick’s Day to help prevent scenes of drunken and anti-social behaviour on the National Day.

DruidMurphy tickets go on sale tomorrow

Thu, Feb 23, 2012

Tickets for the much-anticipated Druid production of DruidMurphy, where three of the celebrated Tuam writer’s plays will be performed by the acclaimed Galway city company, go on-sale tomorrow.

Galway hospitals become smoke-free zones

Thu, Feb 23, 2012

From yesterday, Galway University Hospitals (GUH) has introduced a smoke free campus policy on National No Smoking Day which means that patients and visitors will no longer be allowed to smoke in areas near the entrance and must leave the grounds to do so.

Connolly fears ‘writing is on the wall for public health service’ under new HSE plan

Thu, Feb 23, 2012

“The writing is clearly on the wall for our public health service in Galway,” according to Independent city councillor Catherine Connolly, as planned cutbacks threaten to destroy the viability of the service.

According to Cllr Connolly, the HSE West has confirmed “further cutbacks of the most serious nature”, during a recent briefing on its service plan for 2012.

Funding for works on ‘extremely dangerous’ N59 junctions

Thu, Feb 23, 2012

Funding has been allocated to carry out improvement works on two “extremely dangerous” junctions on the N59 Galway to Clifden road.

Sample the style at ACT for Meningitis’ fashion show

Thu, Feb 23, 2012

Join ACT for Meningitis for a night draped in fabric, frills and fun with the first fashion show of the season to take to the ramp on Thursday March 1 in the Hotel Meyrick.

The Gaelic chief and his Oxford friend

Thu, Feb 23, 2012

Ruaidhri Ó Flaithbheartaigh was a Gaelic Irish chief from Galway and a man of letters who corresponded with a wide circle of friends on a variety of issues.

Irish Wildlife Trust to host public squirrel talk

Thu, Feb 23, 2012

The Galway branch of the Irish Wildlife Trust will host a public talk on squirrels tonight, February 23, at NUI Galway.

Public lecture on the history of lace

Thu, Feb 23, 2012

Whether used in tapestries or clothes, linen and lace have had a long history and both reflected and been impacted by major events in history.

Hundreds to attend private screening of Galway’s first sit-com

Thu, Feb 23, 2012

It will be standing room only at the Róisín Dubh this Saturday for the private screening of Houdini’s Great Escape, the pilot episode of Who Needs Enemies? by Conor Montague.

Road grants announced for County Galway

Thu, Feb 23, 2012

Roads in the Headford, Tuam, and Connemara areas of County Galway are set to benefit from grants allocated to the Galway County Council for this year’s road work's programme.

Judge warns burglars to think about implications of their actions

Thu, Feb 23, 2012

A district court judge has warned would-be burglars to think about the far-reaching implications such an invasion of privacy has on a family before breaking into a property.

Anti-household charge public meeting for Westside

Thu, Feb 23, 2012

A public meeting for the Westside area takes place this evening at 7.30pm to organise a campaign of non-registration and non-payment to the Household Charge.

The meeting will take place in the Westside Community Centre and is aimed specifically at residents in Westside, Rahoon, Newcastle, Dangan, and Shantalla, but all are welcome to attend.

Connemara man who propositioned Irish college students gets eleven months suspended sentence

Thu, Feb 23, 2012

A Connemara flasher who indecently exposed himself to children attending an Irish college, offering them money to perform sexual acts on him, and who assaulted a woman while being treated in hospital has been given an 11 month prison suspended sentence and ordered to abide by strict conditions.

Car owners do not feel safe after dark in Dyke Road car park, says O’Flaherty

Thu, Feb 23, 2012

People working late hours in town and who leave their cars in the Dyke Road car park have complained of “not feeling safe walking this area late in the evening”.

Galway students to march against education cuts

Thu, Feb 23, 2012

Galway students will hold a public demonstration against the planned increase of third-level fees, next week as part of a National Day of Action against education cuts.

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