Feargal Quinn’s retail therapy at Standún to air this weekend
Thu, Jun 02, 2011
Standún of Spiddal, which is to celebrate its 65th anniversary this month, is to feature in this weekend’s episode of RTÉ’s Feargal Quinn’s Retail Therapy.
Read more ...€4.5 million settlement for Newcastle man
Thu, Jun 02, 2011
A High Court judge has approved a €4.5 million settlement for a man who is severely brain damaged after suffering viral encephalitis as a result of a viral infection, herpes simplex.
The settlement includes payments for Martin O'Brien's family and was made without admission of liability.
Read more ...Fraud conviction against Galway councillor quashed
Thu, Jun 02, 2011
A conviction against Galway County Councillor Michael Fahy for obtaining €7,000 from the local authority by false pretences was quashed by the Court of Criminal Appeal earlier this week.
Read more ...People's history talk in museum
Thu, Jun 02, 2011
The Galway City Museum will host a ‘show and talk’ session this Saturday at 1pm to discuss some of the Museum's upcoming exhibitions.
Read more ...It’s barbeque time at Martin Divilly's Butchers
Thu, Jun 02, 2011
Today sees the launch of the new Martin Divilly's Barbeque Range - their biggest yet! They have everything you need for the summer barbeque, from their succulent Aberdeen Angus Burgers to their homemade pork and chive sausages.
Read more ...HSE West could be €100 million over budget by December
Thu, May 26, 2011
A member of the HSE West’s regional health forum warned this week that the health authority could be €100 million over budget by the end of the year.
Read more ...UHG appointments made because it did not compare with other hospitals
Thu, May 26, 2011
The HSE’s decision to appoint an additional three-person management team at Galway University Hospitals was taken because the existing management structure did not compare with other Irish teaching hospitals, the health authority’s regional director of operations said this week.
Read more ...Allegations regarding Ahascragh priest to be investigated
Thu, May 26, 2011
A priest based in Ahascragh is among a number of clerics facing investigation following claims made in a Prime Time Investigates documentary earlier this week. The programme alleged that he raped a girl and fathered her child while serving as a missionary in Kenya nearly 30 years ago.
Read more ...Something new to be good at...
Thu, May 26, 2011
In the same way that pre-Michelle Smith, the Irish Olympic swimming team used to hail a competition a success if none of them was drowned, let’s be honest, weren’t we glad when both the Queen and Obama got out of Ireland alive? Not that there was ever a serious threat to their respective healths while they were here, but there was always the fear that a member of the South Offaly-North Tipperary branch of Al Qaeda might attack him with a hurl or that that dissy-dent republicans might savage the Queen with a Turbot snatched from the shelves of the English Market. We all breathed a sigh of relief when their planes left the ground and rose into that part of sky that Cork radio presenters know as non-indictable international airspace out of our jurisdiction.
Read more ...Kyne concerned at delay in Civil Registration Act review
Thu, May 26, 2011
Fine Gael’s Galway West Deputy Seán Kyne has expressed concerns at the delay in amending the Civil Registration Act to allow for the registration of the deaths of Irish people who die abroad. In May and June of 2010, the Galway-based Bring Them Home campaign group met with the then Minister for Social Protection, Éamon Ó Cuiv, who committed to a review so the legislation could be changed.
Read more ...Future of Galway Airport now at ‘critical juncture’
Thu, May 26, 2011
Senator Fidelma Healy Eames believes the saving of Galway Airport “is now at a crucial juncture” and a lack of immediate action could lead to its demise. The future of the Airport has been subject to widespread speculation in recent months.
PSO funding worth €960,000 annually was withdrawn on the Galway to Dublin Aer Arann service and a value for money report on regional airports has also recommended the cessation of its annual operation subvention funding, worth €1.3 million a year. A decision on its future funding is due from Cabinet within the next two weeks, but the Fine Gael Senator is realistic about the possible investment the airport is likely to receive.
Read more ...NUI Galway announces honorary doctorates
Thu, May 26, 2011
NUI Galway has announced the graduates who will be conferred with honourary degrees in a special ceremony on Friday June 24.
Read more ...Talented local acts set to play Galway Arts Festival big top
Thu, May 26, 2011
Galway Arts Festival will showcase a wealth of local talent this year with several young and emerging bands, all with strong Galway links, supporting major headline acts Blondie, De La Soul, Bell X1, and AfroCubism at the Festival Big Top.
Read more ...Saturday will be Galway’s Africa Day
Thu, May 26, 2011
To Mark Africa Day, Galway will host a series of musical and cultural events this Saturday at Club Áras na nGael, Dominick Street, that will provide 11 hours of entertainment for both Galwegians and the city’s African community.
Read more ...Caroline Casey wows the audience as BPW marks quarter century
Thu, May 26, 2011
The annual BPW summer lunch which took place in the Ardilaun Hotel last Friday, and was kindly sponsored by RDJ Glynn, certainly was a unique occasion as BPW Galway celebrated 25 years since being founded in Galway by Breda Ryan and her committee, and has gone from strength to strength since then. On that morning Breda and John Ryan unveiled a plaque to commemorate the establishment of the club.
Read more ...Galway short film becomes internet sensation
Thu, May 26, 2011
A young Galway-based film maker has produced one of the internet hits of 2011. Entitled 50 people one qustion-Ireland, it received 85,000 views within four days of being uploaded to the popular video sharing site, Youtube.
The video has been added to tens of thousands of Facebook pages all around the world, and has commanded newspaper coverage in New York, Netherlands, and Japan.
Read more ...Meet Obama at Joyce’s and help Cancer Care West
Thu, May 26, 2011
This week, President Obama visited these shores to conclude a hectic period of high level state visits to our Island. Before he strode the streets of Moneygall and Dublin he promised to come back because of the great bargains in Joyces’ of Athenry.
Read more ...Burning Bright festival to get under way today
Thu, May 26, 2011
Details of this year’s Burning Bright festival — an annual event celebrating creativity in older age — are set to be announced at a launch in the city this afternoon (Thursday).
Burning Bright is part of the nationwide Bealtaine Festival, which takes place across the country throughout May.
Read more ...Man dies following industrial accident
Thu, May 26, 2011
A young man who was injured in an industrial accident at the weekend has died in hospital.
Read more ...City council to provide grants for local festivals
Thu, May 26, 2011
Galway City Council has just announced its sixth annual local community festivals grant awards scheme. Local organisations who are planning events in the city in the coming months may be eligible for a grant under this scheme.
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