Enjoy money free shopping at barter fair

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

If the downturn in the economy has made you think about economising it may be time to consider bartering.

Galway Social Space (www.galwayspace.org) will host a barter fair from 7pm to 9pm on Monday at 24 Middle Street.

Cllr Connaughton to bow out of politics next year

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

Cllr Sinead Connaughton will not be seeking re-election to the Galway County Council next year, she announced this week.

Hang out with the Galway Community Circus

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

THE GALWAY Community Circus is looking for young people aged 13 and over with circus aspirations to join the group for a show in the Black Box in November.

German Lutheran Thanksgiving service

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

A German Lutheran Thanksgiving Service will be held tomorrow at 7.30pm.

Dublin woman flees city hotel and taxi without paying

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

A 32-year-old Dublin woman had a slap up meal at g Hotel before taking off without paying the bill and then tried to avoid paying a taxi fare into the city centre, the Galway District Court heard this week.

Enjoy Czech food and culture this weekend in honour of Wenceslas

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

Czech hero King Wenceslas will be celebrated at an event in the Granary Learning Centre, Dominick Street, this Sunday at 6pm.

Plumber fined for breaking restaurant window

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

An unemployed plumber, who was fined for breaking the window of a city centre restaurant when he was acting the “maggot” on a night out with friends, was advised to find other ways to spend his earnings on other than fines.

Galway to ‘express solidarity’ with Palestinian city Beit Lahia

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

The Galway City Council is to “express solidarity” with Beit Lahia, a Palestinian city in which civilians have been killed by Israeli Defence Force tank shells.

Michael D supports call for Mutton Island famine memorial

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

The proposal for a memorial to Famine victims on Mutton Island, made recently by Galwayman and writer Mark Kennedy, deserves the full support of Galway people and organisations.

Volunteers needed in Gort and Ballinasloe on Friday

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

Volunteers are needed to help two community organisations in Gort and Ballinasloe tomorrow (Friday) as part of “Give It A Swirl Day” – Ireland’s national day of volunteering.

Witnesses to assault sought

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

Gardaí have appealed for witnesses following a serious assault in the city centre last week.

City Hall must work with residents to give communities better facilities, says Connolly

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

The Galway City Council must work with Westside residents to enhance recreational facilities in the area and stop pursuing “continuous indiscriminate building that ill serves communities”.

Claregalway annual fashion show

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

The 9 Arch Musical Society will host its annual autumn/winter fashion show in The Claregalway Hotel on Wednesday October 8 at 8.30pm.

Help St Pat’s by going to the dogs

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

The St Patrick’s School Parents Association is hosting a fund-raising Buster night at the Galway Greyhound track on Friday, October 3.

Woman attacked in Bruach na Coiribe

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

Gardaí have launched an investigation following an assault in Bruach na Coiribe last week.

Toothache relief sees driver put off the road

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

A man who was disqualified from driving for four years this week for failing to give a breath sample had drunk alcohol to relieve a toothache, the Galway District Court heard.

Top Indian doc in town to give lecture as new homeopathy clinic opens

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

One of the world’s leading experts on homeopathy will be in Galway this weekend to give a talk on treating cancer with homeopathy as the city’s newest clinic opens.

PD councillors look to an independent future as party gets set to close down

Thu, Sep 18, 2008

PD councillors Tom Welby and Terry O’Flaherty have declared they will stand as Independent candidates in the 2009 Local Elections, with Cllr Donal Lyons possibly doing the same. Speculation persists however that Noel Grealish, Declan McDonnell, and Jim Cuddy are Fianna Fáil bound.

Wanna go to a party at my place?

Thu, Sep 18, 2008

They do say that opportunity never knocks twice and now that a vacuum has been created in Irish politics, I feel I am ideally placed to take full advantage. Line up, line up, you’re just in time for the launch of my new political party. It will change the mouldiness of civil war politics. It will make a positive contribution to Irish politics. It will be called Clann na Nobs (as in the gaeilge for the family of the no-bullshitters)

Loughrea break-ins may be ‘dry runs,’ gardai suspect

Thu, Sep 18, 2008

Businesses in Loughrea are being warned by gardai to update security systems regularly as two break-ins in the past week could have been “dry runs” to test out alarms and other security features.

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