Rabbitte demands clarity over 'scandalous' staffing issues and delays at Merlin Park

Thu, Jul 28, 2016

A Galway East TD is demanding the Minister for Health, Simon Harris, state publicly if additional radiographers, needed to operate a bone scanner at Merlin Park Hospital, have been recruited.

Selling Piscatorial School 'would be an obscenity' says Connolly

Thu, Jul 28, 2016

The Piscatorial School in the Claddagh, should not be sold to the highest bidder for commercial purposes, but instead should be kept in public ownership.

GIAF breaks record attendance figures for second year running

Thu, Jul 28, 2016

Galway International Arts Festival came to a record breaking close last Sunday, with festival attendance figures breaking the 200,000 mark for the second year running and the box office recording its biggest takings to date.

NUI Galway student accommodation evening shares expertise on renting to students

Thu, Jul 28, 2016

Over 170 Galway homeowners and landlords attended a recent Student Accommodation Information Evening hosted by NUI Galway. The event was organised by the University to share advice and best practice on arranging and managing student tenancies.

Roger Casement to be commemorated in Connemara

Thu, Jul 28, 2016

Roger Casement, humanitarian, human rights campaigner, and Irish patriot, will be honoured and celebrated in Connemara on the centenary of his execution by the British, for this role in the 1916 Rising.

Galway Pride Festival call for volunteers

Thu, Jul 28, 2016

Galway Pride Festival call for volunteers
BY KERNAN ANDREWS

Crab and lobster protected by new fishing laws

Thu, Jul 28, 2016

Under new regulations, private and recreational fishers are only permitted to retain five crabs and one lobster daily.

NUI Galway students help build homes in Zambia

Thu, Jul 28, 2016

A group of NUI Galway students travelled to Zambia this summer, in order to help some of the poorest African communities build a space which they could call home.

Canney welcomes news that work is approved for Kilrickle National School

Thu, Jul 28, 2016

Kilrickle National School, near Loughrea, has been approved by the Department of Education for funding as part of the Additional Accommodation and Emergency Works scheme.

100 Men Who Give A Damn

Thu, Jul 28, 2016

The first chapter anywhere in Europe, the Galway chapter of ‘100 Men Who Give A Damn!’ is a bit like Dragon’s Den for charities. The men of Galway have already raised €7,600 at their first two meetings for local charities.

Lord Scoundrel wins the Galway Plate.

Wed, Jul 27, 2016

Donagh Meyler on board Lord Scoundrel winner of The Tote.Com Galway Plate at Ballybrit.

Galway has fifth highest level of house repossessions in the State

Tue, Jul 26, 2016

More than 101 repossession cases are listed before the Galway Circuit Court for this week alone, revealing Galway to have one of the highest levels of house repossessions in the State.

Sign up for the €5 Skeff Rewards Card!

Tue, Jul 26, 2016

The Galway Races will see the city turn into a sea of hats, heels and horse-racing fans. To celebrate the 2016 summer racing festival we are delighted to give race-goers a €5 Skeff Rewards gift card*.

More Galway families could face Repossessions Court senator warns

Mon, Jul 25, 2016

With 120 Galway families before the Repossessions Court in Galway recently due to mortgage difficulties, more families could find themselves in similar circumstances a Galway senator has warned.

Grealish urges government to ‘bail out’ Irish students hit by Brexit

Mon, Jul 25, 2016

A Galway TD has called on Education MinisterRichard Bruton to subsidise any Irish student in the UK who finds themselves facing thousands in student fees as a result of hikes likely to be introduced because of Brexit.

Rabbitte demands answers over allegations that child abuse reports are given 'low priority'

Mon, Jul 25, 2016

Allegations that reports by victims of extreme child sexual abuse "are being categorised as low priority and being left to the side due to the absence of guidelines on how to deal with them", have been made by a County Galway TD.

Fifteen facts you can dine out on for the Galway Races

Mon, Jul 25, 2016

So you think you know all there is to know about the benefits of Galway Races. Here is a list of facts to help you sound like a know-all this week.

Angry councillors demands answers over felling of Salthill Park trees

Thu, Jul 21, 2016

The felling of mature trees in Salthill Park is "an outrageous act of vandalism”, which has led to a Garda investigation, and a demand from councillors for answers from City Hall.

Galway event to support injured jockeys

Thu, Jul 21, 2016

Champion jockey Ruby Walsh has broken more bones than it is worth detailing.

Along with dislocated hips and shoulders, he has broken both wrists, both legs, both ankles, ruptured his spleen, and crushed two vertebrae, in a career spanning almost two decades, and filled with racing accolades.

Permission for flood relief works in east Galway

Thu, Jul 21, 2016

Three projects to alleviate flooding in Kinvara, Monivea, and Tuam, will be granted approval this week by the Office of Public Works, allowing the Galway County Council to proceed with the measures.

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