Drunk man who headbutted patrol car window gets five months suspended

Thu, Mar 29, 2012

A Meath man who travelled to Galway to get treatment for his alcohol problems only to walk off the bus, go on the drink and end up arrested before headbutting the rear window of a patrol car and causing €425 worth of damage.

Elwood’s bar and grill launches the Big Breakfast

Thu, Mar 29, 2012

Elwood’s Bar & Grill Grill, located at the Forster Court Hotel have with the help of Connacht rugby players Jamie Stephens, Dave Nolan and Stewart Maguire - launched their ‘BIG Breakfast’ menu.

Raidió na Gaeltachta to celebrate forty years

Thu, Mar 29, 2012

In April, Raidió na Gaeltachta will be 40 years on air and it will mark this milestone anniversary with a series of special programmes and events.

Eight months for dangerous driving during rally weekend and for hot-wiring car

Thu, Mar 29, 2012

A Ballybane man with an appalling history of road traffic offences had a five month sentence reactivated and was jailed for a further eight months after being caught driving dangerously while drunk in the middle of a crowd during Galway Rally weekend as well as attempting to hot-wire a car.

Crime figures down despite drop in Garda numbers

Thu, Mar 29, 2012

Crime figures in the county are down significantly on 2011 according to a new Garda report which was presented to the Joint Policing Committee at County Buildings on Monday.

‘Litter bordering on county scandal’ says official

Thu, Mar 29, 2012

In an effort to improve criminal activity across the county, a proposal has been made for the Galway County Council to establish a number of working groups to address key crime areas.

Galway Fianna Fáil made ‘sober and realistic’ by damning Mahon Tribunal report

Thu, Mar 29, 2012

It has taken the full impact of the Mahon Report to bring home to many Galway Fianna Fáil members that it is likely to remain a minority party for a long time to come.

County garda sergeant awarded €68,000 after car crashed through his checkpoint

Thu, Mar 29, 2012

A county-based garda sergeant has said he is lucky to be alive after a motorist hit him as he smashed through a garda checkpoint.

Crumlin hospital helps thousands of Galway children. Now, it’s time for us to help Crumlin

Thu, Mar 29, 2012

Children's hospitals are like disabled parking spaces — you tend to ignore them and hope you will never need them. And then suddenly, when it turns out you do need them, they become the most important thing in the world.

25,000 ag rith ar son na Gaeilge

Thu, Mar 29, 2012

Ghlac breis agus 25,000 duine páirt i Rith 2012, ollrith 700km ar son na Gaeilge a bhí ar siúl mar chuid de Sheachtain na Gaeilge.

Dúirt Cóilín Ó Cearbhaill, bainisteoir Rith 2012: "Is ardú croí dúinn ar fad gur tháinig na mílte agus na mílte daoine amach ar bhóithre na hÉireann chun tacú leis an teanga do Rith 2012 mar chuid speisialta de Sheachtain na Gaeilge i mbliana.

Raidió na Gaeltachta 1972-2012

Thu, Mar 29, 2012

Ba ar Dhomhnach Cásca, 2 Aibreán 1972, a thosaigh Raidió na Gaeltachta ag craoladh don chéad uair, lá stairiúil do phobal na Gaeltachta agus na Gaeilge. Bunaíodh an Raidió mar thoradh ar fheachtas Chearta Sibhialta na Gaeltachta agus don chéad uair riamh bhí a stáisiún raidió féin ag pobal na Gaeltachta. Ní bhíodh sé ar an aer ach ar feadh beagáinín os cionn dhá uair an chloig sa lá i dtús aimsire, agus é le cloisteáil sna ceantair Ghaeltachta amháin.

Diaidh ar ndiaidh, tháinig méadú ar na huaireanta craolta agus ar an réimse cláir ar an stáisiún agus anois bíonn Raidió na Gaeltachta ag craoladh 24 uair sa lá, seacht lá na seachtaine, go náisiúnta agus ar fud ar domhan ar chóras satailíte agus ar an idirlíon.

Babógbaby outwits Wossie in ‘cúpla focail’ challenge

Thu, Mar 29, 2012

Audiences of UTV hit, the Jonathan Ross Show, were treated to a ‘cúpla focail’ challenge in which Irish talking teddy bear Babóbaby outwitted the popular chat show host.

Julie Feeney to play ten nights off-Broadway

Thu, Mar 29, 2012

Julie Feeney, the award winning Athenry born vocalist and composer is heading to New York where she will perform in a new off-Broadway music show.

Druid announces cast and dates for DruidMurphy

Thu, Mar 29, 2012

Druid Theatre company has announced the cast members for the DruidMurphy project, an ambitious staging of three classic dramas by the Tuam born playwright.

DruidMurphy will present Famine, Conversations on a Homecoming, and A Whistle in the Dark, and three of his Murphy’s greatest plays, which span the period 1846 to 1970. The plays will be performed around Ireland, Britain, and the USA.

New jobs for Galway as Sogeti announces expansion plans

Thu, Mar 29, 2012

A leading IT consultancy and services provider has announced that a number of jobs in Galway will be created, as well as in Dublin, through the expansion of its offices over the next three years.

Minister for Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, Richard Bruton, announced on Tuesday that Sogeti, which has offices located in the Galway Technology Centre in Mervue, is to create 65 new jobs. Recruitment is already in progress and it is understood that there has been high interest shown in the positions which will be a mix of high skilled and graduate roles in the IT sector.

Tributes paid to former county manager Donal O’Donoghue

Thu, Mar 29, 2012

Sen Michael Mullins has paid tribute to former county manager Donal O’Donoghue, who died this week.

Thu, Mar 29, 2012

NUI Galway is to link up with two leading Chinese universities to further research and facilitate student and researcher exchanges between Galway and China.

Boost as NUI Galway forges links with Chinese universities

Thu, Mar 29, 2012

NUI Galway is to link up with two leading Chinese universities to further research and facilitate student and researcher exchanges between Galway and China.

Galway Fianna Fáil made ‘sober and realistic’ by damning Mahon Tribunal report

Thu, Mar 29, 2012

It has taken the full impact of the Mahon Report to bring home to many Galway Fianna Fáil members that it is likely to remain a minority party for a long time to come.

Who’s gonna blink first?

Thu, Mar 29, 2012

Go ahead punk, make my day. Just picture the scene. Dirty Harry aka Phil Hogan pointing his pistol in the face of the nation and asking “Do you feel lucky, You’re asking, did I fire five or did I fire six?” Yes, folk’s with just 72 hours until the deadline for the Household Charge, the country and the Government are playing the ultimate game of brinksmanship.

It is a case of waiting to see who is going to blink first and if the million or so households which have not yet registered blink, the flap of those eyelashes will represent a major coup for Minister Hogan and the Government.

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