St Patrick’s Brass Band celebrates centenary with charity concert
Thu, Dec 15, 2011
Galway’s St Patrick’s Brass Band will celebrate its 100th birthday with a special concert in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church tomorrow at 7.30pm.
Read more ...It’s Little Mix vs Big Micks as Saw Doctors vie for lucrative Christmas No 1 spot
Thu, Dec 15, 2011
The Saw Doctors are going all out to make the Christmas No 1 in Ireland this year with the release of their version of ‘Downtown’ with Petula Clark.
Read more ...Man who tried to ‘hookwink’ elderly woman given suspended sentence
Thu, Dec 15, 2011
A Newcastle man who tried to “hoodwink” and intimidate a vulnerable 81-year-old woman by demanding payment of €700 for the cutting down of trees received an eight-month suspended sentence at Galway District Court this week.
Read more ...Calls to St Vincent de Paul society rocketed by fifty per cent this year
Thu, Dec 15, 2011
The number of people seeking assistance from the Galway branch of the St Vincent de Paul Society has rocketed by 50 per cent this year.
Read more ...Three Limerick men sent for trial for burglary
Thu, Dec 15, 2011
Three Limerick men who carried out a serious burglary in Ballybrit on St Patrick’s Day this year have been sent forward for trial.
Read more ...Galway singer seeks public support in YouBloom final
Thu, Dec 15, 2011
Galway singer-songwriter Rob Wade, a student of Andres Martorell’s G Voice Studio, has reached the 2011 YouBloom Music Awards final.
Read more ...Duo plead not guilty to robbing Christmas market trader
Thu, Dec 15, 2011
Two men charged with following and then robbing a
Read more ...Market draws to a close this weekend with lantern parade
Thu, Dec 15, 2011
The Galway Continental Christmas Market draws to a close this Sunday but will go out on a high with a charity Christmas Lantern parade on Saturday.
Read more ...O’Flaherty demands bylaws for horses and horse drawn carts
Thu, Dec 15, 2011
Bye-laws must be introduced prohibiting people from bringing horses and horse drawn vehicles onto beaches and requiring horse drawn carts to have reflective lighting and markings.
Read more ...Protest against septic tank charges to be held outside County Buildings
Thu, Dec 15, 2011
A protest against the forthcoming septic tank charge will take place outside County Buildings on Prospect Hill this Monday.
Read more ...Cré na Cille, now ready to read on a Kindle
Thu, Dec 15, 2011
Cré na Cille, Máirtín Ó Cadhain’s classic novel, has been adapted for radio, stage, screen, and now, in its latest incarnation, for the e-reader.
Read more ...Jail for man who subjected young woman to seventeen months of harassment
Thu, Dec 15, 2011
A man, who subjected a young woman to a 17-month long campaign of harassment and intimidation during which he stalked her and made numerous offensive remarks, received an 11 month prison sentence with the final five months suspended with strict conditions.
Read more ...SF to hold protest against Anglo payments on Saturday
Thu, Dec 15, 2011
Budget 2012 will take €3.7 billion out of the economy, yet the Fine Gael/Labour coalition has vowed to go ahead with its decision to pay out €3.1 billion in Anglo promissory notes next year.
Read more ...Druid presents festive public reading on Saturday
Thu, Dec 15, 2011
This Saturday Druid will present a free public reading of the play The Chooky Brae, by the acclaimed Scottish writer DC Jackson in the Druid Lane Theatre at 12 noon.
Read more ...Construction jobs at risk from home energy grants cut - Ó Cuív
Thu, Dec 15, 2011
Cuts of up to 64 per cent in Budget 2012 for home insulation grants will devastate a specialised sector within the construction industry, putting thousands of jobs at risk.
This is the view of Fianna Fáil deputy leader and Galway West TD Éamon Ó Cuív, who said the cuts to the grants will harm the Government’s jobs initiative which was “heavily dependent on job creation in the home energy sector”.
Read more ...NAMA moves to halt sale of Rockefeller Center condo by Glenamaddy developer
Thu, Dec 15, 2011
The travails of Glenamaddy-native property developer Ray Grehan continue this week with the news that NAMA has moved to halt the sale of a New York apartment beside the Rockefeller Center, owned by Mr Grehan and his wife, which could fetch almost $1m if sold.
Read more ...Donncha O’Connell appointed to new Legal Aid Board
Thu, Dec 15, 2011
NUI Galway law lecturer Donncha O’Connell has been appointed by the Minister for Justice and Equality, Alan Shatter to the State’s new Legal Aid Board.
Read more ...Six acres of scrubland for Anglo, High Court rules
Thu, Dec 15, 2011
ANGLO IRISH Bank secured an order for possession this week at the High Court for six acres of scrubland in Co Galway used to secure loans totalling more than €2.1 million.
Read more ...Fayre play to ye — St Nicholas’ says ‘Thank you’
Thu, Dec 15, 2011
More than €14,000 was raised at the recent Christmas Fayre for St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church, which will go towards the upkeep of the historic building.
St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church is County Galway’s oldest church, having been built in 1320. It is the main Church of Ireland church in Galway but is also a focal point for Galwegians, regardless of their religion.
Read more ...Book on how Spiddal woman dealt with her only child’s death to give hope and comfort to the bereaved
Thu, Dec 15, 2011
A book of poems and photographs which reflect how a Co Galway mother dealt with the death of her only child is on sale nationwide.
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