Ice Factor —the coolest festive attraction in Galway this Christmas

Thu, Dec 15, 2011

Ice Factor has been drawing great crowds to the Carlton Hotel since its opening on a fortnight ago — and with the Christmas holidays drawing closer the activities are set to step up a pace at the 600-square metre indoor ice rink.

Kinvara Bay to get long-awaited clean up as €5.2 million treatment plant given go-ahead

Thu, Dec 15, 2011

A new treatment plant costing in the region of €5.2 million could see the end of the wanton pollution of Kinvara Bay which has over many years been subjected to the discharge of more than 60,000 gallons of raw sewage into its watery depths every day.

Gort students perform at Amnesty International Human Rights Day

Thu, Dec 15, 2011

Students from Gort Community School recently performed at the Amnesty International Human Rights Day celebration to remember the creation, 63 years ago, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Chamber warns of job losses following no decrease in commercial rates

Thu, Dec 15, 2011

Budget 2012 was not good for jobs and neither is Monday’s decision by the Galway City Council against any decrease in the commercial rates according to the Galway Chamber of Commerce.

Calum Best to launch new fragrance in Galway tomorrow

Thu, Dec 15, 2011

Calum Best, son of the legendary footballer George Best, will launch his new fragrance, Best, in The Live Lounge of the Radisson Blu Hotel tomorrow from 9pm.

Salthill man jailed after threatening to kill 97-year-old woman and abusing garda

Thu, Dec 15, 2011

A man has been sentenced to nine years for assaulting and threatening to kill a 97-year-old woman in her home.

City car parking costs to be slashed in January

Thu, Dec 15, 2011

Despite cuts across the board in the Galway City Council’s budget for 2012, councillors have decided to give local businesses and shoppers a lift in the New Year.

McDonnell hails council budget as ‘progressive’

Thu, Dec 15, 2011

The changes enforced by councillors to the Galway City Council budget will bring about improvements and benefits for citizens, tourists, and businesses across the city.

Community groups saved from budget cuts

Thu, Dec 15, 2011

An austere budget for 2012 proposed by Galway City Council officials was adjusted by city councillors on Monday night to a total of €400,000.

Council must charge rates on vacant premises says councillor

Thu, Dec 15, 2011

Charging rates on vacant premises would generate an additional €2 million in income each year for the Galway City Council and could lead to a rate reduction for all businesses of five per cent.

Permanent park and ride facility next year

Thu, Dec 08, 2011

The success of the Christmas Park and Ride scheme has encouraged the Galway City Council to look again at constructing a permanent P&R facility in the city.

Sentencing for man charged with drug dealing adjourned

Thu, Dec 08, 2011

Sentencing in the case of a 24-year-old Ballybane man who pleaded guilty to drug dealing has been adjourned until after the New Year.

Woman left traumatised by seventeen months of stalking and harassment, court hears

Thu, Dec 08, 2011

A young woman who “suffered greatly” from the harassment and intimidation of a man who continually stalked her and shouted a number of obsensities and other offensive remarks over the course of 17 months had to be put on medication and could not sleep at night, the Galway District Court was told.

At Monday’s court sitting, Gerard Cunningham (33), a Mayo native with an address given as 1 Gort Na Bro, Rahoon, had initially pleaded guilty to harassing the then 18-year-old woman on dates unknown between April 1, 2009, and September 5, 2010, contrary to Section 10(1) and (6) of the Non Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997. However as the case was being heard Cunningham suggested that he was not entirely to blame, which led to Judge Mary Fahy refusing to conclude the case and adjourning it to next week.

World record scuba diver is appointed by NUI Galway as Ireland’s first Professor of Midwifery

Thu, Dec 08, 2011

NUI Galway has announced the appointment of the Republic of Ireland’s first Professor of Midwifery. Professor Declan Devane, himself a midwife, is based at NUI Galway’s School of Nursing and Midwifery. With approximately 700 students, the School is at the forefront of nursing and midwifery education and research in Ireland.

Take the hassle out of shopping by visiting Moycullen

Thu, Dec 08, 2011

If you want to avoid the hassle that is associated with the Christmas shop rush then why not do something different this year and take a trip to Moycullen, the perfect place for stress-free shopping.

Sharp differences between Nolan and Ó Clochartaigh over Budget consequences

Thu, Dec 08, 2011

Budget 2012 has been described as “tough but fair” by Labour Galway West TD Derek Nolan but Sinn Féin senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh has condemned it as “one which punishes the least well off for the failings of the speculators and bankers”.

Lucky envelope sparks celebrations at Tony Burke Motors

Thu, Dec 08, 2011

There were great celebrations at Tony Burke Motors Toyota dealership in Ballybrit last week during the See it, Drive it, Win it weekend, when seven people out of 500 were randomly selected, following their entry into the Toyota Ireland” Find the Sweet Spot” Facebook competition, to visit Tony Burke Motors and open seven sealed envelopes locked in the boot of the new Toyota Yaris.

Traveller women entrepreneurs not letting doom and gloom stop them

Thu, Dec 08, 2011

Don’t let the doom and gloom wear you down, this is the message being promoted by a group of Traveller women in Galway who are taking that advice to heart and striving forth in their bid to succeed in business and entrepreneurship.

The project Empowering Traveller Women Entrepreneurs, an initiative supported by the Galway Traveller Movement, was launched on Monday, December 5 in the Ballybane Enterprise Centre, and was attended by guest speaker Liz Cassidy, an EU Ambassador for Female Entrepreneurship.

Woman found behind wheel while on cocktail of alcohol and meds fails to contest charges

Thu, Dec 08, 2011

A Galway woman, who was caught behind the wheel of a car while holding a pint glass of Red Bull and vodka, and was abusive to gardai, punching one in the face and hurling insults at others, failed to contest the charges brought against her.

Meet Galway’s Quakers this Saturday

Thu, Dec 08, 2011

Galway’s Quaker community will hold an ‘open house’ this Saturday from 1pm to 5pm, at St. Nicholas Parochial School, Waterside.

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