Josette Farrell joins Fine Gael

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

Josette Farrell, who ran for Labour in the Oranmore ward in the 2009 local elections, has left the party to join Fine Gael.

Treatment plant needed urgently to clean up Clifden beach

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

Locals and representatives in the Clifden area are renewing their call for a long-awaited wastewater treatment plant to be given the green light following an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report which revealed how a popular beach has failed, six years in a row, to meet basic water quality standards.

European Parliament committee to question council over flooding hardship

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

The Committee on Petitions at the European Parliament is to seek an explanation from Galway County Council regarding the financial hardship suffered by a number of families following the flooding crisis of late 2009.

Local chief fire officer to attend annual conference

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

Local chief fire officer Michael Raftery will join colleagues and industry experts from across Ireland and Europe at the 54th annual chief fire officers’ association conference which will be held in Adare, Co Limerick, from May 4 to 5.

Asian Tea House going for national glory in Irish Restaurant Awards

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

The Asian Tea House in Mary Street in Galway City was acknowledged this month as the top restaurant in Galway city and county in the Santa Rita Irish Restaurant Awards. The restaurant will now compete for the Regional and All- Ireland title which will be announced at the Irish Restaurant Awards in the Burlington Hotel Dublin on Wednesday May 25.. “We are delighted to be recognised by these awards,” says Terry Commons, proprietor of the Asian Tea House, which celebrated its third birthday last Sunday.

Grealish calls for Kenny to raise plight of undocumented Irish with Obama

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

The visit of US president Barack Obama to Ireland in May is the “ideal window of opportunity” to press for legalisation for the undocumented Irish in the States.

NUI Galway student awarded prestigious international prize

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

A doctoral fellow at the Centre for Innovation and Structural Change (CISC) at NUI Galway, Ciara Fitzgerald, was presented with second prize in the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) Graduate Student Literature Review Prize at their annual meeting in Las Vegas recently.

Galway SF to ask public to sign petition against Universal Social Charge

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

Galway Sinn Féin will be calling on the public to sign its petition against the controversial and much resented Universal Social Charge.

The party will be actively campaigning against the tax and is committed to abolishing it. According to Galway Sinn Féin City West spokesperson Tom Hanly: “The introduction of this penal tax benefited those on the highest incomes as everyone with an income over €16,000 pays it at the same rate of seven per cent.

Top class coach and nutritionists to give talk on sports nutrition

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

Evergreen Healthfoods will be hosting an information evening on sports nutrition at the Pillo Hotel & Spa, (formerly the Courtyard by Marriot) on Tuesday, April 26 at 6:30pm. The event is being organised in support of Special Olympics Ireland, and in association with the Pillo Hotel & Spa. There will be three speakers on the night, each covering different aspects of sports performance and nutrition.

Michael D’s daughter not running for Seanad

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

Alice Mary Higgins, daughter of Labour president Michael D Higgins, has announced that despite much speculation, she is not running in the Seanad elections.

UHG’s poor performance in hospital league tables is ‘embarrassing’, says health forum chief

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

The chairperson of the HSE West’s regional health forum has slammed University Hospital Galway’s poor rating in the HSE’s latest league tables as “embarrassing”.

Will removing roundabouts cause greater congestion?

Thu, Apr 14, 2011

Galway’s days as the ‘Roundabout city’ could be coming to an end with new plans to remove seven of the city’s roundabouts and replace them with signalised junctions.

Galway Airport faces uphill challenge to find new Dublin carrier

Thu, Apr 14, 2011

Finding a new replacement for the Galway to Dublin route will be a challenge, but it is one that Galway Airport is still hoping to win, according to managing director Joe Walsh.

Walkers discover dumped dead dogs inhumanly killed

Thu, Apr 14, 2011

Four dead dogs found abandoned along a rural laneway in the Kilbannon area of Tuam recently had all been shot at close range in an inhuman attempt to put them down.

Claregalway families petition Europe over flood damage

Thu, Apr 14, 2011

As two Claregalway families bring a petition to the European Parliament over the lack of flood prevention in the area and compensation to help them with their financial burden following the flooding crisis of 2009, the Irish Insurance Federation has called on local authorities to stop the practise of granting planning permission on flood plain areas.

Urgent action need to stop illegal dumping

Thu, Apr 14, 2011

Illegal dumping has become a serious problem in Tonabrucky, but tackling it is proving difficult as the area has a lot of privately owned land and is also located between the city and county council boundaries.

HSE urged to keep open ‘wonderful’ nursing home

Thu, Apr 14, 2011

A former vice chairperson of the HSE West’s regional health forum is calling on the health authority to rethink its decision to close St Francis Nursing home in Upper Newcastle as a residential facility.

New reservoir will ensure better water supply for the people

Thu, Apr 14, 2011

People living between Moycullen, Barna, and Rahoon can look forward to a better and more regular water supply from the major new reservoir to be built at Tonabrocky.