Fire crews in Galway are battling the city's biggest blaze for decades

Sat, Mar 12, 2011

Fire crews in Galway are battling the city's biggest blaze for decades.

City Hall puts councillors’ expenses figures online

Thu, Mar 10, 2011

Declan McDonnell, Michael J Crowe, and Brian Walsh received the highest expenses of all 15 city councillors according to figures released by the Galway City Council.

Man who stole Ganley’s ancient ash trees for hurleys found guilty

Thu, Mar 10, 2011

A Tipperary man who ventured on to private woodlands in Tuam without permission chopping down up to 22 ancient and priceless ash trees to make hurleys was found guilty by a jury yesterday.

Meeting to set up new watersports club

Thu, Mar 10, 2011

A meeting to set up a new dinghy sailing and wind/kitesurfing club in the city is to be held next week.

The meeting will be held in the Galway Ocean Sports Club on Tuesday next March 15, commencing at 7.30pm.

Inch and half chunk of ear bitten off during heated football tackling, court hears

Thu, Mar 10, 2011

A 26-year-old man was ordered to pay €15,000 in compensation for a Mike Tyson-like assault during heated five-a-side football tackling in which he bit a fellow player’s ear.

Before imposing a 12 month suspended sentence on Darragh Nagle, Judge Raymond Groarke described the attack as an “outrageous act”. However he acknowledged that a guilty plea had been entered at the first available opportunity and that genuine remorse has been shown by Nagle.

Get along to the Malt House tonight and help the North Pole Challenge

Thu, Mar 10, 2011

Tonight (Thursday) the Malt House will hold a fundraiser in aid of Ronan Scully’s North Pole Challenge with the launch of its new spring menu. Ronan Scully is always a busy man but this year is exceptional. He has just finished with his role as a leader in RTE’s Operation Transformation but the challenges do not stop there. Next up he is running a marathon at the North Pole this April, a challenge that will truly test the adopted Galway man.

Athenry man has money confiscated after judge rules it the proceeds of crime

Thu, Mar 10, 2011

A Galway resident has had €35,050 confiscated and forfeited to the State after a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court judge ruled it represented the proceeds of crime.

GMIT Students' Union RAG Week raises more than €10,000 for charity

Thu, Mar 10, 2011

GMIT Students' Union RAG Week which ran without incident last month raised a total of approximately €10,000 for Serve, Aware, Special Olympics West, and the Irish Heart Foundation with more funds yet to come.

Open conversations aim to improve ways of supporting mental health

Thu, Mar 10, 2011

Better approaches to supporting mental health in the community may be achieved as a result of a series of six “open conversations” being held about the issue in the city over the coming months.

Michael D’s daughter to seek Seanad seat

Thu, Mar 10, 2011

Alice-Mary Higgins, daughter of Labour president and former Galway West TD Michael D Higgins, is to seek a seat in Seanad Éireann.

FG to choose replacement for Walsh on city council next week

Thu, Mar 10, 2011

Fine Gael will choose who is to be co-opted onto Brian Walsh’s Galway City Council seat at a convention this Tuesday at 8pm in the Menlo Park Hotel.

Short-fused ex-phone salesman warned to pay compensation or face jail

Thu, Mar 10, 2011

A short-fused ex-phone salesman who punched and kicked a man on a busy nightclub dancefloor has been warned to come up with compensation or face jail time.

Judge Mary Fahy gave the warning at Galway District Court on Monday after hearing how Martin Bance had only managed to come up with €300 of the €6,000 in compensation owed to the man he attacked in the unprovoked assault at GPO nighclub, Eglinton Street, Galway, on December 29, 2009.

Galway Arts Centre seeks artist in residence

Thu, Mar 10, 2011

The Galway Arts Centre is seeking an artist in residence for the period of mid April - mid October.

Man fined for removing number plates following crash

Thu, Mar 10, 2011

A Tuam man who crashed into a wall and removed the number plates of the vehicle which he abandoned and then fled the scene was fined €900 and disqualified for a year when he appeared at Galway District Court on Monday.

Five seek co-option for Nolan’s council seat

Thu, Mar 10, 2011

Five Labour members are seeking co-option onto councillor Derek Nolan’s Galway City Council seat following his successful election to Dáil Éireann last week.

Dep Nolan’s seat in the Galway City East ward is now vacant and needs to be filled. This is done by co-option, whereby the party of the candidate who has vacated the seat chooses who will succeed him/her.

Top local photographers to take family portraits to raise funds for cystic fibrosis

Thu, Mar 10, 2011

Two top local photographers have joined forces to spearhead a unique fundraising event which will benefit a local charity.

1970s Galway, condoms, and the Advertiser

Thu, Mar 10, 2011

The Galway Advertiser was one of the sources quoted and consulted in an article featured in the latest edition of History Ireland magazine.

GMIT recruiting for enterprise programme

Thu, Mar 10, 2011

The Galway Mayo Institute of Technology is now recruiting for the next Midlands & West Enterprise Programme (MWEP) commencing in June 2011. This is a seven month programme providing entrepreneurs with business skills, networks, facilities and supports necessary to navigate and execute the business start-up process.

Man fined and disqualified for ‘appalling’ race on motorway

Thu, Mar 10, 2011

The speeding of a young man found racing on the M6 motorway was described as “appalling” by a district court judge this week before a €600 fine and a two year disqualification was imposed.

Support Don and Cosa

Thu, Mar 10, 2011

Galway folk singer-songwriter Don Stiffe is seeking the support of the people of Galway city and county when he takes to the stage for the final of the All-Ireland Talent Show.

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