Wicked leaks — burst pipes bring New Year misery for thousands

Thu, Dec 30, 2010

Thousands of households and business in Galway city and county are facing a miserable start of the New Year with burst water pipes and leaks causing millions of euro in damage to homes and premises. Water restrictions are already in place right across Galway and will remain so until at least next week.

Missing Blathnaid’s sister says her movements were ‘out of character’

Thu, Dec 30, 2010

A fresh appeal was made last night for information relating to the whereabouts of missing Glenamaddy woman Blathnaid Timothy.

Sadness at passing of human rights champion

Thu, Dec 30, 2010

Tributes have been paid to Professor Kevin Boyle— a founder of the Irish Centre for Human Rights at NUI, Galway — who died this week.

Tuesday will be chaotic in our local hospitals fears Connolly as redundancy programme kicks in

Thu, Dec 30, 2010

The decision by clerical staff in the Regional and Merlin Park Hospitals to avail of the redundancy package offered by the HSE West will leave consultants and doctors without essential secretarial and clerical staff

Councillor Catherine Connolly said she has the most serious concerns in relation to the numbers and grades of clerical staff who have availed of the redundancy package offered by the HSE West.

Fine Gael adds Cannon to Galway East General Election ticket

Thu, Dec 30, 2010

Former PD leader Senator Ciaran Cannon has been added to the Fine Gael ticket to contest the General Election in the Galway East constituency.

Conditional approval given for Arts Millennium Building extension at NUI Galway

Thu, Dec 30, 2010

NUI Galway has received conditional approval from Galway City Council to build an extension to the Arts Millennium Building.

TG4 to explore the life of Raiftearaí an File

Thu, Dec 30, 2010

GENERATIONS OF Irish school children were taught to recite Mise Raiftearaí an File, believing it to be by the Mayo/Galway poet Antoine Ó Raifteiri, which he wrote about himself.

However, it seems Raiftearaí did not write that poem. Not only that, but it was probably written on the US-Canadian border and first published in an Irish-language magazine in Brooklyn in 1882.

One third of UHG patients could be treated at Ballinasloe or Roscommon hospitals

Thu, Dec 30, 2010

More than one third of patients currently treated at University Hospital Galway could be cared for instead at Portiuncula and Roscommon hospitals, according to the HSE.

Ro’s set for the North Pole challenge

Thu, Dec 30, 2010

A local man will raise funds for six of his favourite charities when he participates in the North Pole Marathon next year.

Groundbreaking NUI Galway research to pave way for first treatments for secondary progressive MS

Thu, Dec 30, 2010

Groundbreaking research carried out at NUI Galway is expected to pave the way for the first treatments for secondary progressive multiple sclerosis.

The research, driven by MS Ireland, the services, research and information society supporting those with the condition, shows that lesions formed in the grey matter of the brain might be associated with a signalling pathway called endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress.

Students from six local schools to take part in Lego challenge

Thu, Dec 30, 2010

Students from six Galway schools are finalising their entries for the first Lego League Robotics Challenge national finals which take place at the Radisson Hotel on Saturday January 8.

Urgent action needed to tackle city’s housing refusal, says Cllr Nolan

Thu, Dec 30, 2010

Problems with the upkeep of estates, management, and anti-social behaviour have resulted in some local authority houses being refused up to seven times by prospective tenants, according to councillor and chair of the city’s housing committee Derek Nolan.

Starting the twelve-month pilgrimage

Thu, Dec 30, 2010

There are historical reasons why we celebrate New Year on the first day of January. And when I say ‘we’, I am reminded that other cultures celebrate their New Year at different times, but, if for no other than commercial reasons, the Western way of marking the New Year on January 1 has been adopted around the world.

Water woes for county householders

Thu, Dec 30, 2010

Galway County Council were forced to extend water restrictions at night in locations across the county last week in order to allow reservoir levels to recover.

Mise Raiftearaí – An Fíodóir Focal

Thu, Dec 30, 2010

Craolfar clár speisialta faoin bhfile agus cumadóir amhrán, Antoine Raiftearaí ar TG4 ar oíche chinn bliana, 31 Nollaig, ag tosú 7.45in.

Comórtas na Nollag Lár Sráide

Thu, Dec 30, 2010

Tá seachtain eile agaibh chun iarratas a dhéanamh ar chomórtas na Nollag Lár Sráide. Tá lear mór duaiseanna againn i mbliana, urraithe ag Cló Iar-Chonnachta Teo, Gael Linn, Cló Mhaigh Eo, Raidió na Gaeltachta, TG4, Móinín, agus Conradh na Gaeilge. Is iad seo a leanas na ceisteanna.

Insulation schemes ensured warmer homes for Galway families during cold snap — O Brolchain

Thu, Dec 30, 2010

Galway Senator Niall O Brolchain has welcomed new figures from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland showing that the national insulation schemes have saved money for more than 7,000 households in Galway and have helped to reduce fuel poverty.

Figures recently released by the SEAI show that over the past two years 5,228 Galway homes received grants under the Home Energy Savings Scheme, which provides grants for insulation and energy-efficient boilers, while 1,872 households have benefited from the Warmer Homes Scheme, which fully funds insulation and draught-proofing for low-income households.

Westdoc comes to rescue of public health nurses

Thu, Dec 30, 2010

Westdoc, the out-of-hours GP service, has come to the rescue of HSE public health nurses and home help workers in Galway and Roscommon during the Big Freeze.

Ballinasloe butcher set to chop 50 off the New Year unemployment line

Thu, Dec 30, 2010

A Ballinasloe butcher has launched a National Butchery Academy with the aim of taking up to 50 unemployed people and training them up in the all things meaty.

GSPCA getting two calls a day about starving horses

Thu, Dec 30, 2010

The Galway Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals have been receiving on average two calls a day regarding abandoned, starving, and neglected horses throughout the county.

The severe weather conditions, coupled with the downturn in the economy, has meant that many horses have been left abandoned in isolated bogs and mountainous areas and the GSPCA have been inundated in recent weeks with calls from concerned members of the public. The extent of the problem has also been highlighted by Galway Bay FM presenter Valerie Hughes who, after witnessing dozens of starving horses along the Headford Road, initiated a campaign to get feed out to them.

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