Mervue’s ordinary Joe Soap receives top Rotary award
Thu, Oct 21, 2010
“An ordinary Joe Soap from Mervue” has joined an elite list of presidents, royalty and world leaders to have been awarded with the highest accolade Rotary can bestow on a person
Read more ...Boston-Ireland medical tech conference at NUI Galway
Thu, Oct 21, 2010
The Centre for Innovation and Structural Change (CISC) at NUI Galway will host a one-day conference on the medical technology clusters in Ireland and Massachusetts on Thursday, October 28, in the Bailey Allen Hall.
The purpose of the conference is to learn about the cluster of medical technology companies in Massachusetts and in particular the industry-specific organisations that drive the cluster’s development. Within this context the conference will discuss the future path of Ireland’s medical technology sector. The event is aimed at practitioners from industry and public policy agencies, as well as academics, and will provide a unique opportunity to forge links between medical technology organisations in the two regions.
Read more ...Cancellation of cancer procedures eroding confidence in public health system, claims FG senator
Thu, Oct 21, 2010
Patients’ confidence in the public health system is being eroded as further cancer procedures are being cancelled at University Hospital Galway due to bed shortages and staff cuts.
Read more ...Events for all the family at Coole
Thu, Oct 21, 2010
The Coole Park series of cultural events is now under way with a series of arts events beginning today (Thursday) as part of the Winter Arts and Heritage Programme 2010.
Read more ...Born building is Galway’s favourite
Thu, Oct 21, 2010
The Born building in Newtownsmith was voted Galway’s favourite building in a telephone poll carried out by Galway Bay FM to mark Open House Galway 2010 which was held last weekend. Born headed a list which included the Augustinian Church, the Marine Institute, GMIT, and the Galway City Museum.
Eighteen-year-old Ciara Forde from Moycullen, who selected the winning building, was presented with her prize of two flights to Venice by Open House Galway chairman Patrick McCabe at the official opening of Open House Galway last Friday.
Read more ...Local teacher scoops science award
Thu, Oct 21, 2010
A local Galway teacher has become the first in Ireland to be awarded the prestigious Teacher of Primary Science Award 2010 for her dedication and passion for educating her students.There is a chant which regularly brings Jane McLoughlin's senior infants class at Scoil Chaitriona, in Renmore, to life.
Read more ...Win tickets to the October racing festival in Ballybrit
Thu, Oct 21, 2010
Ballybrit Racecourse will play host to two days of National Hunt racing this Bank Holiday weekend as the October Galway Races get under way on Sunday. The Galway Advertiser will be giving away some pairs of tickets to the meeting in conjunction with the Galway Race Committee and Renvyle House Hotel who are sponsoring a race at Ballybrit on Sunday.
Read more ...Suspected criminal fraud gang members arrested
Thu, Oct 21, 2010
The activities of a criminal gang which attempted to steal more than €1.3 million from charities and businesses in just one month has been thwarted by gardai when a major operation, involving the searching of properties in Galway, resulted in the arrest of three suspects.
According to gardai an investigation was established by the Cheque and Payment Card Unit, Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation, and a search operation was put in place on the morning of October 13 last at suspected addresses in Drogheda and Galway. It is believed that fraud squad detectives, supported by local gardai, carried out searches at properties in the Headford Road/Ballindooley area of the city. At both locations gardai recovered pieces of equipment used to manufacture counterfeit credit cards and to get bank details. At the Drogheda address, detectives also found forged documentation used to perpetrate a number of fraud offences, and numerous business cheques and cheque books which are thought to have been stolen from the postal system in Ireland and the UK.
Read more ...Disability group warns cuts will ‘wreak havoc’
Thu, Oct 21, 2010
Hope4Disability, the Galway based disability representative group, fears that lifeline supports being availed of by its members will be slashed as part of the health cutbacks.
Read more ...Man fined for pushing and kicking out at garda
Thu, Oct 21, 2010
A Newcastle man who resisted arrest by pushing, hitting, and kicking out at a garda was fined €550 when he appeared at Galway District Court this week.
Read more ...Galway Nigerians to celebrate Nigerian independence
Thu, Oct 21, 2010
Nigeria celebrates the 50th anniversary of its independence from Britain this year and Galway’s Nigerian community will also be marking the occasion.
Read more ...Senator slams retired teachers returning while graduates are ‘on dole’
Thu, Oct 21, 2010
Fine Gael Seanad education spokesperson Senator Fidelma Healy Eames has slammed schools which employ retired teachers to provide substitute cover when hundreds of newly qualified teachers are jobless.
Read more ...Tasty and temptin’ — Student prankster caught with hand in Supermac’s till
Thu, Oct 21, 2010
A foolish drunken prank led to a student messing around with the buttons of a Supermacs cash register, reaching over the counter, and putting his hands in the till to steal €240 cash, the Galway District Court heard this week.
Read more ...Leasing homes to landlords will not solve housing crisis says Connolly
Thu, Oct 21, 2010
Leasing homes for landlords to rent to applicants on the housing waiting list is not the way to solve the housing crisis in Galway according to Independent councillor Catherine Connolly.
Read more ...Hillwalkers to hold open meeting
Thu, Oct 21, 2010
The Cumann Siúl Cois Coiribe Hillwalking Club, based in Galway city, will hold an open meeting in the Menlo Park Hotel this evening (Thursday). The meeting will begin at 8.30pm and new members are welcome to attend.
Read more ...O’Flaherty condemns students who still park in estates close to the GMIT
Thu, Oct 21, 2010
Some students from the GMIT are continuing to park in estates close to the college, despite the extra car-parking spaces available in the Galwegians Sports Grounds, which is funded by the GMIT.
Read more ...Father hurls abuse at garda over child car seat offence
Thu, Oct 21, 2010
A father who, when pulled for not having his young child in a proper car seat flew off the handle and hurled insulting abuse at a garda, was sentenced to a further one month in jail and warned to mend his ways.
Read more ...Galway to follow Dublin and get directly elected mayors says Ó Brolcháin
Thu, Oct 21, 2010
Galway, Limerick, Cork, Waterford, and Kilkenny, are likely to follow Dublin and get a directly elected Mayor according to Green senator and former mayor of Galway Niall Ó Brolcháin.
Read more ...New balls please
Thu, Oct 21, 2010
Time and time again we are fed the line that Anglo was included in the bank guarantee because it was of systemic importance to the Irish economy. When questioned not one person from Government was able to explain why precisely Anglo is of systemic importance. It is simply a mantra put forward by those who do not understand the issue and who are seriously out of their depth.
The truth is that our Government has ceded its authority to Brussels and Germany. Brian Lenihan would have had no choice but to discuss the plans to guarantee the banks with Angela Merkel on that fateful September night in 2008. A guarantee that was most appropriate for Ireland would not have been one that that was in Germanys best interests. She had to take action.
Read more ...McNelis appointed chair of Labour Councillors Association
Thu, Oct 21, 2010
Councillor Niall McNelis will have a significant role to play in Labour’s general and presidential election campaigns with his appointment as chair of the Labour Councillors Association.
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