Bus shelters planned for Eyre Square

Thu, Jul 22, 2010

The No 3 bus route from Eyre Square to Ballybane and Ballybrit is next in line for new bus shelters according to Labour councillor Derek Nolan.

Corrib Rangers FC to get permanent home

Thu, Jul 22, 2010

Corrib Rangers Football Club will have a permanent home while underage soccer in the city has also been given a boost with the passing of the new Corrib Park Recreation Masterplan.

Donkey Derby at Galway Greyhound Stadium

Thu, Jul 22, 2010

A memorable evening is most certainly assured when the first Donkey Derby to be held in Galway city for more than 30 years takes place on Thursday next July 29 at the Galway Greyhound Stadium.

The event is sure to capture the imagination of the Galwegian public with six delightful thoroughbred donkeys battling it out for first place. National Hunt jockeys Paul Carberry, Barry Geraghty, Davy Condon, Robbie Power and Rodger Loughran with local North Galway Huntsman Mark Cassidy, will saddle up on the night.

Saw Docs test drive new album

Thu, Jul 22, 2010

One of the best hoaxes online in recent weeks was the story that July 6, 2010 was the date in the future that Marty McFly flew to in Back To The Future, leaving the eighties behind. In reality the date in the movie was 2015, but if the 2010 date had been true, then McFly would have returned to the eighties, saying "I have seen the future, folks and yes, the Saw Doctors are still in it."

Six people needed for money experiment

Thu, Jul 22, 2010

A retired psychoanalyst is seeking six people to take part in a free social experiment aimed at having money.

Lifeboat called to tow boat and family to safety

Thu, Jul 22, 2010

Galway RNLI Lifeboat rescued a family whose small boat broke down on Galway Bay earlier this week.

Todhchaí an Oireachtais i mbaol

Thu, Jul 22, 2010

“Níl mé in ann todhchaí an Oireachtais a fheiceáil faoin gcur chuige seo ina mbeadh muid ag brath ar chinneadh a dhéanfadh grúpa anaithnid ó am go ham i dtaobh tacaíocht airgid a thabhairt, nó a dhiúltú, dár n-iarratas. Faoin gcur chuige seo bheadh éagóir dhochreidte á dhéanamh ar Oireachtas na Gaeilge, institiúid a bunaíodh in 1897, 113 bliain ó shin, agus a bhí ceannródaíoch i gcothú measa agus ómóis ar an nGaeilge, ar nualitríocht na Gaeilge, ar chultúr na Gaeilge, agus ar ealaíona dúchasacha na Gaeilge. Is éagóir dhochreidte a bheadh ann dóibh siúd a d’oibrigh, ar bhonn deonach, ar feadh na mblianta le féile an Oireachtais a choinneáil ag imeacht. Is éagóir a bheadh ann dúinne atá fostaithe ar bhonn gairmiúil agus muid freagrach inniu as cur chun cinn na féile mar mhórócáid na bliana ag pobal na Gaeilge agus na Gaeltachta.”

Bainisteoir nua don Siopa Leabhar

Thu, Jul 22, 2010

Fógraíodh le déanaí go bhfuil Daragh Ó Tuama ceaptha mar bhainisteoir ar An Siopa Leabhar, atá lonnaithe in oifigí Chonradh na Gaeilge i mBaile Átha Cliath.

Rásaí na Gaillimhe ar RnaG

Thu, Jul 22, 2010

Tá mórfhéile rásaíochta na Gaillimhe buailte linn arís agus beidh clúdach cuimsitheach le cloisteáil le linn na seachtaine ar Raidió na Gaeltachta, beo ó ráschúrsa Bhaile an Bhriota, á chur i láthair ag meitheal rásaíochta an Raidió. Beidh an saineolaí Breandán Ó Ruairc ar fáil agus neart moltaí aige do na héisteoirí.

Padraig O Conaire’s birthplace to reopen

Thu, Jul 22, 2010

The premises most fondly remembered as ‘Padraigs’and most famously the birthplace of esteemed writer Padraig O Conaire is to reopen this week.

Galway LGBT group Amach! is striving to build a society of inclusiveness

Thu, Jul 22, 2010

Galway has changed considerably since the eighties and early nineties when Nuala Ward, the chair of new Galway lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) group Amach! says she and her colleagues were met with indifference, fear and a lack of understanding.

The Green Agenda

Thu, Jul 22, 2010

The Green Party leader John Gormley recently stated on RTE Radio that he believed that the fundamentals of the Irish economy were still strong and that he was happy with the establishment of the assets management agency NAMA. To me this is further proof that John Gormley is ill equipped to hold a cabinet ministry. Many believe he has sold his soul to the devil for the trappings of power.

His colleagues are equally inept. Mary White on being asked on TV how the Green Party would deal with the property crash replied with the asinine statement “The Greens are very thrifty.” Well Mary, I am afraid that bringing back money-back bottles, holding cake sales and saving discount coupons will not solve our problems. Such idiocy in the ranks of our policy makers is frightening. This is not children’s playtime and it is past time we got rid of the play-pretend politicians. The country cannot afford to indulge such buffoonery any longer.

NUI Galway/GMIT job losses to reach 140 by end of year

Thu, Jul 22, 2010

More than 100 jobs will have been lost in NUI Galway in the space of two years, while 39 jobs will have been lost from GMIT, new figures from the Higher Education Authority (HEA) have revealed.

Galway must explore rent to buy scheme like Dublin says Connolly

Thu, Jul 22, 2010

Handing over 57 affordable houses to the Cluid would be an act of “stupidity” by the Galway City Council, which should follow Dublin’s lead and introduce a rent to buy Scheme instead.

Crowds expected for antiques fair this weekend

Thu, Jul 22, 2010

This Sunday Antiques dealers from all over Ireland will converge on the Galway Bay Hotel for the annual Galway Antiques and Collectables Fair. The fair will feature a large display of rare and beautiful items including fine furniture, delicate china and porcelain, antiquarian prints, old linen and precious diamonds set in gold and platinum.

Claregalway could get temporary secondary school

Thu, Jul 22, 2010

Claregalway residents have taken their campaign to build a secondary school in the area directly to the Tánaiste and Minister for Education Mary Coughlan.

Presentation Athenry to get additional classrooms

Thu, Jul 22, 2010

The Presentation College in Athenry has received funding to convert a squash court on its grounds into two additional classrooms.

Galway-based music social networking site to be launched

Thu, Jul 22, 2010

A Galway-based music social networking website for independent artists, www.mytunerox.com, will be launched in August with a national battle of the bands competition.