Mayor lashes city council officials and gardai for not addressing traffic crisis

Thu, Sep 01, 2011

City Hall and the gardaí need to focus on what can be achieved instead of what cannot be done in dealing with the serious problem of traffic congestion in Galway.

Funeral takes place for Laois man who died after car dealership accident

Thu, Sep 01, 2011

A Laois man, who tragically died after being crushed while loading cars at a city car dealership, was laid to rest this week.

New hospital consultants will help hospitals develop additional clinical services

Thu, Sep 01, 2011

The appointment of three new consultants at Galway University Hospitals will help the facilities develop additional clinical services, the clinical director of the Galway/ Roscommon Hospital Group Dr David O’Keeffe said this week.

City shop owner will miss ‘friendships and the fun’ when Marian’s closes next month

Thu, Sep 01, 2011

When Katherine McGee began working with the British luxury fashion brand Burberry in the United States she quickly realised that her heart lay in fashion retail.

Enterprising gaming thief remanded on bail and curfewed

Thu, Sep 01, 2011

A Ballybane teenager who stole games console equipment from one shop before cheekily attempting to sell it on to another games shop where he also helped himself to a further €180 worth of gaming equipment has been granted bail with strict conditions.

Eighteen-year-old Matthew Dunne with an address at 35 Sliabh Rua, Ballybane, was brought before Galway District Court on Tuesday charged with stealing a remote control for the Nintendo Wii, valued at €42.99, from Game, Eglinton Street, stealing a Nintendo DSI XL yellow, valued at €180, from Game Stop, Corbett Court Shopping Centre, and dishonestly by deception inducing a staff member at the Game Stop store to trade in a remote control for Nintendo Wii which was not his property with the intention of making gain on July 25, 2011, contrary to Section 4 and 6 of the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud) Act.

Pulsar discoveries by NUI Galway astronomers

Thu, Sep 01, 2011

Astronomers from NUI Galway’s Centre for Astronomy have made an important breakthrough in the understanding of how pulsars work, and have recently published their findings in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

Chronicler Tim Robinson to be honoured with series of events in city and Connemara

Thu, Sep 01, 2011

Tim Robinson, the internationally acclaimed writer, map-maker and thinker, based in Roundstone, will this month launch his new book and be celebrated with a series of events in NUI, Galway.

Lackagh Graveyard vandals must ‘face full rigours of the law’ says Grealish

Thu, Sep 01, 2011

The recent vandalism and robbery at Lackagh cemetery is “the lowest type of crime” and the perpetrators must be caught and face the full rigours of the law.

Galway woman to undertake marathon cycle for rugby charity

Thu, Sep 01, 2011

Galway performance psychologist Marguerite Tonery is to undertake a marathon 1,000km cycle in New Zealand in order to raise funds for the IRFU Charitable Trust.

HSE must take swift action against consultants who broke agreements, urges Labour TD

Thu, Sep 01, 2011

A local TD is urging the HSE West to take swift action against the 70 hospital consultants - some of whom work at Galway University Hospitals - who were found to be in breach of their contractual agreements.

Delegation to see if Galway can become a major cruise port

Thu, Sep 01, 2011

A high-power delegation of world tourism chiefs and cruise-line operators will visit Galway next month with a view to establishing the city as a major destination port.

The thrill of the hunt for a student house

Thu, Sep 01, 2011

We are at a time of the year when another batch of teenagers is ready to become worldly-wise. It’s time for many eager youths to move out of the family home for the first time. They are making plans and gathering things from their rooms. Young men and women making lists, leaves falling off the trees, and landlords second-coating and double-glazing.

The French connection: A queen’s portrait

Thu, Sep 01, 2011

Patrick French of Drumharsna Castle, near the village of Kiltartan, died in 1748. His widow, Catherine, was still living in 1768, and was named by her son Henry, who died unmarried, as one of his executors. In his will, dated January 24, 1767, Henry French of Drumharsna left

Waiting times will be reduced says Nolan

Thu, Sep 01, 2011

A decision to move some non-critical functions from University Hospital Galway to other hospitals in the region this month will free up beds in wards at the city hospital and help reduce waiting times and overcrowding at its emergency department.

Traffic gridlock shows bypass ‘needed more than ever’ says Walsh

Thu, Sep 01, 2011

The need for the Galway City Outer Bypass is greater than ever, especially after last week’s traffic gridlock when the city witnessed some of the longest commuter delays in living memory.

Golfing tourism can help boost the economy says Higgins

Thu, Sep 01, 2011

Promoting the west of Ireland as a leading European golfing destination can play an important part in the State’s economy, according to Labour senator Lorraine Higgins.

Misterman to be staged in New York

Thu, Sep 01, 2011

Misterman, the hit play of this years Galway Arts Festival and one of the finest pieces of theatre ever staged in the city, will receive its American premiere in New York later this year.

Denise Hogan Design’s give, sell and barter sale

Thu, Sep 01, 2011

Denise Hogan Design will be moving from the Art Essence Gallery in Liosban to the Town Park Centre next month and so she is having a give, sell and barter sale as part of the move.

Creatives, tech-heads, bloggers, believers asked to join the Michael D campaign at city meeting next week

Thu, Sep 01, 2011

Michael D Higgins stands a real chance of becoming the first west of Ireland man to become President of Ireland and a major drive is about to take place in Galway to get behind his campaign.

Newly qualified teachers should use FÁS placement programme to complete training - Healy Eames

Thu, Sep 01, 2011

Fine Gael Galway West senator Fidelma Healy Eames, has recently received confirmation from the Department of Education that newly qualified teachers who are struggling to find school placements in order to complete their teacher training, can join the FÁS placement programme.

“Almost every day I receive calls and emails from teachers who can’t find placements in schools. And, with a growing number of newly qualified teachers signing onto the dole queue, I believe that the FÁS placement programme offers teachers a unique opportunity by providing them with up to nine months work experience enabling them to complete their training and receive their teaching qualification.

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