Galway motorists paying up to €700 to repair pothole damage to vehicles

Thu, Feb 17, 2011

Calls are flooding in to Galway county councillors on a daily basis regarding burst tyres and the dangerous conditions of the roads, with some motorists paying out more than €700 to repair damage caused by massive potholes.

The arts have a social and economic value, artists tell politicians

Thu, Feb 17, 2011

The need to defend and support the arts in a climate of economic devastation, a political ideology of savage cuts to front line services, and ‘socialism for the rich, capitalism for the poor’ has never been more pressing.

Man denies threatening bouncers over barrier obstruction

Thu, Feb 17, 2011

An ex-business man who quarrelled with bouncers at a city centre nightclub over the perceived dangers and permission to erect barriers on a public footpath denied shouting threats and pointing his fingers aggressively, saying he was simply remonstrating.

€72m local hospital expansion plan to become a reality in short term, confirms Frank Fahey

Thu, Feb 17, 2011

A €72 million expansion plan for University and Merlin Park Hospitals will transform both facilities, improving capacity, updating theatres and easing the pressure on UHG’s emergency department.

Man who broke into Shantalla national school is jailed

Thu, Feb 17, 2011

A 25-year-old man who broke into a city national school while on a concoction of alcohol and medication has been sentenced to six months in jail.

Theological science fiction

Thu, Feb 17, 2011

My title is not a sop to what one writer has wittily dubbed the ‘Dawkins Ascendency’, a group which no doubt would be delighted to banish theology to the realms of science fiction and fantasy. Into the dustbin with one of the oldest ways mankind has used to throw light on the fundamental questions of existence. And only a blinkered arrogance would dare discard any means or methods we possess in trying to answer them.

Launch of new Galway Ocean Sports Centre

Thu, Feb 17, 2011

The Galway Ocean Sports Centre, which will provide facilities for all watersports organisations in the city and the region, is to be officially launched by Minister Éamon Ó Cuív tomorrow, February 18, at 5.30pm.

Fós ag fanacht ar chruinniú

Thu, Feb 17, 2011

Agus an colún seo á scríobh bhí iarrachtaí fós ar siúl chun cruinniú a shocrú idir Enda Kenny agus toscaireacht ó bhreis agus 20 eagraíocht Ghaeltachta, Gaeilge, oideachais, agus óige maidir le polasaí Fhine Gael deireadh a chur leis an nGaeilge mar chroí-ábhar Ardteiste.

Bean an Tí sa Chistin

Thu, Feb 17, 2011

Agus mná tí na Gaeltachta go mór sa nuacht agus iad ag troid in aghaidh pholasaí Ghaeilge Fhine Gael, seans go gcuirfear spéis faoi leith sa tsraith Bean an Tí sa Chistin, sraith nua atá le craoladh ar TG4.

Buaiteoirí Ghlór na nGael i nGaillimh

Thu, Feb 17, 2011

Fógraíodh roinnt de thorthaí chomórtas náisiúnta Ghlór na nGael ar chlár Seán Bán Breathnach ar Raidió na Gaeltachta Dé hAoine seo caite. Go deimhin bualadh bob ar Sheán nuair a fógraíodh le linn an chláir gurbh é féin a bhí ainmnithe do Ghradam Ghlór na nGael i mbliana.

Poll indicates collapse of Fianna Fail vote

Thu, Feb 17, 2011

Say something often enough and it will come true. At every election Fianna Fáil TD Frank Fahey has made dire predictions about his political health and warned he is in danger of losing his seat.

Mixed fortunes for Independents and small parties

Thu, Feb 17, 2011

Galway West looks set to elect an Independent TD for the first time in its 74-year history, according to the Galway Advertiser poll on the constituency, but it also shows mixed fortunes for the smaller parties.

Galway West to elect first female TD since Máire Geoghegan Quinn

Thu, Feb 17, 2011

Fine Gael senator Fidelma Healy Eames looks set to be the first woman to win a seat in Galway West since the retirement of Máire Geoghegan Quinn, according to a new poll carried out by the Galway Advertiser.

New restaurant to create twenty jobs in Galway city

Thu, Feb 17, 2011

There was some good news for Galway this week as 20 jobs will be created with the opening of a new bar and restaurant in the city centre.

Counting the cost of chronic pain

Thu, Feb 17, 2011

The introduction of improved services for people in the early stages of chronic pain could help cut the “sizeable” economic burden caused by the condition - an estimated €4.76 billion per year - in Ireland, a leading Galway based expert said this week.

Bail for car theft and dangerous driving accused

Thu, Feb 17, 2011

A 23-year-old Ballybrit man charged with a string of offences including alleged unauthorised taking of a vehicle, dangerous driving, drink driving, and possession of a knife, has been remanded on continuing bail.

Last Chance Saloon

Thu, Feb 17, 2011

Nest Friday may well be a defining date in the history of this nation. In the future history students will study the economic collapse of the early years of this millennium and our response to the challenge. Who we vote for next week will have a defining influence on the shape of our future. The question is, for whom do we vote? My analysis is based on national issues because we must cease with the parochial political gombeenery. Vote for the most competent team. Electing local stroke-pullers over competent legislators is the root cause of our problems.

Government recruitment ban putting children’s lives at risk, claims Kyne

Thu, Feb 17, 2011

Staff shortages caused by the Government’s recruitment ban are to blame for the failure to roll out the BCG vaccination programme for newborn babies at University Hospital Galway.

FG plan to double suicide prevention fund welcomed

Thu, Feb 17, 2011

Fine Gael councillor Brian Walsh has welcomed the party’s plans to double the funding for suicide prevention to €10m a year, if elected to form part of the next government, after new figures released by the HSE revealed that 29 people died by suicide in Galway in 2009.

Nolan bashes FG over public services proposals

Thu, Feb 17, 2011

Fine Gael will take two teachers out of every school and one in every six nurses out of hospitals if the party’s vision for the public services ever becomes a reality.

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