Company enlists a hawk to sort out the pests
Thu, May 20, 2010
When companies operate a ‘recruit a friend’ scheme for employees, recommendations rarely come with measurements of wing span, but Maximus is no ordinary recruit, he is a Harris hawk.
Read more ...Crowe announces new €1 million pedestrian bridge for Galway
Thu, May 13, 2010
A new €1million pedestrian bridge is to be built over the Eglinton Canal, running from the Fisheries Field over to the grounds of NUI, Galway.
Plans for the proposed new bridge will go on public display in early June and people will be able to submit their views, recommendations, criticisms, and observations.
Read more ...Minister’s listed TV sports event plan could lead to ‘dire consequences’ for Connacht Rugby
Thu, May 13, 2010
Connacht Rugby faces renewed threats - not, this time, from headquarters, but from Government plans to broadcast major rugby matches free.
Read more ...Burglars hold woman captive during raid
Thu, May 13, 2010
Gardaí have launched a hunt for two men who held a woman captive yesterday morning while they ransacked her home.
Read more ...Gardaí warn elderly over bogus callers and door-to-door fraudsters
Thu, May 13, 2010
Gardaí are warning elderly people not to hand over money to callers following a rise in the number of people calling to houses and attempting to fraudulently obtain money from older residents.
Read more ...Accused refuses to give evidence at jockey murder trial
Thu, May 13, 2010
A man accused of setting fire to a UK block of flats killing two promising young jockeys, including Claregalway native Jamie Kyne, refused to give evidence at his trial yesterday.
Read more ...Human League, Josh Ritter, Heaven 17, and Cathy Davey for arts festival Big Top
Thu, May 13, 2010
Synth pop legends and heroes of 1980s electro The Human League and Heaven 17, and leading singer-songwriters Josh Ritter, Cathy Davey, and Damien Dempsey, will all play the Galway Arts Festival Big Top in July.
Read more ...AIB seeking €18m judgment against Corrandulla businessman
Thu, May 13, 2010
A Cprrandulla businessman is being pursued by Allied Irish Banks for €18 million summary judgment orders over unpaid loans allegedly advanced for property developments in Galway, property investment in New York and a bloodstock business.
Because of defects in the bank’s legal documents, Mr Justice Peter Kelly adjourned the bank’s application for transfer of the proceedings against Joseph Joyce and his company Cahermorris Developments Ltd to the Commercial Court to this morning (Thursday.)
Read more ...Naughton makes her case to be FG city candidate in election
Thu, May 13, 2010
She may only be on the Galway City Council for less than a year, but Fine Gael’s Hildegarde Naughton is nothing if not ambitious, and her sights are now firmly set on running in the next General Election.
Read more ...HSE cuts will set back nation’s dental health by a decade, warn dentists
Thu, May 13, 2010
Almost 68,000 local medical card holders will be denied routine dental treatments, including fillings and extractions as well as dentures and treatment of gum disease, due to HSE cuts, according to the Irish Dental Association.
Denouncing what it terms the health authority’s decision to dismantle the medical card dental scheme and reduce it to one which only provides limited emergency cover for card holders the association says the move is “unsafe” and “unworkable”.
Read more ...Castlerea Prison responds to Walsh’s allegations about prisoner escape
Thu, May 13, 2010
A spokesperson for Castlerea Prison has responded to allegations by Fine Gale councillor Brian Walsh, regarding the recent escape of a prisoner from University Hospital Galway.
Read more ...Connolly’s motion condemning Government will live to fight another day
Thu, May 13, 2010
An attempt to pass a motion of no confidence in the Government’s handling of the economic crisis failed to get a chance to be heard at Monday’s city council meeting.
Read more ...Galway Theatre Festival table quiz
Thu, May 13, 2010
THE GALWAY Theatre Festival’s Arts Quiz takes place at 8pm on Thursday May 20 at the Galway Arms, Dominick Street.
Read more ...Leading PR guru to give communications masterclass in the city
Thu, May 13, 2010
One of Ireland’s leading PR Professionals, Jack Murray, will host a special communications masterclass in the Radisson hotel Galway on May 27.
Read more ...GPO goes into voluntary receivership
Thu, May 13, 2010
The GPO nightclub on Eglinton Street has gone into voluntary receivership, but despite this it is still “business as usual” at the venue.
Read more ...Nolan condemns ‘unthinking’ bureaucracy which cost VEC training places
Thu, May 13, 2010
Thirty training places at the city of Galway VEC’s Sandy Road training centre have been lost due to “unthinking and illogical bureaucracy” according to Labour councillor Derek Nolan.
Read more ...Road carnage adverts could lead to male drivers taking more risks, says NUIG research
Thu, May 13, 2010
New NUI Galway research has found that advertising campaigns showing the carnage on the nation’s roads could actually lead to young male drivers taking more driving risks.
Read more ...Fracas in Eyre Square
Thu, May 13, 2010
Gardaí have appealed for witnesses to come forward following a late night fracas in Eyre Square at the weekend.
Read more ...Dolan’s to hold summer art auction this weekend
Thu, May 13, 2010
Dolan’s art auction returns to the Marriott Hotel on the Headford Road, Galway, this weekend, with a very interesting and varied collection of paintings and sculptures.
Read more ...Get the truck outta here
Thu, May 13, 2010
The heart of Loughrea needs its arteries unclogged according to local Fine Gael representatives Sen Ciaran Cannon and Cllr Mogie Maher, who have called for a ban on heavy goods vehicles in the town centre.
The pair said this week that the town centre is still experiencing heavy HGV traffic almost five years after the completion of the bypass, and both traders and shoppers have asked that a ban on HGVs be put in place.
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