Civic reception for Rev Patrick Towers

Thu, Apr 23, 2009

Rev Patrick Towers, the former rector of St Nicholas Collegiate Church, will be honoured with a civic reception in City Hall on Tuesday May 5.

The Mayor of Galway councillor Pádraig Conneely will host the reception. He said: “Rev Towers has been an outstanding religious, cultural, and community leader in the city. He richly deserves this civic honour.”

Galway school through to AIB ‘Build A Bank Challenge’ final

Thu, Apr 23, 2009

Colaiste na Coiribe, Tuam Road, and will compete with 12 other schools to become the overall winner of the 2008/2009 AIB ‘Build A Bank Challange’ at the national final which will take place in Croke Park, Dublin, on May 7.

Award for the Westwood

Thu, Apr 23, 2009

The Westwood Hotel has received a special merit award at the CIE Tours International Awards. The hotel saw more than 10,000 customers of CIE Tours International pass through its doors in 2008.

Get your angel cards read at holistic health event

Thu, Apr 23, 2009

A holistic health event will take place at Lohans Bar, Salthill on Monday from 7pm to 10pm in aid of cystic fibrosis and Enable Ireland.

Let Classic Marquees cover your wedding

Thu, Apr 23, 2009

Classic Marquees, one of the premier marquee wedding providers in the west of Ireland, realises that your wedding is the most important event in your life and must be perfect in every way.

Marquee weddings generate a huge amount of interest and goodwill in the local community in the weeks leading up to the event. There is a genuine feeling of excitement which is not found with traditional “hotel” type weddings. With a marquee wedding everyone in the locality will know who is getting married!

Weather conditions ‘challenging’ for pilot of crashed Cessna in Inverin

Thu, Apr 16, 2009

An inquest into a plane crash at Inverin which claimed two lives has heard that the pilot would have found weather conditions “challenging”, neglected to weigh his passengers, and did not radio operations staff at the destination airport.

Former mayor Martin Quinn quits politics

Thu, Apr 16, 2009

The former Fianna Fáil mayor of Galway Martin Quinn has announced that he will not be standing as an Independent candidate in the forthcoming Local Elections and that he is quitting politics.

Local volunteers help build seventy eight houses in South Africa

Thu, Apr 16, 2009

Twenty one Galway volunteers were part of a 500 person group which took part in a major building blitz in South Africa on behalf of the Niall Mellon Township Trust recently.

Local school building programmes under threat due to €40m slash

Thu, Apr 16, 2009

Building programmes sanctioned for more than half a dozen local schools are under “severe threat” due to the slashing of almost €40 million from the school building budget.

That’s according to Fine Gael senator and Seanad education spokesperson, Fidelma Healy Eames who has slammed the “dearth of tangible solutions” in the Budget to meet critical education needs.

Galwayman killed in Indiana as trench collapses

Thu, Apr 16, 2009

A Galwayman was killed in an horrific accident in America last weekend when a 10-foot-deep trench he was digging collapsed on him, burying him under a mountain of soil.

Garda sub station needed for Westside

Thu, Apr 16, 2009

Establishing a Garda sub station on the Westside of the city as a pilot project for more community policing will be the top election priority of Fianna Fáil’s Ollie Crowe.

Mr Crowe, who is running in Galway City West, believes their needs to be a more “neighbourhood approach” to policing in the city to supplement the main bases in Mill Street and Salthill. He feels a pilot scheme for a substation in Westside could help in paving the way for setting up more such stations in other areas later on.

GAA stars get behind Goal

Thu, Apr 16, 2009

Galway hurlers and GAA enthusiasts are once again backing GOAL’s efforts to raise funds for AIDS-ravaged Uganda.

Pharmacists warn of job losses if HSE cuts reintroduced

Thu, Apr 16, 2009

Pharmacists are warning that the medical card scheme could collapse and 5,000 jobs could be at risk nationally if cuts to the payments schemes such as the HSE proposed last year were reintroduced.

Changes to oral exams will save millions

Thu, Apr 16, 2009

Rescheduling the orals and practical exams in Irish secondary schools would save c€2 million in substitution fees, keep teachers employed, and protect the 18:1 pupil teacher ratio.

Booklet on breaking bad news launched at UHG

Thu, Apr 16, 2009

A new publication aimed at helping staff deliver bad news to patients and loved ones in an “empathetic and respectful” manner has been launched at University Hospital Galway.

Youth mentors wanted in the county

Thu, Apr 16, 2009

Big Brother Big Sister, a monitoring programme that matches adult volunteers with a young person aged 10 to 18 years old, is looking for even more mentors to join its team.

The basic idea of the programme is that a friendship will form between the young person and older volunteer and that this will help promote the positive development of the young person.

McDonnell calls for ‘back to employment’ grant scheme for apprentices

Thu, Apr 16, 2009

A ‘back to employment’ grant scheme for employers who take on apprentices must be included within the Redundant Apprentice Scheme to allow apprentices to complete their apprenticeships.

This is the view of Independent councillor Declan McDonnell, who is calling on the Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan jr to extend the Redundant Apprentice Scheme. He feels that such a scheme would allow apprentices who have been made redundant to complete their apprenticeships with someone else.

Oughterard playground moves forward

Thu, Apr 16, 2009

After years of fundraising, the Oughterard Community Playground took a major step forward with a sod-turning ceremony at Corribdale Grounds this week.

Nevin urges action over Doughiska school

Thu, Apr 16, 2009

The temporary location of a primary school at Doughiska, and the appointment of its principal, is of major concern, according to Galway city East FG candidate Barra Nevin who is calling for action to be taken.

Galway’s first ever ‘Galway Showcase’ starts today

Thu, Apr 16, 2009

Galway’s first ‘Galway Showcase’ will take place from today Thursday (April 16) and will run until Saturday in a number of key locations throughout the city and Salthill. Showcase is a tourism initiative developed by Galway City Business Association (GCBA) and supported by Failte Ireland and the Hotels Federation.

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