Major crowd expected to attend service of remembrance for donor families

Thu, Sep 25, 2014

More than 2,000 people are expected to attend the Irish Kidney Association’s 29th annual service of remembrance and thanksgiving which will be held at Galway Cathedral on Saturday at 12.30pm.

Skin cancer - the most common male cancer among VHI customers last year

Thu, Sep 25, 2014

Skin cancer was the most common male cancer among Vhi Healthcare members in Galway last year.

A total of 162 men were treated for the condition at a cost of €284,000, according to the health insurance company.

Scoil Fhursa gets green light for refurb works

Thu, Sep 25, 2014

Scoil Fhursa national school in Salthill will get extra accommodation through the replacement of prefabs, new resource rooms, and general refurbishments.

Approval for the new facilities was granted by the Minister for Education, Jan O’Sullivan, and has been welcomed by Labour Galway West TD Derek Nolan.

Anthony Ryans Fashion Show — a night of fashion, glamour and entertainment

Thu, Sep 25, 2014

Galway’s most glamorous fashion show, the Anthony Ryans Autumn Fashion Show will be held in the Ardilaun Hotel on Tuesday October 7 commencing at 7.30pm.

Renmore flower and gift shop to help fund Galway hospice

Thu, Sep 25, 2014

A newly opened flower and gift shop in the city will raise vital funds to help meet the €1.5 million required to finance a number of Galway Hospice services.

Hillwalking club to hold information night

Thu, Sep 25, 2014

The Cumann Siúl Cois Coiribe hillwalking club, based in Galway city, will hold an information night in the Menlo Park Hotel on Tuesday September 30 at 9pm. New members are welcome to attend.

NUI Galway zoologist brings RTÉ’s Bug Hunters to schools throughout Ireland

Thu, Sep 25, 2014

NUI Galway zoologist, Dr Michel Dugon, and his creepy-crawly friends will tour schools around Ireland to teach kids about bugs, biodiversity and ecology.

Dr Dugon is also the presenter of Bug Hunters, an educational TV series in 30 episodes currently airing on RTÉ2 and RTÉJr. In each episode, Michel and three young naturalists explore parts of the Irish wilderness to unearth some of the most fascinating, colourful and strange-looking creepy-crawlies.

Remembering Peter Tyrrell

Thu, Sep 25, 2014

On April 26 1967 the body of a man was found on Hampstead Heath. It was charred and burnt beyond recognition. Initial investigation found that the man had deliberately set fire to himself. Who was this man?

GMIT welcomes largest ever intake of new students

Thu, Sep 25, 2014

GMIT has welcomed more than 2,000 first year students to its campuses in Galway and Mayo this month, the largest cohort of new students in the institute’s history.

This year’s intake of new students amounts to some 140 more than last year, and 400 more than 2012.

Have you signed up for MeetWest this November

Thu, Sep 25, 2014

Registration is now open for MeetWest 2014, the largest business networking event in the West of Ireland this year.

Fifty students a week use NUI Galway’s counselling service

Thu, Sep 25, 2014

More than 1,000 NUI Galway students availed of the university’s student counselling service last year.

Long summer and water charges will leave the lonely vulnerable

Thu, Sep 25, 2014

Paddy is confused. He's known something has been wrong for the last while, but he just cannot put his finger on it. He wakes up in the morning and there it is, the bright shining light in the sky since 6 am. And he groans cos now it's getting him down. He feels like going to the window in his striped pyjamas and string vest and shouting out at the land outside a la Sarah Miles in White Mischief – Oh no, not another effin' beautiful day.' Cos like Miles , he is now begging for it to end. Or cool down at least. Or make up its bloody mind.

Water charges protest to be held in city centre

Mon, Sep 22, 2014

Galway city councillors will receive ‘messages in a bottle’ over the controversial water charges, as part of a major demonstration in the city against the unpopular new tax.

Legal uncertainty delays River Clare drainage scheme

Mon, Sep 22, 2014

Progress on the River Clare drainage scheme in the Claregalway area is being delayed due to the uncertainty surrounding new legislation passed to comply with EU Directives.

Hundreds claim cars destroyed by contaminated fuel

Fri, Sep 19, 2014

A major Garda investigation is now under way in Mayo into a suspected contaminated fuel crisis and the matter has been raised in the Dáil.

Forty Galway shops sought to collect court fines at the tills

Thu, Sep 18, 2014

Along with milk and bread, some people will be adding ‘pay court fine’ to their shopping list from early next year as the Court Service is looking for 40 local shops in Galway to take part in a national penalty payment initiative.

OVER 40% INCREASE IN NUMBER OF PROPERTIES SOLD IN COUNTY GALWAY

Thu, Sep 18, 2014

According to the property price register at the end of August, the number of property sales for both Galway city and county is showing a dramatic increase year on year. The register gives the exact selling price of properties and so is the most accurate record of actual sales that have taken place.

Hospitals group admits not all patients given privacy and dignity

Thu, Sep 18, 2014

The West/North West Hospitals Group has admitted that despite ongoing efforts by staff and management at University Hospital Galway “not all emergency department patients are afforded privacy and dignity”.

Ó Conchúir calls for national database to ease housing crisis

Thu, Sep 18, 2014

A city councillor has called for the establishment of a national database to help alleviate the housing crisis by making suitable properties available to each local authority area.

Householders encouraged to resist water charges

Thu, Sep 18, 2014

Galway householders are being asked not to fill in the forms from Irish Water or to give the controversial company any information.

The call has come from The Right 2 Water Campaign, which will hold a public meeting this evening at 7.30pm in the Glenoaks Hotel, Rahoon. Hosted by the People Before Profit Alliance, the meeting give an insight into how the campaign against water charges is working around the State and ideas on how it can be successful in Galway.

E-paper

Read this weeks E-paper. Past editions also available from within this weeks digital copy.