Teen caught with nearly €100 of cannabis at train station

Thu, Feb 10, 2011

A €200 fine was imposed on a Wexford teen who was caught in possession of nearly €100 worth of cannabis after he alighted from a train at Ceannt Station.

Man charged with cultivating cannabis plants and drug dealing

Thu, Feb 10, 2011

A 44-year-old man has been charged this week with drug dealing offences including the alleged cultivation of cannabis plants at his home.

Dolan calls for debate between Galway East candidates

Thu, Feb 10, 2011

Fianna Fáil Galway East candidate Michael F Dolan is calling for a cross-party debate between the election candidates on the issues affecting the constituency.

Public talk on the Protestant missions to Connemara

Thu, Feb 10, 2011

For nearly a century the Protestant denominations in Ireland set up missions in Connemara. Many were about winning converts, but others sought to help the communities they encountered.

Dr Miriam Moffitt will give a public lecture to The Galway Archaeological and Historical Society, entitled Protestant Missions in Connemara 1846 – 1937 in the Harbour Hotel, Dock Road, on Monday at 8pm.

Left candidates to address public meeting

Thu, Feb 10, 2011

Labour and Sinn Féin look set to make major gains in Election 2011 while up to three Left candidates could be elected across County Galway’s two constituencies.

Job creation must be ‘first priority’ says Grealish

Thu, Feb 10, 2011

With unemployment rising and emigration becoming a reality once more, the next government’s priority must be on job creation.

Main parties need to say how EU/IMF will be repaid says Ó Clochartaigh

Thu, Feb 10, 2011

Labour is being “entirely disingenuous” when it talks about trying to renegotiate the interest rate on the IMF/EU loan according to Sinn Féin Galway West candidate Trevor Ó Clochartaigh.

Walsh condemns Fine Gael proposals on Irish language

Thu, Feb 10, 2011

Fine Gael’s proposals to remove Irish as a compulsory subject in the Leaving Certificate is a move that will kill off the language once and for all.

Further remand in custody for theft and drugs dealing accused

Thu, Feb 10, 2011

A man charged with using pliers to steal more than €460 worth of clothing from one Galway city centre store as well as drug dealing has been further remanded into custody.

Labour can be trusted on equality issues, says Nolan

Thu, Feb 10, 2011

If Ireland is to be able to cope with the social fallout from the economic crisis, all future legislation and plans for the future must have the principles of equality at their core.

Ó Brolcháin challenges candidates to job creation debate

Thu, Feb 10, 2011

Green senator Niall Ó Brolcháin has challenged all candidates in Galway West to a public debate on job creation.

Galway farmers to benefit from cheaper animal feed says Kitta

Thu, Feb 10, 2011

Galway farmers could soon be benefiting from cheaper animal feed, after Ireland voted in favour of new measures at EU level, according to Galway East TD Michael Kitt.

Connaughton says new FG plan will ‘save mortgage payers’

Thu, Feb 10, 2011

Fianna Fáil has protected the banks with the bailout and bondholders with the EU-IMF deal, but taxpayers, particularly those with high mortgages and in negative equity, continue to suffer.

Stimulation not cuts is answer to economic woes, says SF’s Dermot Connolly

Thu, Feb 10, 2011

Ireland will not create the conditions where jobs can be created if politicians insist on cuts to everything. A stimulus package is the real answer to unemployment and the economic crisis.

Temple House tickets go on sale

Thu, Feb 10, 2011

Early bird tickets for the award winning Temple House Music and Arts Festival, which takes place in the grounds of the Temple House estate, near Ballymote in Sligo from 10-12 June 2011, are now on sale priced €99 (including camping) from www.ticketmaster.ie

Temple House Festival, which was recently voted Best New European Festival, has also announced that Arveene & Misk, two young producer/DJs who over the past two years have taken the underground by storm have also been added to the line-up. As re-mixers, their credits read like a who's who in electronic dance music, including the likes of Mr. Oizo, The Prodigy, Calvin Harris, Felix the Housecat, Zombie Nation or more recently Kelis on labels such as Kitsune, Ed Banger, Bang Gang, and Turbo. Recently the duo has put out two more tracks, an original called Love & Lust, feat. the vocal of Steo Gunn, and dropping on NY label "plant" and a remix for Kelis, already getting huge support from the music community and getting airplay all over, including Annie Mac's, Kiss FM, and more all across UK.

Foley to kick off Valentine’s Weekend in CPs

Thu, Feb 10, 2011

Today FM’s Ray Foley kicks off Valentines Weekend at Central Park, tomorrow Friday.

Slender range available at Matt O’Flaherty Chemists

Thu, Feb 10, 2011

The Slender range which is now available from Matt O’Flaherty Chemists is a 100 per cent natural weight loss range which consists of new Slender Xcellerate plusSlender Sleep, Slender Pro Active and Slender Pu’erh Tea.

Slender Xcellerate PLUS is a food supplement that now contains chilli extract along with Green Tea and Yerba Mate extracts, which can influence the uptake of sugar and fat from the diet.

Inkfingers prides itself on unique tattoos from its experienced team

Thu, Feb 10, 2011

Galway’s IInkfingers Custom Tattoo Studio is staffed by a team of experienced artists who pride themselves on the quality and uniqueness of their work.