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Corks pop for Connolly in city
Artist Lilly Hughes, and her neighbour, Kitty Wheatley, both Renmore ladies, were mortified to be identified by the Galway Advertiser, in a pub, in town, of a Tuesday, before 11am.
Loitering with intent
It is not just Israeli drones hovering around Camp Shamrock, observing what Irish troops are up to, 126 Battalion chaplain Fr Paul Murphy has an eagle eye peeled too.
Military multitasking
Commandant Áine Gilmore is the logistics manager of Camp Shamrock. She is the highest ranked female soldier currently deployed to the Lebanese base, and one of the most senior Galwegians on site.
Coffey spills the beans
Lieutenant Colonel Máirtín Coffey is only one month into his new role as Barracks Commander of Dún Uí Mhaoilíosa, in Renmore, but he is no stranger to Galway city. He wants to improve the relationship between the military, and the wider city its members and families live in.
Naval base for Galway overdue but welcome
The development of Galway Port is overdue and welcome. It is also very timely given the strategic threats to Ireland’s national security.
Tánaiste wants solution to three-year row in Renmore
Tánaiste Simon Harris said he wants an access dispute settled regarding public access to areas next to Renmore Barracks.
Irish Army career event in Ballybane next week
The Ballybane Community Hub will host an information evening on life in the Defence Forces on Thursday April 24 at 6.30pm.
Connolly welcomes progress on reopening of pathway near Renmore Barracks
A solution to the controversial closure of a pathway near Renmore Barracks could be in sight with the Defence Forces and Galway City Council expected to meet on the issue.
A voice for Galway West
Éamon Ó Cuív lives up the Seanbhóthar behind Corr na Móna, in a small, well-sited bungalow himself and his wife, Áine, built in 1980, six years after moving to Joyce Country, where Éamon landed a job establishing an ill-fated lamb fattening station which later became a successful sawmill.
