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I had a long phone conversation this week with an evangelist for electric cars. With fuel gone through the roof, and neither a domestic oil industry nor a domestic car industry to keep happy, Ireland ought to be the perfect location for electric cars.

The chronic lack of car-parking spaces at University Hospital Galway could soon be a thing of the past if an application for a two-storey deck car parking gets the go-ahead from city planners.

The Newbridge Silverware Escort of the Year at the 2012 Rose of Tralee International Festival is Ian Cullinane from Galway. Ian, the Escort to the Mayo Rose Dervla Kenny.

A trainee accountant from Ballinasloe was this week named as the top escort at the Rose of Tralee festival in Kerry.

The Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-Motion visited Ireland for the first time last month. It came as part of Volkswagen’s international roadshow as it prepares for its entry into the electric vehicle market.

ALL-YEAR-round swimming is a passion for Galwegians, but there are even more who never set foot in the sea, even on the hottest days - a fact made all the stranger given Galway is a coastal city.

Longford/Westmeath Fianna Fáil TD Robert Troy has called for a new protocol to be agreed between the agencies responsible for alerting the public to potential flooding along the Shannon.

A 53-year-old woman was before Castlebar District Court on Wednesday as an ESB meter in her home was discovered to have been tampered with which stopped electricity used being registered.

The proposed sale of State assets must not be at the expense of job losses, Senator Lorraine Higgins has warned this week.

An important event occurred 360 years ago this week, which changed the fortunes of Galway town forever.