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Galway Rape Crisis Centre (GRCC) has officially opened the doors to its new building and permanent home in The Claddagh, Galway marking a historic moment in the organisation’s more than four decades of service to the community.

Galway City Council has welcomed the announcement by Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration, Jim O’Callaghan, of the newly appointed members of the Galway City Local Community Safety Partnership (LCSP). This new initiative replaces the Joint Policing Committee and brings together residents, community groups, public services, and elected representatives to work collaboratively on local safety issues.

The Lazy Wall was a feature of life in old Salthill. It was situated opposite the Grand Hotel and beside the old RIC barracks. It would be roughly where the west-bound lane opposite where the BonBon is today. It consisted of a long concrete seat, boarded on top, backed by a stone wall. It was not very comfortable but it attracted lots of people, mostly tourists, most of whom were country people.

Catherine Patricia Shiels O’Shea was born on January 22, 1931, the youngest of five children, known locally as Patty Shiels. Her father Patrick was a carpenter who built one of the first radios in Galway, her mother Bridget a homemaker. They lived in Bohermore. Her mother died when she was very young, leaving her elder sister Teresa to care for the siblings and their elderly father. Pat went to national school in the Presentation Convent and to secondary in the Mercy Convent.

A Rare Journey celebrates the life of truly remarkable Galwegian woman, Nora Joyce née Barnacle.

Fianna Fáil Galway West TD, John Connolly, has said that wherever location is chosen for the city’s new courthouse, the current courthouse which dates back to the 1800s, must remain in public ownership.

Tubberclair GAA hosted a very well attended AGM within the surrounds of their clubhouse in recent times.

Moses Merryweather and his son Richard lived in Clapham, London and they worked with the engineer Edward Field on putting his design of a vertical boiler onto a horse-drawn platform.

John Joseph Grant emigrated to Brooklyn in New York where he learnt the haircutting trade and obviously made enough money which enabled him to come home in 1912 and set up his own business here. He also picked up quite a few tips on advertising as well, as you can see from our illustration which was published c1913. In addition to being a skilled barber, he certainly was not shy about promoting his wares – his advert is full of superlatives. “I guarantee to cure dandruff – the most modern and up-to-date barber’s shop in the Provinces – shaving soap solely manufactured by J.J. Grant – you will never get bald if you use Grant’s Imperial Hair Tonic (He must have sold this product out as he himself went bald in later life).

Southern Gael’s club representative in the Westmeath GAA fundraising initiative taking place in the Mullingar Park Hotel on Sunday, October 29, is adult team manager, Tony O’Keeffe.