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1916 Garden of Remembrance officially opened at Burgess Park
TDs, councillors, and locals defied harsh weather conditions to attend the official opening of the 1916 Garden of Remembrance at Burgess Park last Saturday.
Funding of €2.6 million available for youth projects – Mayor Tom Farrel
An allocation of up to €2.6m has been made available to the Department of Children and Youth Affairs for capital projects in the voluntary youth services in 2016/2017.
Cathy Killeen wins Volunteer of the Year Mayoral Award
Cathy Killeen won the Galway City Council Volunteer of the Year award, at the 13th Annual Mayor’s Awards for Galway City, for her long involvement with the Castlegar/Menlo Foróige club.
Gabrielle McFadden and Paul Daly elected to the Seanad
Former Fine Gael Deputy for Longford-Westmeath, Gabrielle McFadden, has been elected to the Cultural and Educational panel of the Seanad. Ms McFadden learned of her election in the early hours of Tuesday morning when she secured her seat on the 23rd and final count.
Paper parking tickets may return to highlight illegal parking in the city
Gardai are considering a return to placing physical tickets on illegally parked vehicles in the city in order to underline the problem of illegal parking, it emerged this week.
Forty years of staying on the line
Forty years is a major milestone. For humans and for organisations. To span four decades mean you span almost two generations of change. To span four decades in Ireland means you span almost a hundred years of attitudinal change.
Sports stars get on their bikes for Samaritans
The race is on to find the fastest team in the west of Ireland as Galway Samaritans launches its 40th anniversary cyclathon challenge.
Mayor Farrell welcomes Defence Forces recruitment drive
The Defence Forces are to recruit 1,450 new personnel in the next two years. This latest recruitment campaign will see a little more than 600 new personnel inducted to the force this year and a further 850 in 2017.
City council agrees to display 1916 Proclamation in public buildings
The Galway City Council has agreed to display copies of the 1916 Proclamation in all its public buildings as part of its commemoration of the Easter Rising.
Galway Golf Club to host tea day
On Wednesday next, April 27, Galway Golf Club will host a Tea Day for Western Alzheimer’s. This is an exciting venture for the golf club as last year over €8,000 was raised on the morning. It is hoped that that much needed funds for this charity will be raised again. Western Alzheimer’s provide a complete service of care to families affected by Alzheimer’s disease in the Western Region.
