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As next Monday is the anniversary of Pádraic Ó Conaire’s death we thought to relate some stories about him.

The development of Galway Port is overdue and welcome. It is also very timely given the strategic threats to Ireland’s national security.

Great news for all Galway City property sellers! Due to unprecedented demand for their services Fair Deal Property will open a new Galway City office in the heart of Woodquay with the official opening taking place on Thursday June 12th at 3pm.

BUCCANEERS first home fixture of this season’s Energia All-Ireland League proved a disappointing one for the Pirates as they went down to a 36-20 defeat to University College, Cork, at Dubarry Park on Saturday. On a bright but cool afternoon with a swirling wind, the Students were that bit sharper and smarter.

On August 31, 1939, Dr Douglas Hyde, President of Ireland, signed his name in Irish in a small leather-bound book as the first Freeman of Galway.

East Galway and Midlands Cancer Support are hosting a cancer awareness event entitled 'Supporting Cancer Patients - How to meet the Unmet Needs!' in the Shearwater Hotel Ballinasloe on Friday, January 31, from 12-2pm.

A new study carried out by University College Dublin academics has revealed that in typical Irish commuting conditions, Toyota’s hybrid powertrain system drives in zero emissions mode (ZEV) for significantly more than half (62 per cent ) of the time and more than 40 per cent of the distance covered.

"A colossal waste of money" is how city councillor Máiréad Farrell has described Galway University Hospital's decision to spend €3.5 million in the past eight years on hiring private ambulances. She said the money should have been used instead to buy new ambulances for the Galway hospitals (University College and Merlin Park).

‘It was a scandal the way people waited in vain to see President Reagan and all they saw was a hand at the window,” lamented the late Cllr John F King at the first city council meeting following the visit of President and Mrs Reagan to Galway on June 2 1984.

It is no coincidence that the Regional (now the University College) Hospital and Merlin Park opened almost simultaneously in the mid 1950s. The Old Central Hospital, which had opened in 1922, became unfit for purpose, mainly due to overcrowding, and the difficulty accommodating long stay tuberculosis patients. Tuberculosis, or TB, was, in the early decades of the 20th century, at epidemic proporations. The same year that the Central Hospital opened, the same year as the foundation of our State, there were 4,614 deaths from TB; 611 were children under 15 years.