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It is a fact that when few people had a job in Galway the late Christopher (Christy) Dooley of Renmore Park, had many. They were all of an amazing variety. One of them was a factory on the Mervue Industrial estate where he made parts for German railway engines. He had a specialised scrap business in Munster Avenue, the site of the old family forge, where he recycled aeroplane parts and exported them to Spain.

A proposed new bridge from the Cathedral car park to Bowling Green would “destroy” salmon angling in Galway city as it is to be located at the spot “where 90 per cent of fishing takes place”.

A search and rescue operation was launched in the early hours of yesterday following reports that a body had been spotted in the river near Wolfe Tone Bridge. However an extensive search of the area revealed nothing, and the incident is now believed to have been a false alarm.

The city of Apocolopolis is a non-stop capital that spins, flashes, beeps, and thrives under the benign rule of King Du Washawanna and his wife Queen Free. Yet this happy existence will come under threat in a manner most unexpected.

I live in a village outside Moycullen, overlooking the lake. This is the best kind of place, far from perfect, as the best places are.

A non-national who rammed into the back of taxi before leading gardai on a dangerous high speed chase through the city has been jailed for 18 months and disqualified from driving for 10 years.

Antique paintings can be very important documents of social history, giving us an insight into what life must have been like when the picture was painted. They can recreate for us the streets and scenes and buildings where our ancestors may have lived or worked, show us how they dressed, the games they played, etc, before the Famine or before photography was invented. Such images of Galway are rare, so it is a pleasure to come across this descriptive watercolour of the back of the Spanish Arch, which is in a private collection.

An Athlone man who rammed into the back of a taxi before leading gardai on a dangerous high speed chase through Galway city has been jailed for 18 months and disqualified from driving for 10 years.

Galway city will suffer from the cuts to the proposed traffic plan for Seamus Quirke Road, repairs at Wolfe Tone Bridge, and the reduction of the Traffic Management Grant.

The area between the Eglinton Canal and the Fisheries Field is due to be transformed into a major new walkway so Galwegians can enjoy walks by the canal and River Corrib.