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The tall building in the centre of our picture of New Docks Road taken in 1903 was known as “Gas Tank” Flaherty’s pub. We presume he got his nickname because of the gasworks across the street. It was here that the distinguished English painter Augustus John lived for several weeks in 1914. He did a lot of painting and drawing around the city and especially the docks area, but when the World War I started, he began to worry that the locals would regard him as an English spy, so he went back to England.

As a sense of uncertainty continues to pervade pertaining to the future of the hospitality industry amid the continuing presence of COVID-19 within the community, local pub proprietors have expressed their continued frustration as they strive for a return to a semblance of business normality as news emerged this week that the Government and NPHET will review their decision with regard to the reopening of relevant premises on August 31.

From working in the kitchen on her own during lockdown to working out new furniture logistics in order to maintain social distancing, Goyas' owner, Emer Murray, admits the past five months have probably been some of the toughest in which she has been involved since the restaurant opened its doors nearly 30 years' ago.

A number of Galway restaurateurs have declared that decisions on who will be admitted to their premises will be based on a customer's whereabouts the previous fortnight.

Serenity Skincare and Beauty is a newly opened beauty salon in new Antrim street Castlebar.

Edward Eyre arrived in Galway with the Cromwellian army, became a major political figure, and secured extensive grants from the Corporation and a considerable amount of property in both the city and county, mostly from displaced Catholic families, in the period 1660 to 1670. Most of this property was outside the town walls and included areas that we now know as the railway station, Forthill Cemetery, Victoria Place, Merchants Road, the Commercial Dock, Woodquay, Suckeen, and Eyre Square.

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Two prominent Athlone publicans have rebuked proposals outlined by both the Vintners Federation of Ireland (VFI) and Licensed Vintners Association (LVA) aimed at convincing public health officials to permit bars to open six weeks earlier than as originally planned.

Galway is in an ideal situation to exit lockdown early and in my opinion we should be in a position to do so more quickly than other parts of Ireland.

A Galway city centre business has been left counting the cost after a night of vandalism resulted in the premises’ front windows being smashed.