Three schools trigger new era for Athenry
The Department of Education has agreed to purchase sites for three new school buildings in Athenry – catering for around 2,500 students and staff. Minister Jan O’Sullivan has confirmed that the...
View ArticleMother of two invents safety device for epileptics
A Galway entrepreneur and recent graduate is making waves in the medical device industry with her award-winning innovation EpiSafe – a monitor and alarm system for those diagnosed with epilepsy – which...
View ArticleMajor work planned for roof of university Quadrangle
NUI Galway is set to carry out major repair and conservation works to roofs on the Quadrangle building, which dates back to the mid-1800s. College authorities have drawn up extensive plans for the east...
View ArticleCouncil is urged to act over rat run through estate
Ballinfoile Park has been described as a ‘rat run’ for motorists wishing to avoid the Kirwan roundabout. Councillor Mike Cubbard is calling on the council for a solution to the “unacceptable”...
View ArticleThe show goes on at Town Hall Theatre – 400 times
More than 400 performances will be staged at the Town Hall Theatre next year, coinciding with its 20th Anniversary. According to the City Council – which operates the theatre – the line-up will include...
View ArticleJudge slams cops over unfair speed traps
A taxi driver could have racked up 25 penalty points after he was detected driving over the speed limit on five separate occasions in the same spot in the space of 70 minutes. Judge Mary Fahy observed...
View ArticleEx-Boyzone star Duffy for city autism opening
Galway Autism Partnership (GAP), a local charity formed in 2011 by five proactive parents to help each other with information and general support, will celebrate the opening of their newly-renovated...
View ArticleJail sentences for mugger gang caught on CCTV
Three muggers who surrounded a teenager near Eyre Square late one night and robbed his wallet before walking off laughing received varying sentences at Galway Circuit Criminal Court. Alan King (29), 2...
View ArticleTaximen’s anger as wardens fail to ticket Mayor’s car
Frustrated taxi drivers in Galway City are still being ticketed for parking at the private bus station at the Fairgreen – and yet, they say, the Mayor’s car is allowed to pull up there for an hour and...
View ArticleWarning to stay indoors as damaging gusts forecast
People are being advised to avoid any unnecessary travel and stay indoors in many parts this afternoon as Storm Barney hits. A Status Orange wind warning is in place for Galway until 9pm. Met Éireann...
View ArticleFallen powerlines, debris and flooding cause road delays
Driving conditions remain dangerous across the entire city and county due to severe weather. Already, a gust of 126km/h has been recorded at Mace Head. That’s the equivalent of 78mph. Nearly 4,000...
View ArticleESB works to restore power to Galway homes
ESB crews are working to restore power to homes across the county this morning following severe weather. Around 100 homes across the county are without power after Storm Barney battered the county....
View ArticleGarda warning as ‘vishing’ scammers net thousands
Gardai are warning people not to give their bank details over the phone after people in North Galway were scammed out of several thousand euro. Victims of the ‘vishing’ scam in the Tuam area responded...
View ArticleLords of the Dance – Flatley’s praise for his Galway composer
They grew up worlds apart but shared a common bond even if they didn’t know it – and last weekend, Lord of the Dance Michael Flatley and one of Galway’s finest traditional musicians reminisced on how...
View ArticlePortiuncula revamp will help tackle Galway hospital crisis
Plans to replace a 50-bed ward block at Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe will be lodged this December, the Connacht Tribune has learned. The design for the replacement works, to include two wards of...
View ArticleParis-based Galway man caught in the eye of the storm
Friday night, November 13, started out like any other weekend for Paris-based Galway man, Tim McInerney. The Barna native was with three friends enjoying a meal in Septime, a restaurant in the heart of...
View ArticleGalway washed out as swathes of county endure worst flooding in years
FEARS that this month’s flooding could be as bad as Galway’s catastrophic weather event of November, 2009, have been allayed with the rains set to ease off from today. However large swathes of the...
View ArticleWheelchair paedophile serves sentence at home
A wheelchair-bound paedophile – jailed for abusing a 13-year-old girl – is serving his sentence in his own home on the Headford Road, because no Irish prison can accommodate him. The cost of having...
View ArticleAlternative light rail plan would ‘cripple city’
Two sharply conflicting views have emerged this week of a GLUAS light rail system for the city – one of an efficient, pollution free transport system, the other of a monstrous white elephant project...
View ArticleTaximan jumped into river to avoid Gardaí
The inquiry into the death of a taxi driver, who jumped into the River Corrib minutes after being told his vehicle was to be seized by Gardaí, heard that he had refused to save himself when a life buoy...
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