Woman hospitalised following Salthill water rescue
A woman is being treated in hospital after she was rescued from the water in Salthill last night. The woman, aged in her 40s, was spotted by a passerby on the rocks near Ladies Beach at around 8pm. The...
View ArticleLidl wins planning battle on Clifden delivery times
Galway County Council has been directed to amend a condition which restricted delivery times at store in Tullyvoheen, Clifden. The German retail giant had appealed a condition set out by the local...
View ArticleGRETB chair calls for emergency meeting on future of school
The chair of the Galway Roscommon Education and Training Board is calling for an emergency meeting of the ETB to discuss the future of Coláiste an Chreagáin in Mountbellew. Hundreds of people gathered...
View ArticlePublic meeting on concerns over convalescent care
A meeting will be held in Claregalway tomorrow evening to discuss concerns regarding the provision of convalescent care in Galway. Galway TDs have been invited to attend the event which is being led by...
View ArticleOireachtas challenge on NUIG presidency language requirement
An Oireachtas committee on Irish Language is challenging NUI Galway on its decision to drop the Irish language fluency requirement for its new President. The ad for the role was published on Holy...
View ArticleCorrandulla native tackles one of world’s most gruelling driving tests for...
“It is achievable but it won’t be easy – there’s nothing wrong with a challenge.” Those are the words of Galway woman, Aoibheann Browne, who is set to take part in one of the most gruelling driving...
View ArticleCouncil considers plans for Galway’s first solar panel farm
Plans for a state-of-the-art solar panel ‘farm’ in Ballinasloe to feed power to the national electricity grid – which would be around half the size of Croke Park – have been lodged with Galway County...
View ArticleCounty Council denies ‘limbo’ status over merger speculation
Galway County Council workers fear that essential services such as pothole repairs will be drastically cut back because of staff layoffs – which they believe are part of a ‘background’ plan for the...
View ArticleHow will Galway’s hotels cope with a million extra visitors in 2020?
Hoteliers are planning to extend their premises, and to build new hotels, to try to satisfy an expected surge in tourist demand in 2020, when Galway is European Capital of Culture. Local hotels are...
View ArticleBuskers fear bylaws will end entertainment in Galway city centre
Buskers and street performers fear draft proposals to introduce permits for busking could bring the curtain down on Galway’s long and proud tradition of street entertainment. Musicians and...
View Article€1 billion plan for ‘New Galway’ set to get back on track
A €1 billion city centre redevelopment plan for more than 14 acres of land around Ceannt Station is back on the cards. One of the country’s best-known developers, Galwayman Gerry Barrett, said he...
View ArticleMinister says he has ‘no role’ in N59 planning issues
The Transport Minister says he has ‘no role’ in planning issues surrounding a long-awaited upgrade of the N59 through Connemara. In a response to a parliamentary question from Galway West TD Eamon O...
View ArticleMinister Varadkar has ‘unfinished business’ at UHG
Minister Leo Varadkar says he has ‘unfinished business’ in health – and he’s pushing the Government for greater investment in Galway. The Social Protection Minister was in Loughrea today for a series...
View ArticleCouncil working with NPWS to provide new footbridge in Oughterard
The County Council says it’s working to overcome environmental issues facing the provision of a new footbridge at the bridge over the Owenriff River in Oughterard. This bridge is traveled by thousands...
View ArticleConstruction to get underway on €14 million school development
Works are finally expected to commence in the autumn on the provision of a new €14 million school for Presentation College Athenry at a greenfield site on the outskirts of the town. Planning permission...
View ArticleCharity fundraiser carries through cancer patient’s dying wishes
A terminally-ill North Galway cancer patient was so impressed with the care he received in Galway Hospice that he began organising a fundraising event for the organisation – unfortunately he passed...
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Galway musician comes up with wooden variation on the drum
Lorcan Mitchell has combined a love of music and carpentry to develop the Mitchell Drum, a novel handmade percussion instrument made from wood. The 31-year-old carpenter was always immersed in music...
View ArticleResearch traces Hollywood star’s ancestral roots to North Galway
He’s famous for roles in big box office hits like High Fidelity and Being John Malkovich – as well as starring in a host of Woody Allen movies – but right up to last week John Cusack was blissfully...
View ArticleRemembrance event for infants who died at Tuam baby home
A special event will be held in Salthill this weekend in remembrance of the infants who died at the Tuam mother and baby home. The event entitled ‘Honouring the Babies’ is led by the Galway branch of...
View ArticleTusla to oppose request for information on Tuam baby home
The Child and Family Agency will formally outline its opposition by the end of the month to a claim brought by Galway man seeking information about his sister who may have died in the Tuam Mother and...
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