State seeks legal advice on Aran Islands flights
The advice of the Attorney General has been sought this week to see how new issues over flights from the mainland to the Aran Islands can be ironed out. Last summer there were long and difficult...
View ArticleHSE asked to retain stained glass from old hospital chapel
Calls have been made for a number of imposing stained glass windows – which form an intriguing backdrop to the sittings of Tuam District Court – to be retained and put to good use elsewhere. The...
View ArticleHistorical tour offers insight into Galway – and what lies beneath
You may not always be aware of it, but every time you walk through Galway City centre there are centuries of history right under your feet. Michael Quinn of Galway Civic Trust (Dúchas na Gaillimhe)...
View ArticleVictims traumatised after daylight attack in Roundstone
An emigrant could no longer enjoy family holidays in Roundstone and a local man was too afraid to attend Mass after the trauma of being set upon by three young men on the day of the village regatta....
View ArticleConnemara ambulance group expresses disgust with Minister
The North West Connemara Ambulance Group says it’s disgusted with Simon Harris over his apparent lack of interest in the plight facing the region. It’s after Sinn Fein Deputy Mary Lou McDonald...
View ArticleBlackrock Diving Tower revamp will not happen until next year
Work to refurbish the iconic Blackrock Diving Tower in Salthill will likely not go ahead until at least next winter, with the first stage of the planning process only now underway. Galway City Council...
View ArticleMan jumped into canal after four-hour wait for hospital care
A psychiatric patient (30) was left in A&E, awaiting admission, for nearly four hours before he absconded and jumped into the canal, an inquiry into his death heard. The man’s family had called...
View ArticleDelay in introduction of Sunday parking charges in Galway City
It will be at least the end of this month before the Sunday public car-parking charges are introduced in the city with signage and recalibration of machines still to be completed. The controversial...
View ArticleCity Bypass planning application set to be lodged in July
THE planning application for the city’s €600m Outer Bypass will be lodged directly with An Bord Pleanála in early July of this year, a sub-committee of the City Council has been informed. The City...
View ArticleOireachtas committee holds historic meeting on Inis Mor
The Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands is formally meeting on the Aran Islands today. Cross-party senators and TDs have descended on Inis Mór to hear...
View ArticleThree-year road safety strategy unveiled for Galway
A new road safety plan has been unveiled for the city and county. The three year strategy has been presented to members of the County Joint Policing Committee at County Hall this afternoon. It’s a...
View ArticleCity Council votes to remove prayer at start of meetings
Members of Galway City Council have voted to change the prayer normally recited at the start of its meetings to a moment of silent reflection. At a meeting of the local authority today, members have...
View ArticleGorse fire prevented from spreading to homes
The fire service is dealing with a gorse fire in Ard West, Carna which has threatened a number of dwellings including a mobile home and a house. The danger to property has now been averted but the fire...
View ArticleAir Corps helicopter drafted in to help tackle massive forest fire
The Air Corps will attend the scene of a major blaze at the country’s biggest forest between Moycullen and Oughterard this morning. Firefighters have brought two of three major fires in the Cloosh...
View ArticleCity Council assessing tenders to webcast meetings
Galway City Council is assessing tenders for the provision of equipment to allow public meetings be broadcast live on the internet. The webcasting would be done through the city council’s website,...
View ArticleUHG’s Emergency Dept is most overcrowded in Ireland today
The Emergency Department at UHG is the most overcrowded in the country today. 37 people are waiting on trolleys. The Full Capacity Protocol has been implemented and efforts are being made to identify...
View ArticleAnother 2,000 hectares of forest under threat from Galway fire
Two thousand hectares are still deemed to be at risk this evening following a forest fire in the Cloosh Valley in Connemara. The Air Corps has intensified its efforts to contain the blaze with two...
View ArticleRegional emergency response in operation due to forest fire
A regional emergency response has been put into operation in Galway as the Cloosh Valley fire continues to spread. Galway Fire and Rescue Service, the Air Corps, the army, Coillte staff and volunteers...
View ArticleEmergency response team plan next stage of fighting forest fire
Emergency response crews are meeting this morning to determine their next course of action as the massive forest fire in Connemara rages on. After some respite early yesterday, the blaze at Cloosh...
View ArticleHomeless charity assists 23 people sleeping rough in city
Homeless service workers assisted 17 people sleeping rough in the city centre area in the early hours of one morning last week. COPE Galway says a further six people were provided with sleeping bags...
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