Trolley numbers at UHG treble over past decade
Numbers of people waiting for treatment on trolleys at University Hospital Galway have trebled over the past 10 years. According to figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, 671 people...
View ArticleTravellers force their way into Council chamber during protest
There were heated scenes at City Hall this afternoon as protestors forced their way into the Council Chamber to demand immediate action on Traveller accommodation. It’s as 10 Traveller families at Cúl...
View ArticleGardai follow definite line of inquiry into aggravated burglary
Gardai are following a definite line of inquiry following an aggravated burglary in Rosscahill last week. An 88 year old man received minor injuries when three men broke into the house where he lived...
View ArticleGalway has lowest office vacancy rate in the country
The lack of supply of good quality office space is continuing to constrict the market in Galway City. New research has found that Galway has the smallest office vacancy rate of any city in Ireland, at...
View ArticleCouncil refuses permission for awnings on city centre pub
The City Council has rejected an application for the retention of awnings at the front of a well-known city centre pub. Planners said the two canopies at the Dew Drop Inn on Mainguard Street would...
View ArticleSurvey of city’s old cemeteries reveals 13th Century headstone
The earliest gravestone unearthed within the city walls dates from the 13th century and contains a plea for prayer to transport a man’s soul out of purgatory written in Norman French. A major survey of...
View ArticleGalway’s Cannon and Kyne given junior ministries in government
Galway East Fine Gael TD Ciaran Cannon has been promoted to Minister of State while Galway West’s Seán Kyne is to retain his role as a Junior Minister Ciaran Cannon has been appointed Minister of State...
View ArticleN17 reopens following truck crash
The N17 has reopened at Bawnmore following a road traffic crash this afternoon. A truck overturned at Bawnmore National School shortly after 2pm and an oil spill formed on the road. The road from...
View ArticleOver 1,500 children awaiting speech and language therapy
Over 1500 children are waiting for speech and language therapy across the city and county. The data obtained by Roscommon Galway TD Eugene Murphy also shows that a further 577 are awaiting at initial...
View ArticleApology given to boy’s family following failures at Portiuncula
The Saolta hospital group has apologised unreservedly and fully to the family of a boy for failures in the care he received at Portiuncula Hospital. Eoghan Dunne, from Tullamore in Co Offaly, had been...
View ArticleRescued seal pup recovering well
A seal pup located on a beach near Kinvara this week is recovering in Wexford today where she is being cared for by Seal Rescue Ireland. The female pup was initially brought to the Aquarium in Salthill...
View ArticleInvestigation into attack on Inland Fisheries vehicle
Gardaí are investigating damage caused to a vehicle owned by the Inland Fishery Services at Trá Bháin pier in South Connemara. The tyres on the Fishery Services van were slashed while officers were...
View ArticleNUI Galway to host Live CAO Facebook event
NUI Galway to host Live CAO Facebook event for students and parents next week. Ahead of the Leaving Certificate Change of Mind deadline on Saturday week, NUI Galway will gather experts from across...
View ArticleVillagers gather to commemorate lives lost in mine explosion
A grey and windy evening, but a dry one, greeted the crowds who assembled on Trá Mór, Inverin, on Friday last for an unusual and poignant piece of theatre. Pléasc commemorated a tragedy from 100 years...
View ArticleAran braced for double marine harvest!
Aran is set to harvest an economic bonanza on the double from its waters this summer – without a salmon in sight! Instead two separate events will bring some of the world’s top divers and a host of...
View ArticleHobson’s choice for primary school parents – ‘All Irish or no grants’
Parents in bilingual schools must decide to become a full gaelscoil or change to an English-medium school which would see them miss out on extra resources under a new Gaeltacht schools policy. The...
View ArticleVaradkar doubles his Galway Ministerial team
While it did not come as a major surprise, Galway TDs Ciaran Cannon and Sean Kyne were duly rewarded by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar for their support in the recent leadership battle after they were...
View ArticleGalway records one of lowest job vacancy rates
Galway has recorded a job vacancy rate of around three per one thousand people employed. Research by IrishJobs.ie found that counties Antrim and Dublin show the highest job vacancy rates in Ireland....
View ArticleFine Gael to take the chair of both Galway’s local authorities
Fine Gael is set to take the chair of both Galway’s local authorities tomorrow. The new Mayor of Galway, who acts as chair of the city council, and the County Cathaoirleach who acts as chair of the...
View ArticleSpeed limit to increase at notorious ‘trap’
The speed limit will be increased at a notorious ‘speed trap’ on a main artery into the city. Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII, formerly NRA) has proposed to increase the speed limit on the N17 at...
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