Plan to make Galway a ‘global leader’ in film and TV
An ambitious plan has been unveiled to position Galway as a “global leader” in the film and TV industry. It has the potential to create hundreds of jobs and generate tens of millions of euro each year...
View ArticleHeadford’s village classification halts expansion
A small Galway town is bursting at the seams, according to planners – and now they don’t want any more space zoned for residential development. But Galway County Councillors are raging at the...
View ArticleAmbulance delays to become election issue
Ambulance delays in Connemara – where three-hour waits have become the norm – are set to become an election issue for locals ahead of a meeting with the Health Minister. Campaigners have been assured...
View ArticleBridgework to cause motorway closures
Night-time closures and restrictions on the Galway-Dublin motorway are to be introduced next week to facilitate the construction of the new ‘super junction’ at Rathmorrissey. From Monday to Friday of...
View ArticleNew car sales getting back into top gear
Dealerships in Galway have recorded a boom in new car sales this year – so far in 2015, they’re up by more than one-third on the same period last year. According to new figures from SIMI (the Society...
View ArticleWoman seriously injured in hit and run
Gardaí have appealed for witnesses to a hit and run in Salthill overnight in which a woman was seriously injured. The woman – understood to be in her 30s – was struck by a vehicle outside the Dun na...
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Humble guest house is top hotel
A seven-bedroom B&B located on the edge of Oranmore village has seen off the challenge of such marquee venues like Glenlo Abbey, Ballynahinch Castle, The Lodge at Ashford Castle, to be named as the...
View ArticleHero London policeman has Galway roots
A UK policeman, who has his roots in County Galway, was honoured in London last Thursday for saving the life of a distressed woman who had climbed over the railing of a footbridge with the intention of...
View ArticleDole numbers at lowest level in past seven years
The number of people on the Live Register in Galway is at its lowest point in seven years, according to new figures from the Central Statistics Office. The statistics show that at the end of October,...
View ArticleFamilies’ grief multiplied by robberies from graves
A 39-year-old man has been found guilty by a jury of handling statues and other religious ornaments which were stolen from graves, including children’s graves, in Lackagh and Annaghdown four years ago....
View ArticleMercy-Presentation merger to cater for 500 girls
There will be an official launch of Galway’s newest secondary school – the amalgamated Presentation and Mercy colleges – but far away from the grounds of the chosen school site. The new school, Our...
View ArticlePrivate rental sector in Galway reaching crisis point
Housing agency Threshold has warned that tenants are at serious risk of homelessness – prompted by a spike in rents in Galway City. According to the charity group, some tenants in the city have been...
View ArticlePlanners shoot down Lidl supermarket plan again
An Bord Pleanála has overruled one of its own inspectors and refused permission for a controversial €2 million Lidl supermarket off the Western Distributor Road. It is the second time in 18 months that...
View ArticleCouncil looks to canals to generate electricity
Ambitious proposals for the generation of hydro-electric power on the city’s canals – to light the city’s streets and bridges within five years – are being considered by the local authority. The idea...
View ArticleJobs boost for Connemara company following investment
The Chief Executive of a Connemara-based company which has just seen a €580 million investment by a French firm, says it hopes to grow the Galway workforce in the next three years. Eurazeo has today...
View ArticleDoctors query findings into death of patient
A second pathologist will have to review the file of a 60 years old man, who died almost a year ago in the Galway Clinic, as the two consultants who had attended him could not accept that he had died...
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Firm gets EU funding to find new ways to battle bacteria
A Galway company is among four Irish Enterprises to receive funding in the latest round of Horizon 2020 SME Instrument for Phase 1 from the European Commission. Westway Health joins a further 141 small...
View ArticleNeighbour and son got letters of harassment
A HSE clerical worker put harassing notes through her next-door neighbour’s letterbox and on the windscreen of his son’s car, while also sending a email to his daughter at her place of work in the HSE....
View Article€7m in pipeline to plug city water leaks
Irish Water plans to upgrade the city’s leaky pipe network with a €7.3 million investment. The replacement of about 20 kilometres of defective water mains pipes throughout the city forms part of the...
View ArticleGardaí reviewing CCTV following vicious city assault
Gardaí are reviewing CCTV footage in an effort to identify the culprits of an unprovoked assault in the city centre on Sunday. The incident happened close to Woodquay Stores around 1.30 last Sunday...
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