Counting in New Inn about to get underway
The opening of the boxes in the new three-seater Galway East constituency will commence at 9am this morning. The first boxes to be opened will be in the eastern part of the constituency at Clonfert...
View ArticleTallies: Catherine Connolly poised to take a seat
Independent Catherine Connolly is poised to take a seat in Galway West, tallies suggest. The Galway City councillor, who lost out by 17 votes in 2011, will top the poll in her city base. With a quarter...
View ArticleTallies: FF may take second Galway West seat
Fianna Fáil has a chance of a second seat in Galway West, tallies show. Éamon Ó Cuív is in line to top the poll and his running mate, former city councillor John Connolly will be in a battle for the...
View ArticleTallies: Canney looks set to top Galway East poll
The full tally has been completed in Galway East and it looks as if independent candidate Sean Canney will top the poll and get elected to Dail Eireann at his second attempt. But the same certainty...
View ArticleWoman dies in Clarenbridge crash
It has been confirmed that one woman in her 30s has died following a crash between a lorry and a car in Clarenbridge early today. The woman was the driver of the car and the horrific crash happened at...
View ArticleConnolly confident of transfers to take seat
Independent candidate for Galway West, Catherine Connolly, is set to battle it out for one of the final two seats in the constituency with John O’Mahony (FG) and Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (SF) also in...
View ArticleWoman killed in Clarinbridge road traffic accident named
The woman who died in a crash involving a car and a lorry in Clarinbridge yesterday has been named locally as Laura Winters from the Loughrea area. The woman who was aged 29 was the driver of the car...
View ArticleNUIG paid PR firm €22k in wake of ‘menstrual’ storm
NUI Galway availed of a public relations company when the university was in the eye of a media storm over its controversial health questionnaire that included questions about women’s menstrual cycles....
View ArticleCouncillors take lessons for meeting through Irish
In an effort to live up to the city’s bid to be bi-lingual, Galway City Council is to hold its next meeting through the medium of Irish. The Council is currently finishing its third Irish language...
View ArticleCouncillors query €760,000 price tag for apartments
A price tag of nearly €760,000 for four apartments in Rahoon – set to be bought by a housing association – has been branded “too expensive”. The Carraig Dubh Housing Association – part of Ability West...
View ArticleFormer nursing home to become tourist hostel
Construction work is underway in converting a former nursing home in Salthill into a hostel catering for more than 50 people. Dubai-based businessman Steven Mayne was granted permission for the...
View ArticleTiny toddler is killed by toppling television
A two year old child sustained fatal head injuries when furniture fell on top of him, while his parents were house-sitting a home in the city last summer, an Inquest into his death heard on Thursday....
View ArticleCollege staff slate ‘sexist culture’ of workplace
NUI Galway has published responses to a survey among staff which are highly critical of the ‘old boys club’ culture within the university workplace. The majority of respondents who commented on their...
View ArticleHomelessness in Galway will be a long-term problem
New figures from Galway City Council show there are almost 4,900 households on the waiting list for local authority housing. The most recent quarterly report from Galway City Council shows an increase...
View ArticleHSE accused of wasting millions on record storage
The HSE is being accused of wasting millions of euro on the storage of records for Galway’s public hospitals. This weeks meeting of the Regional Health Forum West heard that over €700,000 is paid to an...
View ArticleElvis Costello latest addition to Arts Festival line-up
Elvis Costello has been named as one of the headline acts at this year’s Galway International Arts Festival. The singer/songwriter will make his festival debut at the Absolut Festival Big Top on Friday...
View ArticleMotorists advised to avoid Salthill carparks
Gusts of up to 130km/h are expected overnight in Galway, as well as up to 3cm in parts of Connacht. The winds could lead to flooding in coastal areas such as Salthill, as high there is a high tide of...
View ArticlePrimary healthcare centre set for Shantalla
A primary healthcare centre for Knocknacarra – identified as a priority for the city’s largest suburb as far back as 2008 – is now off the table according to the HSE. Instead a plan is being mooted to...
View ArticlePrivate clinics reap rewards of 4,000 from waiting lists
Well over 4,000 public patients at Galway’s two major hospitals have been referred to private hospitals for inpatient and day procedures as well as outpatient appointments in the last two years....
View ArticleUHG helicopter landing pad set to stay in operation
The temporary helicopter landing pad at Shantalla will continue to be in use until the end of March. The HSE is still engaged in massive building works on the University Hospital Galway grounds...
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