Two detained following courthouse double stabbing
Two brothers have hospitalised following a double stabbing in the foyer of Galway Courthouse this morning. An argument broke out in the foyer of the Courthouse shortly before 11am, while there were...
View ArticleWATCH: Galway schools feature in Christmas TV ad campaign
A new TV advert featuring primary and secondary school pupils from Athenry will be aired from tomorrow. Phone company Three has today released a video made at Presentation College Athenry in response...
View ArticleTubridy discovers 1916 link from Galway great-grandparents to Casement
It was, Ryan Tubridy admitted, like shaking hands with a ghost – examining a letter written by his own great-grandmother sent to Roger Casement to thank him for helping to feed her poverty-stricken...
View ArticleGalway farms go down the drain as owners can’t tackle flooding
HUNDREDS of Galway farmers in the Shannon Callows area have claimed this week that the era of the Penal Laws has returned as they could face fines of up to half a million euro if they clean a land...
View ArticleGalway company’s part in All Blacks’ World Cup success!
A Galway-based sports performance guru can claim his share of the All Blacks’ spectacular Rugby World Cup success – and it was all in the water! Because Pure Athlete – the company run by former...
View ArticleClear the whole lot out – Galway farmers voice their anger
GALWAY IFA delegates have this week called for an immediate ‘clear out’ of the top brass of the Association at national level in the wake of the pay controversies that have broken in the past week....
View ArticleBike rental scheme worst performing in country
A lack of docking stations and a ban on cyclists riding the wrong way up one-way streets has been blamed for the lukewarm response to the bike share scheme in Galway – which has the worst take up of...
View ArticleNo decision on Council merger until next Spring
A decision on any merger of Galway City and Councils – or on extending the urban boundary – now seem destined to be ‘kicked to touch’ until after the Spring General Election. The report of an...
View ArticleDouble stabbing leads to fears among courts staff
Courts Service staff have expressed serious concerns over security within Galway Courthouse, following a double stabbing on its front steps this week. They have described the building as unfit for...
View ArticleFamily hits out at lack of policing after son’s jaw smashed
The family of a young man viciously assaulted in Woodquay at the weekend – leaving him with a jaw broken in three places and smashed teeth – have hit out at the lack of Gardaí on the streets. And they...
View ArticleThree year sentence for grave robber
A 39-year-old Romanian man has been sentenced to three years in prison for handling statues and other religious ornaments which were stolen from graves in Lackagh and Annaghdown cemeteries four years...
View ArticleDemands on young sports stars simply not sustainable
The Galway man who is head of athletic development at Arsenal’s youth academy has said that physical demands on many young Irish players are simply not sustainable. Speaking at the weekend ‘Developing...
View ArticleVincent de Paul in turmoil over LGBT split
The Society of St Vincent De Paul (SVP) has insisted that its decision to disband a committee which awarded €45,000 to a resource centre for the gay community had nothing to do with the vehement...
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Two years waiting for chance of normal life
A Tuam teenager’s two year wait for treatment for scoliosis may well have now compromised the benefits of any medical intervention…if and when it happens. That’s according to Galway East Deputy Colm...
View ArticleFishing sector feels heat from super-trawlers
The fishing industry in Galway fears that foreign super-trawlers could be responsible for decimating stocks of white fish off the west coast. Local fish processing plant Iasc Mhara Teo in Ros a Mhíl,...
View ArticleCancer survivor welcomes new research unit
Darren McMahon was just 22 when he noticed a lump at the side of his neck beside his collarbone. “I was living in London at the time and I did the typical man thing and didn’t worry about it. I thought...
View ArticleReal secret of All Blacks’ success is in the water!
A Galway-based sports performance guru can claim his share of the All Blacks’ spectacular Rugby World Cup success – and it was all in the water! Because Pure Athlete – the company run by former...
View ArticleHouseholds cannot be forced to disclose refuse disposal measures
It appears that households do not have to disclose how they get rid of their domestic waste after all – after the County Council was left with a €100,000 bill to clean up one massive mess. The local...
View ArticleFinal bypass route is unveiled by designers
The full-route of the proposed new city bypass has now been selected and is available for inspection. The design route for the section of the planned new road through Ballindooley, Castlegar and...
View ArticleCouncillors demand meeting over HSE waiting times ‘scandal’
Councillors from across the region united to demand a meeting with all senior HSE managers from the Saolta hospital group to account for the increased waiting lists a decade on from the replacement of...
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