Gardai investigating Mountbellew carjacking
Gardaí are investigating a carjacking in the East Galway village of Mountbellew. The incident happened in the Square in Mountbellew around lunchtime yesterday. (24/3) The incident happened near the...
View ArticleStatistics reveal a century’s changes in Galway
The Galway of today is vastly changed from the Galway of 1916, according to a fascinating comparison by the Central Statistics Office (CSO). Life in 1916 Ireland: Stories from the Statistics,...
View ArticleMan beat and burnt his 16-year-old bride with poker
A 19-year-old man used violence to control his 16-year-old wife’s every move and on one occasion gave her the option of having a belt put around her neck or get burnt with a poker. She feared for her...
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Plight of war babies sparks Sarah’s major career change
A Moycullen native, who formerly served as President Michael D Higgins’ Communications Manager, has spoken about visiting war-torn South Sudan in her new role with a top Irish charity. Sarah Martin has...
View Article70 estates in county not having street lights replaced
Residents in estates across County Galway are living in fear of leaving their homes at night because many of them have been plunged into darkness – they no longer have any street lighting. And they are...
View ArticleArrest after carjacking vehicle recovered in Monaghan
The vehicle stolen in a Mountbellew carjacking has been recovered and a man arrested in Co. Monaghan. It follows an incident on Thursday when a man stole an SUV at the Square in the East Galway...
View ArticleSpiddal singer-songwriter tuning up for success
Since she was the ripe old age of 11, Riona Moore has been writing songs. But it has taken nearly two decades for the Spiddal woman to make those songs a reality. Riona has made Valencia, Spain her...
View ArticleFarmer given thirty days to sell his herd over cruelty
A farmer has been given 30 days by a Circuit Court judge to sell almost his entire herd of cattle and sheep and pay fines totalling €1,250, for cruelty and neglect of animals on his 160-farm near...
View ArticleRoad closure goes ahead despite huge opposition
Locals have lost their battle to put the brakes on plans to close a road near Athenry to facilitate the construction of a bridge on the new Gort to Tuam motorway. The R339 between Cartymore and Cashla...
View ArticlePlans lodged for Connemara’s first glamping site
There are plans to transform agricultural land in South Connemara into a luxury camping site – that could become a major tourist facility in the area. Planning permission is being sought for a...
View ArticleMan hospitalised following Mountbellew crash
A man has been taken to Portiuncula Hospital following a road crash near Mountbellew. It’s understood the car the man was traveling in left the road between Mountbellew and Moylough shortly after 5 o...
View ArticleAuthorities insist soil samples from city pitches are safe
Soil samples showing high levels of minerals at two city pitches are not a threat to health and safety of players, authorities have insisted. Galway City Council last week asked the Health Service...
View ArticleMan harassed Garda over 17-year grudge
Sentencing in the case of a man who threatened to harm a psychiatric nurse and harassed a retired Garda whom he’d held a grudge against for seventeen years, has been adjourned for six months to see if...
View ArticleRoadworks to take place at night following U-turn
Following uproar from Menlo residents, a proposal to close Coolough Road for a fortnight has been shelved and instead the works will be carried out throughout the night in a last-minute compromise. The...
View ArticlePublic meeting on overhaul of Blackrock Tower
The iconic Blackrock Diving Tower is set to have long-awaited maintenance and rehabilitation works carried out within a year. A public consultation meeting will be held next Wednesday night in the...
View ArticleHSE tight-lipped on controversial doctor’s references
One of the top executives in the Health Service Executive (HSE) in the West would not clarify whether University Hospital Galway (UHG) failed to seek a reference from a junior doctor’s previous...
View ArticleAlice-Mary Higgins: a social campaigner since childhood
More than once in the course of her interview with the Galway City Tribune, Alice-Mary Higgins, who is running for Seanad Éireann on the NUI panel, apologises for leaping from topic to topic. It’s just...
View ArticleCouncil warned filthy street bins are giving city a bad name
A councillor has called on the local authority to repaint public bins as they are giving the city a grubby image. Niall McNelis, who is also a businessman on Quay Lane, said he was promised nearly two...
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Transition Year student snaps up photo award
A Galway City Transition Year student has beaten off competition from 200 other hopefuls to win third place in a national photojournalism contest for his beautiful photograph of a chaffinch. Daragh...
View ArticleShot fired at house in Barnaderg in Traveller feud
Gardaí are working to find those responsible for shooting at the front of a house in Barnaderg in North Galway. Gardai are investigating after a shot was fired at a home in the Kilmore area last night....
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