Social finance provider underwrites community spirit
The community spirit of the people in Leitrim Mór near Loughrea is a ‘unique example’ for struggling rural villages all over Ireland. That’s according to Tracey Hannon of Clann Credo, the social...
View ArticleCommunity rallies around family after fire destroys home
A North Galway community is rallying around a couple whose house has been destroyed by fire during an early morning blaze last weekend. Billy and Marian Staunton had a lucky escape from their home in...
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Fraudsters turn to phishing as Gaeilge
Innovative foreign scammers are trying to cash in on the ‘Deontas’ bonanza in the Connemara Gaeltacht – by phishing ‘as Gaeilge’! Phishing is the fraudulent practice of sending emails purporting to be...
View ArticleCouncil rejects claim that motorway has displaced floodwater
Senior Council officials have rejected a claim that the Tuam bypass – which is part of the €550 million motorway project – has displaced water to such an extent that it is flooding hundreds of acres of...
View Article41,000 wait for hospital treatment in Galway
It’s official – Galway University Hospitals are the worst in the country for waiting lists. The National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) figures reveal that more than 41,000 patients are waiting for...
View ArticleMotorists fined – while gone to Pay & Display machine
The controversy over the amount of parking tickets being given out in Tuam has taken a new twist – with motorists claiming they are being targeted while they go to the machine to purchase a ticket. One...
View ArticleBody taken from Bay may be one of missing men
A body which was recovered yesterday from the sea about one kilometer south of Hare Island may be that of one of the two men missing in Galway since last month. The body was recovered by the Coastal...
View ArticleNutritionists see Red over new GAA drinks deal
The decision by Galway GAA to accept Red Bull as “the official drinks partner” for all Galway football and hurling teams has been criticized by a Government body as sending the wrong message to young...
View ArticleSecond body recovered from Galway Bay
A second body has been recovered from the waters of Galway Bay. The latest body recovered was at shortly after 11am today (Sunday) and it was taken from Galway Docks. The alarm was raised after a...
View ArticleBallinasloe €50,000 winner on Spin the Wheel
Well-known Ballinasloe man Willie Devlin from Ashfield Drive was a big winner in last night TV Game show Winning Streak taking home €50,000 after spinning the big wheel. Willie who was a former Galway...
View ArticleStand-off delays development of N59 Connemara road
Galway County Council may go back to an Bord Pleanála to try and find a way out of the hold-up in the development plan for the section of the N59 road between Oughterard and Maam Cross. The stand-off...
View ArticleCIty Council reaping benefits of upturn in economy
The City Council is feeling the effects of an upturn in the economy, after ending up €116,000 ‘in the black’ for 2015. And the city’s Chief Executive has described the authority’s finances as being in...
View ArticleCouncil to remove 1916 commemorative stone
Galway City Council is to remove a controversial 1916 commemorative stone in Mervue, which has caused a political row since its unveiling on Holy Thursday. Chief Executive Brendan McGrath said that the...
View ArticleClosing off waterways might prove injurious to city
An Taisce is urging caution over plans to erect more safety barriers closing off Galway’s waterways. The planning watchdog said safety issues are important but barriers that are injurious to the city’s...
View ArticleHopes for Tall Ships Race in Galway scuttled
Hopes of the Tall Ships Race coming to Galway in 2019 have been scuttled. City Council Chief Executive Brendan McGrath has told councillors that race organisers had decided that the European host ports...
View ArticlePost mortem examinations due on bodies recovered
Post mortem examinations will take place today (Monday) on the bodies of two men recovered in Galway Bay over the weekend. Gardaí say the body of 21-year-old Private Ben Garrett was taken from the...
View ArticleCarraroe man’s murder trial adjourned
The trial of a Carraroe man charged with the murder of his brother has been adjourned until later in the week. Declan O Cualáin, of Cuileán, is alleged to have murdered Adrian Folan in Liscannor, Co....
View ArticleGalway bucking trend on break-ins
Galway is bucking the national crime-wave of increased burglaries. Analysis of Central Statistics Office (CSO) crime figures show burglaries in Galway fell by ten per cent in a year. However, there is...
View ArticleFire crews attend Connemara gorse fires
Galway and Mayo fire services are battling a number of gorse fires in the Connemara area this morning. The alarm was raised around 6.30a.m when vegetation was seen burning at locations in Recess,...
View ArticleConstruction leaders urge movement on bypass
The lack of new transport infrastructure and housing stock in Galway is threatening job creation and Foreign Direct Investment to the city and county, according to a builders’ representative group. The...
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