Woman had lip bitten off in drunken Plots brawl
A pregnant mother of four was this week given a suspended five-year sentence for biting off another mother’s entire bottom lip during a drunken brawl almost three years ago. The victim, has been left...
View ArticleTreatment of staff at City Hall is slammed
The treatment of Council staff at City Hall has been condemned by a Sinn Féin councillor. Cllr Cathal Ó Conchúir criticised the conduct of some councillors when dealing with employees at City Hall and...
View ArticleAthenry’s Joe Healy declared 15th President of the IFA
Joe Healy has been declared the new president of the IFA on the first count. The Athenry dairy farmer received 50.3% of the total vote with a total of 14, 122 votes – which puts him head and shoulders...
View ArticleTriumphant homecoming for newly-elected IFA President
Athenry farmer Joe Healy will attend his first meeting as IFA President today, following his landslide victory last evening. The dairy farmer was welcomed home to Athenry last night by his friends and...
View ArticleMore Galway couples opt for civil ceremonies
A quarter of all marriage ceremonies in Galway are civil, and are not traditional church weddings. The new marriage figures for Galway, however, show a large urban rural divide – city couples are twice...
View ArticleGalway’s IFA leader gets a hero’s welcome home
Galway’s newly elected President of Irish Farmers’ Association was welcomed home to his native Athenry with roadside bonfires and celebrations following his landslide victory in the race for the top...
View ArticleBrave Galway girl is wheely good!
A Ballinasloe family got to finally meet in person the Irish American couple who gifted them a special needs bike which has given their daughter a newfound independence. Ballinasloe native Hillary...
View ArticleEnd in sight to Galway commuter traffic chaos
Construction work could begin next month on a new link road for the Parkmore Business Park – designed to act as a “release valve” for chronic congestion which sees thousands of workers stuck in their...
View ArticleCouncil has to fork out €100,000 for Town Hall
The City Council had to fork out an extra €100,000 for the operation of the Town Hall Theatre and Black Box last year, despite an increase in attendances. Councillors were told that unexpected costs in...
View ArticleNAMA set to expand shopping centre next year
The National Asset Management Agency is expected to begin work next year on a massive expansion of the Gateway Retail Park in Knocknacarra, which will include new retail units, restaurants – including...
View ArticleDáil plea to move UHG to Merlin Park
Two local TDs pleaded with Acting Health Minister Leo Varadkar in the Dáil this week to urgently move University Hospital Galway to Merlin Park on a phased basis because it is “bursting at the seams”....
View ArticleCoroner and Gardaí join call for life-saving barriers
Safety barriers should be installed at a popular city pier to prevent accidental drownings, a court has heard. Gardaí and the Galway West Coroner have recommended the barriers as potential life-saving...
View ArticleMan who strangled brother not guilty of murder by reason of insanity
A 41-year-old Carraroe man who strangled his brother to death with a bungee cord before hiding his body in a pit by the Cliffs of Moher has been found not guilty of his murder by reason of insanity....
View ArticleIsland singer aims to complete album after cancer diagnosis
One of the country’s best known traditional singers is back making sweet music – after the shock of a cancer diagnosis when she was five months pregnant. Aran Islands singer Lasairfhíona Ní Chonaola...
View ArticleGalway’s Independent TDs reveal demands for deal
Galway’s Independent TDs insist their mission is to bring rural Ireland back from the brink – not to hold the country to ransom with ‘parish pump’ politics. The four Independents, representing three...
View ArticleCall for unity as details of flood funding revealed
Some of the State’s main agencies are to be approached over the coming weeks in a desperate effort to try and resolve the flooding disaster in South Galway. This comes in a week that saw confirmat that...
View ArticleSurvey finds two-thirds of dumping fines unpaid
Two thirds of all fines issued by Galway County Council for illegal dumping and littering remain unpaid. The figures also reveal that on average, a quarter of all illegal dumping fines issued by the...
View ArticleGalway company chosen by Google for startup programme
A Galway company has been selected by internet giant Google to take part in a prestigious programme for promising startup ventures. Altocloud, headquartered at NUI Galway, is a communications company...
View ArticleGalway singer celebrates Number 1 in charts
A Galway singer made music history this weekend by being the first male singer from the county to go straight into Number One in the Irish Pop albums charts. Outselling last week’s chart topper Adele...
View ArticleIrish Water denies shower infection claims
Irish Water denies that the contaminated public water supply in Connemara is responsible for causing a near-fatal infection in one of its customers, a dialysis patient. The public utility, which...
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