New initiative aims to get people in shape for the Summer
A new exercise initiative in Galway, for people of all ages and abilities, ‘Exercise4Health’ offers the ideal opportunity to get fit for the summer! ‘Exercise4Health’ is a new programme developed as a...
View ArticleNew TV series to put the focus on city’s wildlife
Galway’s wildest, yet most secretive, inhabitants – the animals that live here – are to be the stars of a new television series being transmitted next month. Starting on Sunday, May 8 on RTÉ 1 at...
View Article‘Animals better off’ than asylum seekers, City Council is told
Farm animals are living in better conditions than asylum seekers in Direct Provision in the city, it has been claimed. Galway City Council has unanimously backed a motion calling for government to...
View ArticleThree years for robber who wielded bar to intimidate staff
A 50-year-old man has been jailed for three years with the final year suspended for robbing a city shop armed with a length of aluminium and stealing cash from Dunnes. John Dodd, with an address in...
View ArticleMan on trial over €1.139 million jewellery heist
The trial of a man, who is charged with the robbery of jewellery worth €1.139 million from a Galway City jewellers, began before a jury at Galway Circuit Criminal Court this morning. Irmantas...
View ArticleMinister urged to explain absence of diabetic specialist at UHG
Leo Varadkar is being asked to explain why a critical post for a childrens’ diabetes specialist has remained unoccupied at UHG for several months. Galway East TD Anne Rabbitte says the unacceptable...
View ArticleConnemara man’s killer has sentence cut in Australia
The man convicted of killing a young Connemara man in Australia in 2013 has had his sentence cut by an Australian court of appeal. 23-year-old Thomas Keaney from Ballyconneely died in Perth in December...
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Jewellery worth €1.1m hidden under bush, trial hears
Two hold-all bags, containing over €1.1 million worth of diamond rings and Rolex watches, were discovered under a bush on the banks of Lough Atalia in Galway City shortly after an armed robbery had...
View ArticleExpedition to Norway raises €25,000 for Pieta House
A dozen men crammed into five Land Rover Defenders, traversing nine countries over 5,760km – it might be madness or the best driving marathon yet. On March 24, the five vehicles departed Eyre Square on...
View ArticleVolunteer work is a win-win for everyone involved
Volunteering is good for you – and that’s no marketing spin! Not alone does it improve your employability prospects, but it is also good for your mental health, and the community. When Volunteer Galway...
View ArticleWoman bought heroin to supply young Galway addicts
A 33-year-old drugs mule has been sentenced to a total of nine months in prison after Gardai caught her getting off a bus from Dublin with a stash of heroin concealed in her body. Melissa Maughan, whom...
View ArticlePublic meeting over pub plans for Knocknacarra
The proposed development of a public house in Knocknacarra is facing opposition from local residents. The plan by Highcross Developments at Clybaun roundabout would include what’s described as a...
View ArticleAppointments go ahead despite UHG virus outbreak
People who have scheduled outpatient appointments at University Hospital Galway are being urged to attend as normal if they have not been affected by the vomiting bug. UHG is again urging the public...
View ArticleReport will recommend Portiuncula downgrade
A shock draft report has recommended that Ballinasloe’s 24-hour Emergency Department should close overnight. And the leaked Saolta Hospital Group report suggests Portiuncula Hospital be downgraded to a...
View ArticleFocused on putting history in the frame
There are few events in Galway from the 1960s onwards where Stan Shields, the former Chief Photographer for the Connacht Tribune Group, could not be spotted at – his camera in hand, ready to capture...
View ArticleWee problem at new walk to mark first transatlantic flight
The state may have invested €1.2m to mark the site of the historic first ever transatlantic crossing – but spending a penny is a different matter entirely for Galway County Council. So visitors to the...
View ArticleRates break could trigger Galway retail revival
Galway County Council is leading an initiative so that the many vacant business premises in towns and villages can be occupied – they are proposing a ‘rates holiday’. It is proposed that those who...
View ArticleCouncil may seek committal order against Travellers
A city councillor says the local authority is considering seeking a committal order in a bid to move on an illegal Traveller encampment at Merlin Woods. The illegal encampment has been moving to...
View ArticleDispute over working hours rages at City Hall
A dispute over flexible working hours is raging at City Hall. The Labour Court hasn’t resolved the dispute between Galway City Council and trade union, SIPTU, and has asked both sides to engage in...
View ArticleGalway’s 2020 bid enters the final furlong
It will be a case of all hands on deck in Galway over the coming weeks – as the bid to make the city European Capital of Culture 2020 enters the final furlong. With just six weeks to go before the...
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