Michael Connolly new county Cathaoirleach
Councillor Michael Connolly has been elected as the new Cathaoirleach of County Galway, under an established Fine Gael/Fianna Fáil party pact. The Ballinasloe-area Fianna Fáil councillor was proposed...
View ArticleAfraid to play: kids kept indoors due to antisocial behaviour
Dozens of social housing tenants are creating havoc in a private estate in Knocknacarra after being moved in overnight, city councillors have claimed. Children have been threatened, a play area...
View ArticleHardship payments show students still feeling the pinch
Galway’s students are still feeling the pinch of recession, and relying on State help to tide them over during hard times. New figures reveal that more than a three-quarters of a million euro was paid...
View ArticleNew drug and alcohol initiative to target children
A major initiative to tackle drug and alcohol abuse has been launched this week in Galway – and one of its main focuses is to target young children as part of an early intervention initiative. And it...
View ArticleRail fare dodgers stopped in their tracks
A District Judge has suggested that Irish Rail advertise their policy that passengers can no longer purchase tickets on the train. Irish Rail prosecuted sixteen people before Loughrea District Court...
View ArticleTaxman cracks down on illegal betting in pubs
Revenue says it is ‘odds-on’ publicans operating as bookmakers without a licence will be caught. Two County Galway publicans have been fined €2,500 each for illegal betting in their bars, according to...
View ArticleOne in four pupils squashed into overcrowded classrooms
One in four of Galway’s primary school students are squashed into super-sized classrooms, new figures reveal. Some 6,848 pupils were taught in overcrowded classrooms across Galway in the academic year...
View ArticleSlovakian artist blossoms among the people of Inis Mór
When Lucia Blizniakova moved to the Aran Islands nearly a decade ago she described herself as extremely shy, but as the years passed by she grew more confident. So confident, that she recently opened...
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Seventy years on, staff members return to Ballynahinch Castle
Little did teenagers Maureen Breslin and Sheila Hayden know the day they started working in Ballynahinch Castle seventy years ago that one day they would be special guests at the hotel for afternoon...
View ArticleCall for abolition of Knock Airport €10 levy
Galway passengers who fly out of Ireland West Airport at Knock are fuming that they still have to pay a €10 development charge despite the county’s two local authorities pumping in around €100,000 into...
View ArticleOnly 7% of potential visitors aware of Wild Atlantic Way
Fáilte Ireland is to redouble its efforts to highlight the Wild Atlantic Way after a survey showed that only a small number of potential visitors from overseas were aware of the route. The low level of...
View ArticleStudents still feeling pinch as they get €750k in hardship funds
Galway’s students are still feeling the pinch of recession, and relying on State help to tide them over during hard times. New figures reveal that more than a three-quarters of a million euro was paid...
View ArticleBeating cancer after finding lump during early stages of pregnancy
Sarah McGinley was just five weeks pregnant when she discovered a lump on her neck. Doctors reassured the young teacher that it was pregnancy related, and it wasn’t until after her son Rua Patrick was...
View Article€1.5m needed to save landmark castles and Browne Doorway
Galway City Council will have to spend up to €1.5m on repairing three landmark castles and the Browne Doorway – or risk losing them forever. Chief Executive Brendan McGrath said the Council must spend...
View ArticleUpgrade works planned at Renmore and Knocknacarra facilities
Galway City Council is seeking tenders for the provision of an all-weather pitch at Cappagh Park, and the refurbishment of sports facilities in Renmore. Two separate contracts are on offer – and it’s...
View ArticleBohermore student accommodation block approved
A vacant city office block is to be converted into student and tourist accommodation for up to 90 people. Galway City Council has given the green light for the redevelopment of the block at Sandyfort...
View ArticleProsecution likely after major fish kill near Dunmore
There’s been a major fish kill on a tributary of the Sinking River near Dunmore which flows into the Clare River. The stream in question, known as the Yellow River, is an important spawning and nursery...
View ArticleDialysis won’t stop local athletes as they bid for games glory
Two people from Galway undergoing dialysis are gearing up to compete in the European Transplant and Dialysis Sports Championship next month. Zimele Brown from Gleann na Rí in Renmore and Linda Waters...
View ArticleCouncillor calls for halt to ban on bin bags
The policy to phase-out homeowners’ use of plastic domestic waste bags should be binned, a city councillor has recommended. From July 1, plastic bin bags used by city dwellers to dispose of refuse will...
View ArticleResidents to hold meeting over future of Crown Square site
Residents in the Old Monivea Road area of the city are to hold a meeting later today ( 21/06) to discuss the future use of the disused Crown Square site. Locals are concerned that conditions previously...
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