Undersea fault will leave Aran Islands without power for days
ESB Networks believe it could be a number of days before electricity is restored to Inis Meain and Inis Oirr. A major undersea cable fault left the three Aran Islands without power shortly after 4.30...
View ArticleScratch card joke leads to €50,000 windfall for shop worker
One lucky Galway woman has that Friday feeling after collecting a cheque for €50,000 after hitting the top prize on a National Lottery All Cash Platinum scratch card. Sharon Cooney, who works as a shop...
View ArticleTwo arrested in Tuam in burglary crackdown
Gardaí in Tuam have arrested two men in connection with a series of robberies in Galway, Mayo and Clare in recent days. Yesterday (Thursday) afternoon at 3.45pm, Gardaí from Tuam Station on an...
View ArticleCustoms seize €5,000 worth of cannabis in Wellpark raid
Around €5,000 worth of cannabis has been seized in a raid on a house in Wellpark in the city. Two men – both aged 23 – have been arrested and are currently being detained at Galway Garda Station....
View ArticleN59 Action Group kickstarts campaign for road upgrade
Further arrangements were made at a meeting in Clifden last night to gather thousands of signatures in support of the development of the N59 – the main road from Galway to Clifden and north to Leenane....
View ArticleGenerator power unlikely on Aran Islands before Monday
The ESB says that it’s unlikely that generator power will be established on the Aran Islands of Inis Meáin and Inis Oirr until Monday evening. Crews have located the cable fault responsible for the...
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Artist offers unique 3D memento of childhood days
To capture those precious moments when children are small most parents like to take photographs or home videos – but one Galway-based mother decided to follow her passion and do something a bit...
View ArticleKilbeacanty native joins Irish team to take on Australians
A young Galway national hunt rider has been selected on the Irish team to take on the Australians in this year’s Jockeys’ Challenge Down Under. Ian McCarthy from Kilbeacanty joins Katie Walsh and Luke...
View ArticleCanadian company mines for valuable mineral in heart of Connemara
The Canadians call their project in Mace Head in Carna “Irish Moly” – and this “moly” is a precious mineral deposit that may be deeply entrenched in the Connemara heartland. MOAG of Toronto may not...
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Tuam house which hosted Mick Jagger is back on the market
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View ArticleTwo Connemara areas have most empty houses in Connacht
The Roundstone and Ballyconneely areas have the highest ratio of vacant houses in the whole of Connacht. Only a little over a third of the dwellings in that area of west Connemara are occupied by local...
View ArticleMother and daughter caught stealing trolley-load of goods
A mother and daughter got into a struggle with security staff after they were caught pushing a laden trolley out of Dunnes Stores in Briarhill without paying for its contents, Galway District Court...
View ArticleCity streets blighted by obsolete and dirty signage
The city’s streetscape is blighted by misleading, obsolete, dirty and superfluous signage, a city councillor claims. Labour’s Niall McNelis said it is high time to carry out an audit of the street...
View ArticleBottle bank cameras left toothless by data protection legislation
Galway City Council has been left toothless to prosecute illegal dumping at one of the country’s busiest bottle bank sites – because CCTV footage might breach data protection legislation. Despite being...
View ArticleCity municipal sports stadium plan wins support of councillors
City councillors have unanimously voted to include the provision for a municipal sports stadium in the Draft City Development Plan 2017-2023. Connacht Rugby called for the inclusion of an objective to...
View ArticleWorks advance on restoring power to Aran Islands
Works to restore power to the Aran Islands are advancing today as Inis Meain and Inis Oirr remain without electricity. A 22-tonne transformer has been transported to the island in a 20-foot container...
View ArticleCouncils out of pocket due to national rates recalculations
Galway City and County Councils will be over €1 million euroout of pocket due to a national agreement on rates recalculation. That’s according to Galway Sinn Féin Senator, Trevor O’Clochartaigh, who...
View ArticleEvicted tenant returns armed with steel bar
A man who took issue with the tenants in the house he had been evicted from, went back to the address armed with a large steel bar, Galway District Court heard. Judge Mary Fahy remanded the defendant...
View ArticleGalway tops last year’s sales total after just seven months
Dealers in Galway are continuing to see a new car sales boom, with more buyers so far this year in the city and county than for all of last year. Figures released this week show that up until the end...
View ArticleCity amphitheatre ambition a step closer to reality
Yeats College is one step closer to providing an amphitheatre and sports facilities for its students at a site on the shores of Lough Atalia. Terry Fahy, principal of the private second-level school on...
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