Gardaí in Galway launch Bank Holiday roads crackdown
Garda checkpoints will be set up across the city and county targeting drink driving and speeding over the Halloween Bank Holiday weekend. And motorists driving ‘the morning after’ a night out have also...
View ArticleInterruption-free mealtimes introduced at Galway hospitals
A new ‘protected mealtimes’ policy has been introduced at Galway University Hospitals. This means that during certain hours, patients at UHG and Merlin Park will now be guaranteed the chance to eat...
View ArticleChink of light on future of Loughea Town Hall
A new chink of light has emerged over the iconic Loughrea Town Hall after a last minute application for national funding was submitted for its renovation. If successful, it could finally see the...
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Galway mum is officially Ireland’s top curvaceous model
Galway plus-sized model Sharon Dooley has proved that big is beautiful. The 41-year-old married mother of seven, who is a size 18, is officially Ireland’s top curvaceous model. The Ahascragh-based...
View ArticleGalway nurse works to increase prostate issue awareness
A Galway nurse is aiming to create awareness surrounding men’s health – and more specifically those who have been diagnosed with prostate cancer – ahead of the nationwide Movember campaign which begins...
View ArticleGalway Garda overtime tops €100k a month
The Garda overtime bill amounts to more than €100,000 on average every month in Galway, new figures reveal. Minister for Justice, Frances Fitzgerald has confirmed that the overtime bill for the Galway...
View ArticleClock running out for €250,000 Lotto winner
Unless the owner of a QuickPick Lotto ticket worth €250,000 bought in Dunmore, claims the money by Tuesday week, it will be too late. The winning ticket was bought on Saturday 6th August in Hannon’s...
View ArticleThousands gather in city for Macnas Halloween parade
Thousands of people are gathering in the city this evening for the annual Macnas Halloween parade. The theme of this years spectacle is ‘Savage Grace’ and is being billed as a deliriously dark and...
View ArticleWeeks later, popular playground remains closed
One of the most popular city playgrounds has been closed for over a month, with work still waiting to begin following a health and safety issue. The playground, which is located at Toft Park on...
View ArticleGroup flee without paying for €4,000 penthouse suite
Eight people partied the night away at a penthouse suite in the Radisson Blu Hotel in Lough Atalia and then left the next morning without paying the €4,000 bill. Galway District Court heard this week...
View ArticleGrowing frustration over Terryland Forest Park plan
The committee for the development of Terryland Forest are growing frustrated at the lack of progress with the project. That’s according to the chairman of An Taisce’s Galway Association and member of...
View ArticlePresident Higgins to launch Galway Atlas at City Museum
President of Ireland, Michael D Higgins will be in the city tomorrow (Tuesday) to launch the Irish Historic Towns Atlas – Galway. The Atlas by Jacinta Prunty and Paul Walsh is published by the Royal...
View ArticleWoman hospitalised following Terryland collision
A woman has been hospitalised following a collision in the city this afternoon. The female pedestrian in her 20s was hit by a truck at Terryland shortly after 1pm. Gardaí and emergency services were at...
View ArticleFour women plead guilty to operating city brothel
Gardai believe four young, vulnerable Romanian women who were arrested in Galway over the weekend, were trafficked into Ireland by a criminal gang to work in brothels across the country. The four young...
View ArticleWilliamstown water restored following pollution fears
An issue with the quality of drinking water in Williamstown has been resolved. Irish Water deployed water tankers at 8pm last evening in a bid to serve the 1,100 households affected. The supply was cut...
View ArticleDocumentary series looks at city’s man-built waterways
The final episode of the current popular RTE television documentary series, ‘Building Ireland’, will look at the Corrib Navigation System and its canals as well as how the National University of...
View ArticleVirgin hopes to upgrade broadband transmission site
Virgin Media is hoping to develop its transmission site in Abbeyknockmoy. The company has applied to the county council for planning permission for the development at Glennaveel. The works will include...
View ArticleFurther disruption for Mid Galway water supply
Households and businesses served by the mid-Galway water network are to experience further disruption to their supply. It comes as Irish Water and Galway County Council are to carry out the flushing of...
View ArticleIrate driver broke off clamp with a hammer
A carpenter used a hammer to break a clamp off his car and shouted abuse at the clamper, asking him if he had nothing better to do with his time. Barry Grant (38), 42 Fana Burca, Knocknacarra, pleaded...
View ArticleMinister urged to commission report on new hospital
The Health Minister is being asked to immediately commission a new report on the need for a replacement hospital for University Hospital Galway. Speaking in the Seanad, Senator Trevor O’ Clochartaigh...
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