Galway schools secure 29 additional resource teachers
Galway schools have secured 29 additional resource teaching posts since September. There are now almost 515 resource teachers in Galway, providing over 12,300 teaching hours across primary and second...
View ArticleDesign team appointed for new school building in Tuam
The contract for the design of Phase 1 of a new school building for Archbishop McHale College in Tuam has been awarded. The Galway-Roscommon Education and Training Board has awarded the contract to a...
View ArticleAthenry to host march to show support for Apple
A solidarity march will be held in Athenry on Sunday to show support for Apple’s planned development of a major data centre in the town. It comes as the tech giant has asked the High Court to...
View ArticleOne in eight Galway men at risk of prostate cancer
Around 187 men in Galway are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year. That’s according to new figures from the Irish Cancer Society. The charity says one in eight Galway men are at risk of getting...
View ArticleN59 campaigners lead traffic go-slow through city
Motorists are advised to expect delays this afternoon as the N59 Action Group takes its campaign to the city. The group is leading a ‘go-slow’ procession led by heavy goods vehicles in a bid to...
View ArticleGalway car sales buck national trend
New car sales across Galway were up last month, bucking the national trend. 79 cars were sold during October, up from 73 in October 2015. So far this year, 5,806 new cars have been bought across...
View ArticleStep forward for long-awaited upgrade of N63
The tender for improvement works on the N63 between Abbeyknockmoy and Annagh Hill has been advertised. Galway County Council has published the tender for the €6.3 million scheme which is expected to...
View Article20 percent drop in Galway company insolvencies
There’s been a 20 percent drop in the number of Galway firms being declared insolvent. Figures from business services firm Vision-Net show that so far this year, 40 companies across the county have...
View ArticleCourt brings forward hearings due to Garda strike
Galway Circuit Criminal Court cases which were due to be held tomorrow were listed instead today, as a result of the impending Garda strike. Nationally, the Courts Service says people should assume...
View ArticleHousing shortage leaves 15 Syrian families in limbo
The process of resettling 15 Syrian refugee families across the county has been delayed as the local authority tries to source appropriate accommodation. It prompted Junior Minister Sean Canney to...
View ArticleTeachers’ strike threatens classroom chaos
Worried exam students and parents are facing a post-Hallowe’en nightmare as the mid-term break looks set to be extended indefinitely on the back of the ongoing industrial action by teachers. Boards of...
View ArticleCalls grow to allow deported Brazilian to return with his Galway bride
Claims of a sham marriage between a Brazilian man and his Ballinasloe bride have now officially been dismissed by the authorities – but the groom cannot sign his own marriage licence because he is...
View ArticleConvicted rapist struck one month after arrival
A convicted rapist – who had only been in Ireland for a month – viciously beat and tried to rape a woman while holding her against her will in Ballinasloe town last year. Stefan Macina (33), of no...
View ArticleGardaí review CCTV after city centre assault
Gardaí are reviewing CCTV footage in a bid to catch the culprits of an assault in the city centre last night. The incident happened at the junction of Upper Abbeygate Street and Mary Street at around...
View Article55 redundancies at Connemara-based company
A Connemara-based company has announced that it’s to let go 55 staff. HID Global Ireland Teoranta in An Tulach, Baile na hAbhann has decided to transfer its inlay production to another of its group...
View ArticleFour Galway water supplies removed from EPA risk list
Four water supplies across the county have been removed from the Environmental Protection Agency’s latest Remedial Action List published this week. Irish Water says works carried out over recent years...
View ArticleNew city outer bypass design set to go on display
The controversial new city bypass proposal will go to a public display stage later this month at the County and City Hall offices in the city. According to a public notice published this week, the...
View ArticleParishioners shocked at revelations of developer’s proposal
The Diocese of Galway has reacted angrily to outline proposals for the redevelopment of Eyre Square – which would involve the demolition of St Patrick’s Church – saying it has had absolutely no...
View ArticleReceiver sells apartment owned by former Galway minister
A receiver working for a US vulture fund has sold off a two-bed apartment owned by former Fianna Fáil government minister Frank Fahey in an online auction. The apartment in ‘The Steeples’ student...
View ArticleHuge rise in numbers seeking gastric bypass surgery in Galway
Galway’s obesity problem is getting so big the city’s two public hospitals are expanding services to help treat the growing numbers of overweight patients. A total of 72 patients are on an outpatients...
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