500 new homes to be fast-tracked for Galway
500 homes in the city are to be fast-tracked as part of the government’s Rebuilding Ireland Initiative. Minister of State and Galway West / South Mayo T.D, Seán Kyne says the proposed development of...
View Article€6m cardiac unit will take pressure off public hospitals
The Bon Secours Health System chief says a new cardiac unit at the Dublin Road hospital will take some pressure off Galway’s public hospitals. An Taoiseach Enda Kenny is in the city this evening to...
View ArticleAppeal against plans for nursing home on hotel site
An appeal has been lodged against plans to transform a hotel in Oranmore into a nursing home John Ferriter of Tasbeem Limited was granted planning permission by the County Council in September for the...
View ArticleFinance Minister rejects NAMA ‘lobbying’ claims
The Finance Minister has told the Dáil that NAMA received no representations from politicians that would be classed as lobbying. It’s after AAA-PBP TD Paul Murphy claimed in the Dáil that former Fine...
View ArticleGalway inventors use their heads for sports safety!
A Galway couple has created the world’s first rugby head guard to be approved as a medical device which they claim will prove crucial in the battle against concussion and brain injury. After six years...
View ArticleBallinasloe councillors still want slice of €20m fund
Councillors in Ballinasloe are still trying to give the town a dig-out from the proceeds of a €20 million fund, generated through closure of a dump in the town more than 20 years ago. Local councillors...
View ArticleTrump triggers fear for jobs in Galway-based US firms
The tremors from the election of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States of America could shake Ireland with a double whammy, a Chicago-based Galway senator has warned. Senator Billy...
View ArticleHelping smokers quit cost HSE €2.5m over five years
Galway smokers with medical cards cost the Health Service Executive (HSE) more than €2.5 million over five years for chewing gum and nicotine patches to help them to kick the habit. New figures reveal...
View ArticleN59 Action Group walk from Oughterard to Maam Cross
A group from the N.59 Action Campaign walked from Oughterard to Maam Cross this morning to further highlight the state of the main road in and out of Connemara. This latest action follows a go-slow...
View ArticleMore time sought to build Kinvara homes
More time is being sought for a residential development in Kinvara. Mike Burke has applied for an extension of planning permission for a 46-house development at Dungory West. The property market...
View ArticleDNA samples help catch burglar who ransacked city schools
The national DNA Database System, which was introduced this time last year to target serial offenders, linked one such “career criminal” to burglaries which occurred on the same night at two Galway...
View ArticleMinister commits to lakelands tourism initiative
OPW Minister and Galway East TD Sean Canney has committed to developing the planned Lakelands tourism initiative in Galway East, Roscommon, Longford and Westmeath. Minister Canney has met with Fáilte...
View ArticleCounty towns to benefit from grant scheme
Seven County Galway towns and one village will share €380,000 in funding under the Government’s scheme to ‘renew’ rural Ireland. But the tiny budget allocation was blasted as ‘throwing a bone’ to...
View ArticleSchools’ Science and Technology Festival showcase
Budding scientists who want to show their wares to the biggest audience in the west have been invited to enter their visionary projects for the spectacular final day of the 19th Galway Science &...
View ArticleLibrarians to resist future without staff
Plans to introduce ‘staffless’ libraries in Galway will be resisted – by staff. And one library assistant has made an impassioned plea to the people of Galway, to oppose unstaffed libraries. Mary...
View ArticleCompany forced to withdraw bin bag collection service
The City Bin Co has stopped its bin bag refuse collection service for residents living in the city centre. The move comes following the introduction of new Government rules requiring the use of wheelie...
View ArticleResidents up in arms over plan for mosque in house
Residents in Tonabrocky are up in arms over a decision taken by Galway City Council to include on the Draft City Development Plan the opening of a mosque at a residential property in Mincloon – this...
View ArticleHeroin dealers replaced as quickly as they are caught
Two Lithuanian heroin dealers, who received prison sentences within a week of each other for selling the drug on the streets of Galway city, were replaced by criminals as quickly as they were caught, a...
View ArticleNUIG accused of punishing women who highlighted discrimination
NUI Galway is being accused of ‘punishing’ women who highlighted gender discrimination at the university. The Irish Federation of University Teachers claims NUIG has failed to address outstanding legal...
View ArticleCall for city carpark to be converted to indoor market
A seven-day covered market is “a lung that we need in this city” – that’s according to the founder of the city’s well-known Sheridan’s Cheesemongers. Seamus Sheridan, a former Green Party general...
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