Lack of vision choking city with traffic
Increasing traffic volumes in the city – estimated to be up by 10% so far this year – is impeding Galway’s growth and investment, according to a leading local business representative. Dr. Chris...
View ArticleNearly 100,000 journeys in HSE Park and Ride scheme
The staff Park and Ride service between Merlin Park Hospital and University Hospital Galway has been hailed a huge success by the HSE. There were a total of 97,913 journeys on the service in the first...
View ArticleCouncil contracts worth €1.6m not properly tendered for
The Local Government Auditor has found that 19 contracts worth over €1.6 million were not properly tendered for in a sample survey conducted in Galway City Council. When contracts were tendered for,...
View ArticleEmotional tributes paid to popular council official
‘A true gentleman, an excellent ambassador and a dedicated public official’. These are some of the words used to describe Galway County Council Director of Services Liam Gavin, who died last week at...
View ArticleFree parking initiative in county towns
Galway County Council has voted unanimously to provide free parking in all county towns from 11am over the Christmas period. The initiative was first introduced in 2014 to help boost local businesses...
View ArticleOvernight raid at business premises in Headford
Gardaí are investigating following an attempted burglary at a Headford business premises in the early hours of this morning. Gardaí are appealing for witnesses following the incident at Monaghan’s...
View ArticleDragon to donate Aran holiday home proceeds to homeless
An Aran Islands holiday home is to be offered up for auction before Christmas with all proceeds to go to homeless charities Focus Ireland and Cope Galway. The six-bed property located on Inis Mór is...
View ArticleGalway Wind Park contributes €90m to Irish economy
Galway Wind Park has already contributed almost €90 million to the Irish economy despite not being set to fully open until next year. That’s according to a new report launched by Environment Minister...
View ArticleSeries of public consultations on Galway tourism strategy
The first series of public consultations on a new tourism strategy for the city and county will get underway in Connemara from tomorrow and in Gort and the city from next week Galway County Council and...
View ArticleMinister to open water treatment plants
Minister Simon Coveney will be in Galway on Friday to officially open new wastewater treatment plants at Milltown and Claregalway. Construction began last year following a €5 million investment by...
View ArticleTaoiseach agrees to look at moving services from UHG to Merlin
An Taoiseach Enda Kenny has agreed that the Government should consider moving services from UHG to Merlin Park to relieve pressure on the Emergency Department. The issue was raised in the Dail this...
View ArticleAction urged on threat to local post office network
Households and businesses across the city and county are being urged to take action in safeguarding the future of the post office network. Roscommon-Galway TD Eugene Murphy brought the matter to...
View ArticleCouncil chief to meet ferry operator over withdrawal of service
The Acting County Chief Executive Kevin Kelly is to meet the operator of the Inis Mór ferry service over a decision to withdraw the winter service from tomorrow. Island Ferries Teo has confirmed that...
View ArticleResidents put spoke in wheel of cycleway
Angry residents on the east side of the city held a meeting to voice their concern over the proposed route for the Roscam-to-Renmore section of the Galway-to-Dublin cycleway. Residents were outraged by...
View ArticleHSE defends stance over charity cash
The Health Service Executive (HSE) maintains its decision-making in relation to a controversy over the non-transfer of funding to a Galway-based children’s charity was “appropriate”. Chief Officer Tony...
View ArticleCouncil turns up the heat with €2.4m new boilers plan
All Council houses in the city are in line to get a new boiler in the coming years. Galway City Council has announced it is rolling out a boiler replacement programme on its social housing stock of...
View ArticleNaval Service may intervene in Aran ferry crisis
Gaeltacht Minister Sean Kyne says the use of the Irish Naval Service to provide a short-term service to residents on Inis Mór is being explored. It follows the planned withdrawal of the winter service...
View ArticleRough sleepers double in a year on streets of Galway
THERE are now almost 20 people sleeping rough on the streets of Galway city – almost twice as many as previous years – according to the leading local charity dealing with homelessness. A volatile...
View ArticleOranmore choir hits right note for Late Late Toy Show
A group of 73 Galway girls are preparing for the experience of a lifetime – when they perform for an estimated audience of one and a half million this Friday night. Because the Scoil Mhuire Senior...
View ArticleAran Islands face up to life without a ferry service
Islanders have woken up today with no ferries between Inis Mór and the mainland until next March – after the operator made good on his threat to pull the service after a compromise agreement on levies...
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