Connemara digs deep for Syria
BY DAVID CONNORS Clifden has become the hub for providing humanitarian aid from the West of Ireland to regions currently undergoing conflict, thanks to the efforts of a local cleric, community members...
View ArticleRefurbishment plan for Ballinasloe Garda Station
GaMajor refurbishment works at Ballinasloe Garda Station are set to get underway in the New Year. The project is part of a €60 million investment by the Department of Justice to rebuild and refurbish...
View ArticleTánaiste urges solution to Aran ferry crisis
The Tánaiste has urged Galway county councillors to give due consideration to all proposals put forward today in a bid to reinstate the service. The matter was brought before the Dail by Galway West...
View ArticleGardai continue bid to identify body washed up in Kilcolgan
Gardai are following a definite line of inquiry as part of their investigation into the discovery of a woman’s body in the Kilcolgan area. The discovery was made by a man while out walking his dog in...
View ArticleGarda team searches lake for woman missing for 30 years
A Garda sub-aqua team is searching a lake near the home of a Carna woman who disappeared from her home over 30 years ago. Married mother-of-seven, Barbara Walsh, was 33 years of age when she was last...
View ArticleDense fog to cause dangerous road conditions
Road users are warned to expect dangerous conditions overnight, with widespread dense fog expected across Galway this evening and into tomorrow morning. Motorists have been advised to use fog lights,...
View ArticleCity councillors approve rezoning for hospice at Merlin Park
City Councillors have this evening approved the rezoning of land at Merlin Park to allow for the construction of a planned new hospice. Following just under an hour of debate at City Hall, the majority...
View ArticleApplication to freeze cash award to rapist resolved
A rape victim’s court application to freeze a €17,000 award made to her attacker has been resolved. The application related to an award made to Darius Savickis, a Lithuanian national who raped the...
View ArticleHospice urged to amend layout of planned building
GGalway Hospice is being urged to amend its plan for a new facility at Merlin Park in the city. At a meeting of the city council last evening, councillors voted to rezone 7 acres of land at Merlin Park...
View ArticleRelief for islanders as Inis Mór ferry reinstated
The Inis Mór ferry departed from Cill Ronan this evening as normal after the service was temporarily reinstated for the Christmas period. The ferry service will operate until January 4th while talks...
View ArticleReview threatens new cuts to Galway East constituency
There will be voter outrage in Galway East as the Government plans to pluck another 3,000 votes from the region and into the Roscommon dominated constituency. Efforts are being made to restore the...
View ArticleFather fined over assault as daughter’s big day descends into chaos
An estranged father of seven who caused a scene at his daughter’s confirmation has been ordered to pay over €2,000 in fines and expenses after he was convicted at Tuam District Court of assault, breach...
View ArticleTide turns on State funding for flood relief
State authorities should fund individual flood barriers and other mitigation measures for homes in areas that do not meet the current cost benefit analysis criteria, according to a submission by Galway...
View ArticleFree parking in county towns begins today
Free parking will be provided in towns across the county for the Christmas period, starting today. Galway County Council has voted to provide free parking from 11am over the Christmas period to help...
View ArticleSaolta hospitals’€100k PR bill slammed as ‘outrageous’
The cost of hiring a private consultancy to provide PR and communications advice to public hospitals in the West, including three in Galway, has been slammed as “outrageous”. Saolta University...
View Article750 patients waited on trolleys in November
Almost 750 patients spent time on a trolley at UHG and Portiuncula Hospital in November. At UHG, 594 patients waited on trolleys last month – an increase of almost 20% on the same period last year. At...
View ArticleGovernment considering LE Aisling museum proposal
A recently decommissioned Irish naval ship may be turned into a museum in Galway. The idea of using the LÉ Aisling as a visitor attraction in the city, has been floated with Government. Paul Kehoe,...
View ArticleTuam’s traffic lights are controlled from Dublin!
Tuam’s traffic woes are being dictated by a private firm in Dublin which has control of the three sets of traffic lights along the N17 through the town. But officials of Galway County Council insist...
View ArticleNo home help until someone else on the list dies
People in Galway, who need home-help, are forced to wait for someone to die before they are allocated hours under the scheme, it has been claimed. Galway County Councillor Mary Hoade (FF) said she is...
View ArticleMeeting to discuss recommended local authority merger
A special meeting of Galway County Council will take place tomorrow (Monday) to discuss a controversial report which recommends the merging of the city and county councils. A report published by the...
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