Galway scientists study the air that we breathe
Galway scientists are leading a new study which will definitively point the finger at the greatest source of air pollution – which could result in a massive transformation in how we heat our homes....
View ArticleHotels blast back at ‘widespread abuse’ claims
The hospitality industry in the city has rubbished claims by a Galway senator of “widespread abuse” of conditions, payments and rights for younger and non-national workers. Sinn Féin’s Trevor Ó...
View ArticleSchool bus route reinstated following local campaign
A popular school bus route in the city has been reinstated following a local campaign which saw hundreds of pupils take to the streets of the city in protest. It follows a recent decision from Bus...
View ArticleGMIT to make statement on funding crisis
GMIT is to make an announcement next week regarding the future management of the institute. It follows the recent revelation by President Dr. Fergal Barry that a funding crisis facing GMIT is...
View ArticleGardai identify body found in Kilcolgan
Gardaí have confirmed that remains found in Galway Bay near Kilcolgan last week are those of a woman who had been missing from Doolin. Maria Hennigar (35) had been reported missing on November 22, but...
View ArticleGardaí issue warning on phone scammers
The Gardaí have issued a warning as ‘Revenue’ phone scammers target more homes in County Galway. The bogus callers, purporting to be from the Revenue service, has cast their net wider, and are now...
View ArticleTransport Minister to meet with N59 action group
The N59 Action Group in Connemara is to meet the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Shane Ross, early in the New Year. This will be the highest level meeting so far about the controversial...
View ArticleEnvironmentalists consider taking Council to Euro Commission
Environmentalist groups are considering taking Galway City Council to the European Commission over the feared erosion of green spaces in the city. It follows claims that the local authority is ‘making...
View ArticleGalway business deploys dogs to sniff out rodents
A Galway pest-control company is employing sniffer dogs to help people to ‘sleep tight, and don’t let the bedbugs bite’! As well as using a Springer Spaniel to detect bedbugs, city-based West Pest also...
View ArticleHayshed fire leaves farmer with €7,000 brigade bill
A Connemara farmer had to fork out a staggering €7,000 for the fire brigade to put out his blaze in a hayshed close to his home. It has been suggested that the charges imposed by the Galway Fire...
View ArticleVulture fund to auction Tuam development
Tuam’s attractiveness as a location for property investors will be put under the spotlight next week when a US vulture fund auctions off a large apartment and retail development in the town. The Lár na...
View ArticleSerious injuries following Tuam crash
One person was seriously injured and two others hospitalised following a single vehicle road crash at Browngrove, Tuam in the early hours of today. The road on the Dunmore side of Brownsgrove is...
View ArticleHIQA inspection finds nobody in charge of care home
An inspection of Lough Corrib Nursing Home near Headford by the Health Information and Quality Authority found “major non-compliance” with staffing requirements and no person in charge. HIQA paid...
View ArticleNo evidence found in lake search for woman missing since 1985
No new information was gleaned from the search of a lake in Carna last week as part of an investigation into the disappearance of a local woman more than 30 years ago. A Garda sub-aqua team spent two...
View ArticleTuam retail unit up for auction at 5% of boom time price
A prominent retail building in the centre of Tuam – bought at the height of the property boom for €1.5 million – is to go for auction next week with a reserve price of just €85,000. That represents a...
View ArticleEast Galway burglaries for discussion at meeting
A recent spate of burglaries in the East Galway area is expected to come in for lengthy discussions when Galway County Council and the Gardai host a public meeting in Ballinasloe on tomorrow Monday....
View ArticlePublic meeting on cuts to rural bus services
A public meeting will be held in Tuam tomorrow to discuss concerns over the feared withdrawal of key rural bus services across the county. It comes as Bus Eireann is considering a plan to restructure...
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Sarah is Ireland’s oldest citizen at age of 108
Ireland’s oldest citizen likes nothing more than a cup of tea, a chat in her native Irish and her cat Snowy beside her. Seán Ó Mainín met her at her family home in Sruthán, Carraroe and talked to her...
View ArticleLittle appetite for substantial change at South Park
A consultant’s report on the development of the recreation and amenity zoned lands at South Park in the Claddagh has recommended improvement in current facilities and further facility provision. The...
View ArticleOnly 20 burial plots remain in city cemetery
There are a little over 20 new burial plots remaining at the city cemetery in Bohermore. City Council Chief Executive Brendan McGrath said existing plots would continue to be opened but there were just...
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