The owners of the Galway Shopping Centre are optimistic they can secure funding for their €200 million revamp into a ‘Liffey Valley’ type development. In a submission to the City Council, Lindat Ltd said the project did not progress because of the worldwide economic collapse. The company—owned by Pat Doherty’s Harcourt Developments—has sought an extra… Read more »
Carnmore Hurling Club held their AGM shortly before Christmas. Patrick Killilea, Sheila Fox and Kevin Shaughnessy will all return to the top table as Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer respectively. Other officers reappointed include Noel Grealish (Assistant Chairman), Mike Fox (Delegate), Declan Walsh (Coaching Officer), Nóirín Hynes (Irish Language Officer) and Pakie Fox (Heritage Officer). Aaron… Read more »
CEO of Galway Simon Community, Bill Griffin said Galway Simon is currently dealing with up to 120 poverty-stricken local families each day through its outreach service in an attempt to prevent them from entering homelessness. Rising unemployment is having a severe impact on such families, who are ill-equipped to deal with the circumstances they find… Read more »
The 8th annual Teddy Bear Hospital at NUI Galway will take place Thursday and Friday 24th and 25th of January. The event will see over 1,500 sick teddy bears admitted to the hospital, accompanied by their minders, 1,500 primary school children. The event is organised by the Sláinte Society, the NUI Galway branch of the… Read more »
January is known as the month of friendship and honouring those true friends. Friendship is like manna from heaven—it is essential to our humanity and we could not live without it. Ever since time began, we have been offering the hand of friendship to one another. However, many in today’s world seem to think we… Read more »
Last year was a record breaking year at Ireland West Airport Knock with passenger numbers exceeding 700,000 for the first time in the airport’s 29-year history. In 2014, the annual number of passengers using the airport increased by over 38,000 to 703,324—an increase of nearly 6% on 2013 numbers. The airport now serves over twenty international destinations… Read more »
After years of speculation, it’s been confirmed that the Presentation and Mercy Secondary Schools are to merge in 2016. Trustee body CEIST announced that the two girls’ schools will amalgamate from September 2016 on the Presentation Road. The new city centre school will cater for over 500 pupils. A spokesperson for CEIST this week offered… Read more »
As construction officially starts on the new M17/M18 Tuam to Gort motorway and the Tuam Bypass this Thursday January 15th, work on this massive piece of piece of infrastructure will mean millions of euro to the local economy over the next four years. The new route is also expected to bring more industries to the… Read more »
Galway Airport has re-opened to corporate flights. The first corporate jet under the facility’s new licence arrived yesterday Tuesday, from Stuttgart in Germany. The executive jet, a Citation, had two crew and seven passengers on board who intend to be in Galway for a short stay and visit Connemara. The airport has obtained a new… Read more »
It’s that time of year again, the turkeys are well gone, the presents are unwrapped and you want to start your year off with a bit of shopping seeing as the sales are on, you might as well take advantage of all the lovely things on offer, but make sure you know your rights! The… Read more »
It’s time to stand-to betwixt night and day As the god of the east sends darkness away, In grey mists of dawn amongst the bamboo, An alien wild world that few of us knew. A malaria tablet and a couple of salt pills, Washed down with rum the cure of all ills, Each man peering… Read more »
New Year’s resolutions sometimes get a bad wrap, because they seem to represent the folly and flightiness of the human spirit. We start off the year with grand intentions to eat only salads, walk/run/swim 100 miles a week, and to do Bikram yoga in a sauna until we weigh as much as a baby sparrow…. Read more »
