Galway Chamber and Galway City Council are in negotiations about the potential for Galway Airport to be used as a permanent Park and Ride facility, it was confirmed yesterday. A senior City Hall official has confirmed that the local authority is looking at the possibility of using the Carnmore facility as a base for a… Read more »
Yearly Archives: 2012
Claregalway Agricultural show will be held in Duffys Equestrian Centre in Rockwood, Claregalway on Sunday, August 19th this year. The committee is very lucky to have this excellent venue with all the facilities it provides again this year to host the show. Sincere thanks to the Duffy family who, year in year out, allow the… Read more »
There was a buzz in the place from once the first of the Kearney visitors descended on Lackagh on Friday evening for the first ever Kearney family reunion in Lackagh. Frank Kearney, who had compiled a comprehensive family tree, had taken the gamble on organising a family reunion that cover all descendents of Patrick Kearney… Read more »
A potential location for temporary buildings for the new community college in Claregalway has been suggested at the community grounds close to the local community centre. “Trustees with GAA club and the Community Centre have given their agreement to locate the temporary buildings there, if this is what is desired or required by the new… Read more »
Claregalway U-14s in the Co. Football Championship Semi-final On Friday next (27th.) the Claregalway U-14 footballers play the Co. semi-final against Clarinbridge in Clarinbridge at 7pm. We are asking all followers who can, to turnout in numbers for this game as Claregalway strive to reach the Co. final. Already this year they have performed with… Read more »
2012 is proving a very busy year for Claregalway Handball Club. The summer would normally be the quietest time for the club and members, however in only our 3rd year into the Club’s “rebirth”, some players have just come back from competing in the One Wall Nationals in City West and our boys U15 and… Read more »
This week the start of an influx of visitors to the Lackagh area commenced when seventeen descendents of Kearney’s of Lackagh arrived on Tuesday morning, most of them visiting Ireland for the first time as the come to join in the family reunion of Kearney’s of Lackagh which will take place for the first time… Read more »
The ill-fated and much postponed M17/18 Gort to Tuam motorway link of the Atlantic Corridor route looks as if it is back on track, as part of the EU-backed €2 billion stimulus package announced by the Government on Tuesday. The EU backing means banks will not be over-exposed to loans made to fund the project,… Read more »
The patron of the proposed new community college in Claregalway is expected to be announced by the Government soon, and it is hoped that the school will be open by September 2013. The campaign for building a community college in Claregalway has been gathering momentum for several years, and it is expected that the school… Read more »
The strive to become more self-sufficient is often viewed in some quarters as inherently selfish—closing oneself off from the world and producing only enough food for your own needs (and to hell with the rest of you). In reality, I’ve found that self-sufficiency is in many ways a misnomer—as I’ve strived to become more self-sufficient, I’ve… Read more »
Claregalway U14 Ladies captured the Division 4 League Title when they defeated St Gabriels in a close game on Friday evening in Maree Pitch. Claregalway lead at halftime by 1–2 to 0–2 with Orla O’Gorman getting a fine goal and Laura King kicking the points. Early in the second half St Gabriels hit the Claregalway… Read more »
Galway City Outer Bypass represents best cost-benefit return of all national projects announced today July 17 Further to confirmation just received from the Department of Transport, I am delighted to announce that the Galway City Outer By-Pass will be approved in the capital allocations for PHASE 2 funding this afternoon. This is the first formal confirmation… Read more »