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Despite committing to spending almost €800,000 already, the Department of Transport has abandoned plans to provide an inner relief road for traffic-choked Claregalway. In a written response the Minister said that he was not in a position to commit any further expenditure to this project—the announcement will come as a major disappointment to local residents. It… Read more »
Recently, I climbed Croagh Patrick for the charity I work for, Gorta Self Help Africa, with my wife and two daughters. For anyone unfamiliar with Croagh Patrick, it’s close on 800 metres in height and takes about four to five hours to climb and return in total. It’s a long way to climb and seems… Read more »
Turloughmore Mum Alice Shaughnessy and her 11-month-old twins Allegra and Francesca are one of seven families in Ireland chosen to share their toddler tales and experiences in an online community. Toddlebox is a new feeding and nutrition website dedicated to families with toddlers. The Toddlebox challenge is to share tales from their toddler’s high chair and… Read more »
One Galway charity is getting the opportunity to land on a prime location on the brand new Monopoly board for the county, it is being announced today. So it means the Galway Monopoly makers shall be re-opening their vote lines—which have now closed—after deciding to offer one site on the official new board to a worthy Galway… Read more »
The team behind RTÉ’s acclaimed Second Captains are getting behind the sixth running of a special race that helps raise funds to help a young Galway man who suffered life-changing injuries in a work fall. That’s because one of the show’s stars, Ciaran Murphy, is a native of Milltown—home parish of Ollie Burke, who is… Read more »
Despite the inclement weather the annual walk organised by Ginalee Healy in the fight against teenage depression went ahead on Monday last. The walk from Loughgeorge to Claregalway is organised each year by Ginalee to highlight and support the ongoing battle for the many people who have to suffer from the dreaded disease and when it… Read more »
Galway actor Eugene Horan recently took centre stage in front of one thousand people including the legendary Al Pacino and performed an impression of the Hollywood icon. This unique opportunity came about when celebrity event specialists Olexy Productions were so impressed by a monologue they watched online of Eugene performing Pacino’s famous inspirational speech from the hit movie Any Given Sunday…. Read more »
A truck driver had a lucky escape when part of the Monivea Road he was driving over collapsed on Monday morning due to a burst water main which left up to 500 households without water for the day. The truck driver had to be towed from the hole which emerged over a 60m stretch of… Read more »
A Canadian e-commerce company is to set up a customer service base in Galway, leading to the creation of 50 jobs by early next year. What makes this jobs announcement unique is that those recruited for the company will work from the comfort of their own home or their favourite café but still be part of… Read more »
Community organisations, business representatives, state agencies, rural and tourism interests and members of the public throughout Co. Galway have been invited to attend a one day conference in the Connemara Coast Hotel, Furbo on Thursday, June 4 to share their views and input into the County Galway Six Year Local Economic and Community Plan. This one-day… Read more »
After eight years of losing their nest to tides, a pair of swans have successfully hatched five cygnets in Oranmore, thanks to a special man-made floating raft. The raft is a joint project between Conservation Volunteers Galway and Oranmore Tidy Towns and is led by GMIT’s Peter Butler. “I moved to Oranmore last year and… Read more »
Ronan Scully has a great understanding of the situation in Africa and is sure he can help people such as those in the photos with sustainable projects. Operation Transformation star and renowned fundraiser Ronan Scully is undertaking the Great Ethiopian Run again this November, and is looking for volunteers to join him. Scully has already… Read more »
Beautiful photo taken this evening by Marie Dempsey at 7pm while saying the Rosary at the Grotto in Claregalway Church.
