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A Table Quiz been organised by Westside Community Centre and Westside Men’s Club to raise funds for Self Help Africa at 6.30pm in the Commercial Boat Club next Friday night the 11th of November.

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Teachers should be trained in psychometric testing and evidence-based learning interventions SNA only one part of overall care picture As the opposition continue to play politics with the SNA issue, Fine Gael Spokesperson on Social Protection, Senator Fidelma Healy Eames speaking in Seanad Eireann on Thursday last, called for parents of children with special needs… Read more »

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The meeting rooms and the mortuary church in Claregalway are to be renamed.  The meeting room will now be called Cairdeas, which translated means friendship, to acknowledge the importance of community and friendships that develop through such facilities.  

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Commuters and pedestrians in Claregalway are being put at risk because of Galway County Council’s failure to address drainage issues in the town, a local shopkeeper has warned. John Raftery, who runs the Centra in the village, says a blocked drain is causing the problem, creating a very dangerous situation. On Friday, the flooding stretched… Read more »

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Nolumus Mutari – Statement by Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan T.D., on the the Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Houses of the Oireachtas Inquiries) Bill 2011 There are many eminent graduates of the King’s Inns, who still remain true to the King’s Inns motto, inscribed on their emblem – “Nolumus Mutari! – We shall not… Read more »

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Claregalway Neighbourhood Watch is being launched by the Claregalway Community Development Association Venue is Claregalway Hotel Date – 7th November 2011 Time – 8.30pm Speakers include: Garda Pat Flanagan – Galway Crime Prevention Officer

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From a correspondent- Absence of a proper sewage treatment plant and disposal facility in Claregalway or any evidence of actions to deliver same is a matter of major import. It is now 18 months since Ryan Hanly published their report on flooding on the Clare river. In particular, in Section 6.4.1. on Human Health they… Read more »

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CLAREGALWAY-based company Team BDS has secured a major international framework agreement that will see them provide innovation and lean management support to over 200 businesses in Britain. Team BDS, who have their head office in Claregalway, have just been awarded the three-year contract by the Scottish government’s economic development agency.

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Operators vow to fight on but absence of commercial airline leaves a massive hole By Dara Bradley, Connacht Tribune. Aer Arann delivered a hammer blow to beleaguered Galway Airport yesterday when the airline announced it was withdrawing its services from Carnmore, effectively closing the commercial element of the facility and putting scores of jobs at… Read more »

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Dear Editor, The 7 Presidential Candidates have either got the Nomination of their Political Parties or have got the nomination or 4 Councils. This is no easy achievement so it is quite disturbing to see those people being the subject of tabloid journalism. Each of the 7 candidates have given to the community over many… Read more »

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R.I.P. Mary Mannion (née O’Loughlin), Lydican, Oranmore, Co Galway. Peacefully, surrounded by her family. Beloved wife of John and loving mother of Maria, Sean and Eamon; sadly missed by her loving husband and children, her brother Patrick, sister Kathleen, mother-in-law Nellie, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nephew, nieces, grandnephews and grandnieces, relatives, neighbours and many sincere friends. Reposing… Read more »

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Fine Gael Seanad spokesperson on Social Protection, Fidelma Healy Eames, has proposed an innovative new approach that increases support for parents and simultaneously saves the State millions of Euro. By diverting a portion of monies spent on the Back to School Allowance (BTSA) and investing it in a School Book Rental Scheme, parents in receipt… Read more »