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Galway’s wealthiest individuals are worth a staggering €2.8 billion, according to the Rich List for 2016. And the wealth amassed by Glenamaddy brothers Luke and Brian Comer alone stands at €962 million. The former plasterers turned property magnates stand in 14th place in the list published by the Sunday Times, while they also appear at No 150… Read more »
He’s already the darling of the dance floor but now Galway’s singing star has hit new heights—with his new album shooting straight to the top of the Irish charts. It is a career high for Portumna singer Mike Denver who still lives in the South East Galway town—and this week he described it as “a… Read more »
A Claregalway mother is to walk the 1,500km from Donegal to Galway along the Wild Atlantic Way during her four weeks of annual leave to raise money for a charity which provided vital care for her grand-nephew. Eileen Crowe Lynch plans to walk 50km a day over about eight hours during the challenge which starts on… Read more »
Pupils at Claregalway’s Coláiste Bhaile Chláir are among the first in Ireland to be trained as anti-bullying ambassadors as part of the Princess Diana Trust to help eliminate bullying in schools here and in the UK. As the Claregalway College is to the forefront in the use of new technology in Ireland, the students, in… Read more »
Early this month I will be sowing my parsnips outside in the veg patch. Unlike carrots, they are relatively easy to grow (once you have persuaded them to germinate), and since they store well in the soil over the winter they are a valuable winter storage crop. I grow around 40 parsnips which is more… Read more »
Parent advocate Judith Sibley, who lives in Claregalway, will speak about Navigating clinical trials as a parent of a child with a rare disease at next week’s conference which will focus on public and parent involvement (PPI) in research, at the Westwood Hotel on Wednesday from 10am to 3.45pm. She is the mother of Lily-Mae Morrison,… Read more »
In the dying moments of extra time Athenry with the aid of strong breeze took the lead with a long range free which would secure them a third Féile title in as many years. Under the new structure of the Féile teams compete over the course of a weekend. Carnmore began their campaign at home… Read more »
A group of safety savvy children from Cregmore have reached the final of the Road Safety Authority’s Hi-Glo Silver competition. Second class pupils at Scoil Pádraig Naofa beat off stiff competition from primary schools around the country, through an online vote, to be selected as one of five finalists with their entry Glow Before You Go…. Read more »
The census is a fundamental part of our national heritage and collective knowledge, writes Deirdre Cullen, Senior Statistician, Central Statistics Office. On Sunday, 24 April, every person in County Galway will make their mark by competing, or being included on a census form. By participating in the census, we are helping to shape our understanding… Read more »
A major flood alleviation scheme on the Clare River is to commence in the next two weeks. Commenting, Deputy Hildegarde Naughton, TD for Galway West/South Mayo said; “The people of Claregalway and surrounds have just passed the six year anniversary of the flooding that left the area devastated and homes uninhabitable.” “Having spent time in… Read more »
There’s something strange about being alone in a library in the dead in night, when everyone has gone home; the librarial silence is even more silent, the expectant hum of a noiseless space long extinguished, the flapping of a turned page no longer a possibility. That sort of silence. Dead silence. And in the dark of… Read more »
THIS poem The Mission is about the death of my nephew John Divine. I had met him on the prom in Galway about a month before this and he was telling me about how he’d like to do something to surprise his mother (my sister) for her 60th birthday. We chatted for ages that… Read more »
Beautiful photo taken this evening by Marie Dempsey at 7pm while saying the Rosary at the Grotto in Claregalway Church.
