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Any suggestion that the bypass for Claregalway is off the agenda is unfounded, according to a local TD who was once promised the project under a different Government. But Deputy Noel Grealish is adamant that the €21 million project will be provided despite a recent statement by the Transport Minister to the contrary. The Department of… Read more »
An editorial from the Galway Advertiser has been named as a winner in a global contest to honour the best editorial writing in weekly newspapers. The Golden Quill & Golden Dozen award winners were announced by the International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors at a banquet in the University of Missouri on Sunday. The Golden Quill… Read more »
Mahatma Gandhi believed hat we must be the change we want to see in the world. This was well demonstrated when he helped India gain its independence. Gandhi was a revolutionary man, but he accomplished India’s emergence as a nation, without starting a revolution. In fact, he advocated no violence. One of the most powerful… Read more »
Two Galway women are in the running to be crowned Mum of the Year at a gala ceremony taking place next week. Asylum seeker Siphthisiwe Moyo (41), who lives in Salthill, and Bronwen O’Malley, (29) from Connemara will find out on Monday 6th of July if they will be crowned with the title. A 12 member… Read more »
Climate change, food safety, sustainable gardening and sustaining living, as well as creating beautiful gardens, are themes of this year’s Galway Garden Festival, which will take place on Saturday and Sunday July 4th and 5th at Claregalway Castle. Entertainment and revelry will also feature, with live music, family theatre, gardening and trade stands and a range… Read more »
A Galway toddler who has been swimming since he was six months old is the latest face of the baby and toddler swim school Water Babies. Charley Wiley from Corofin has been swimming with Water Babies in Claregalway since he was just six months old. Charlie was eleven months old in his prizewinning picture—and now, aged… Read more »
This house would have sold for €2 million at the height of the boom—now it’s simply busted to pieces. Thieves have ransacked and vandalised this once luxury home in Cregmore, Claregalway, leaving it a shell of its former self. In its prime, it was owned by one of the county’s leading property developers but now a… Read more »
In recent years, we have seen our elderly treated appallingly in some homes and establishments, left to languish for hours upon hours on hospital trolleys, and seen attempts to slash the old age pension and medical card schemes. Some elderly people I know say they feel ignored, left out, undervalued and disrespected. This is a… Read more »
Travelling to Tipperary on June 20th for the Division A National Féile na Gael competition, the Carnmore U14 girls pitted themselves against the very best other counties had to offer. Carnmore were based in the Ragg just outside Thurles and were grouped with Thomastown (Kilkenny), Scarriff (Clare) and Inniscarra (Cork). With only one team qualifying… Read more »
The death has occurred of Mary Sheridan, Ballinfoyle Park and formerly Lydacan, Carnmore, Oranmore, Galway. Dearly beloved sister of Gerard, Martin and Willie. Deeply regretted by her loving brothers, sister-in-law Terry, nephews Damien, James and Shane, relatives and a large circle of friends. Reposing at Síoraíocht within the grounds of the Church of the Assumption and St James,… Read more »
Monopoly chiefs—currently putting the finishing touches to their new Galway edition—have been so overwhelmed with the public response to news that a county charity is being given the opportunity to Pass GO that they have now doubled the offer. So now, two sites—instead of the initial Chance of one—are now being reserved for charities on the brand new… Read more »
As the sunny summer weather has arrived, so has a greater threat to people, especially children, of being bitten by ticks and contracting Lyme Disease. According to a recent survey by the Department of Neurology, University Hospital, Galway, Galway has one of the highest rates of Lyme Disease in Europe. “Lyme Disease is a bacterial… Read more »
Beautiful photo taken this evening by Marie Dempsey at 7pm while saying the Rosary at the Grotto in Claregalway Church.
