This is a response to a Letter to the Editor from last week by Councillor Nuala Nolan, which you can find here. Dear Editor, In the editorial of the Galway Independent on Wednesday 26th of February, you ask a very pertinent question in discussing the local elections, “Is the €460,000 spent on Galway City Councillors… Read more »
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Dear Editor, There is a lot of confusion out there among the new Irish and EU citizens resident in Ireland as to who can vote in the various Elections the information below is taken from the Citizens Information website which will clarify the issue. “If you have applied and been approved for Irish citizenship, you… Read more »
The Reform Alliance, which includes Senator Fidelma Healy Eames, Denis Naughten TD and five other members of the Oireachtas are hosting a public Reform Conference in the RDS on Saturday the 25th of January 2014. Speaking in advance of the event, Senator Eames said the conference hopes to create ideas for job creation in Galway… Read more »
Dear Editor, The HSE setting up Centres of Excellence was so that all services based within a wide catchment area would be under one roof. This was in order to save money and that you’d have a more effective service for patients. But Centres of Excellence must mean best practice in all areas of service… Read more »
Senator Fidelma Healy Eames has tabled an Amendment to be heard by Minister Reilly at Report Stage tomorrow (Monday) on the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013 for medical abortions to be performed on the foetus under anaesthetic. This is a Seanad Amendment and no discussion was heard on same in the Dáil debate…. Read more »
Following an article by Declan Tierney last week regarding Claregalway Bypass, this letter has been sent to the Editor for publication. Dear Sir, As your article “Bypass go-ahead despite motorway development” included me in your photo while campaigning in 2006, I write to express surprise at the conclusion expressed in the article that a bypass… Read more »
Estimated Electricity Bills are causing untold hardship to many a struggling householders over the last number of months. We know this from reports from the St. Vincent de Paul organisation which has been inundated with requests from young families who get an enormous bills for support. This situation is unsustainable they say. Cllr Nuala Nolan… Read more »
Dear Editor, The Following websites could be very helpful for anyone researching their Family Trees online in preparation for the “Gathering”. www.ellisisland.org Free record research for emigrants to US arriving in New York. www.nationalarchives.ie Free Irish 1901 and 1911 Census search plus much more. www.familysearch.org Latter Day Saints have the largest Database of Births, Marriages… Read more »
Both Galway County and City Council should provide a research genealogical centre in the City Centre for the “Gathering”. Cllr Nuala Nolan says that visitors coming to Galway for the “Gathering” will want to check records to find long lost relations or visit the areas where their ancestors have come from, we must do everything… Read more »
Dear Editor, We are all suffering from the effects of the “Housing Bubble” but there is a “Dependency Bubble” looming, which if we ignore will be more divesting than anything we have ever experienced. The reason for this is the recent figures given by the Central Statistics Office which show that the number of people… Read more »
To have any form of decent mental health, a person needs to have hope for the future along, with a belief that life has a purpose regardless of one’s state of health or wealth. Our grandparents believed you got Crosses in life to make you stronger, which they bore with dignity and mostly silence. Men’s… Read more »
There was much anger in the Rooaunmore area last week when a number of cars assembled in another night of utter stupidity and danger when a group of young car drivers and friends put their own lives and the lives of several others at risk on the main N 63 road. For over an hour… Read more »