Galway City Outer Bypass represents best cost-benefit return of all national projects announced today July 17 Further to confirmation just received from the Department of Transport, I am delighted to announce that the Galway City Outer By-Pass will be approved in the capital allocations for PHASE 2 funding this afternoon. This is the first formal confirmation… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor, Through your pages would you permit me to express my sincere thanks to all of the people of Galway and the west of Ireland who lent their support to the work of Self Help Africa, in the past year. We are well aware that many people have less money to spend, and less… Read more »
Cllr Nuala Nolan says that commuters in Galway City have had a torturous week and hopes it will not be repeated ever! Cllr Nolan says she has received a large number of emails and representations from weary and angry commuters who have gone through a week which they hope they will never have to go… Read more »
Waiting lists will never end under FF & Harney—3,598 wait over three months in Galway Hospitals. Galway West Fine Gael Senator Fidelma Healy Eames has described the latest figures on hospital waiting lists in Galway published this week as proof, yet again, that the Health Minister and the Fianna Fáil Government have no ambition to end waiting lists. Senator… Read more »
Dear Sir/Madam, I am writing to complain about the selective journalism that your newsletter’s staff appears to have adopted as policy. As a hardworking businessman in Claregalway trying to build up my business it is disgusting to see the intimidating behaviour that those of us who choose not to advertise in your magazine are subject… Read more »
On August 4th 2004, signs and fly posting in Claregalway were listed and sent to Galway County Council Environment Department; the list was also published in Nuacht Chláir. The dirty and unkempt state of Claregalway village was also described. The fly posters were subsequently removed; the village was not cleaned. In August 2005 the dirty condition… Read more »
Dear Sir/Madam, I live in the centre of Claregalway village (Lakeview Estate). On 2nd of August 2004 (August Bank Holiday) I walked from where I live to the 40 mile speed limit side at both ends of the village on the N17. This is what I saw on the footpaths and hard shoulders. Walking from… Read more »
ESB powerline pylons—Are you aware of the real costs? Are they coming to a town near you? Are you aware that 1 in 3 people in this country will develop cancer? Are you aware that the air you breathe within 500m of high voltage powerlines can seriously damage you health? Are you aware that recent… Read more »
In a recent issue of Nuacht Chláir, there was a very interesting article on rubbish and recycling, hopefully readers will keep a copy for reference. Rubbish and its disposal is very topical at present. Recycling in this country is only beginning and must be encouraged and supported by local authorities and communities alike and every… Read more »
by Sean Flanagan I have been asked: What do I think of the appearance of Claregalway village? I don’t know whether this is a question that exercises the minds of many people in a collective sense with the notable exception of the Amenity Group and some individual householders. To address the question I will broaden… Read more »
RE: Townland Names—Baile Chláir/Baile Cláir na Gaillimhe Claregalway Amenity Group received a letter from Galway County Council stating that Claregalway is described in Irish as Baile Chláir. It was then forwarded to the Ordnance Survey Office in Phoenix Park, Dublin 8 and the following is the reply we received: Tagraím do litir faoin Iogainm Baile… Read more »
Dear Sir, May I make a few comments on Letter to the Editor in the March issue of Nuacht Chláir? Thank you. This publication is, is it not, a local newsletter? Therefore, we expect to read local news. Anybody who wishes to may submit articles on a topic which would be of interest to the… Read more »