GalwayIndependent.com Local News Feed http://www.galwayindependent.com Sat, 17 May 2008 08:33:39 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.galwayindependent.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.galwayindependent.com GalwayIndependent.com Local News Feed http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5968&Itemid=82 A report by the Health Research Board shows that figures for people attending rehabilitation for drug use in Galway doubled between 2001 and 2006. Thu, 15 May 2008 11:36:22 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5967&Itemid=82 Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny has said that children waiting for speech and language therapy in Galway are missing out on vital services due to the HSE's recruitment ban. Thu, 15 May 2008 11:35:57 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5966&Itemid=82 A man has been taken to hospital following a crash on the main Dublin to Galway road at Moyvilla this morning. Thu, 15 May 2008 11:35:27 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5965&Itemid=82 Oughterard Fine Gael has announced that Nobel Peace Prize winner, John Hume will give the first Jim McQuinn memorial lecture. Thu, 15 May 2008 11:35:01 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5955&Itemid=82 The British Council has challenged hundreds of 18 to 35 year olds in Northern Ireland and Ireland to take action to cut carbon use by applying to join an exciting pan-European programme launched to explore options that will change the way we use carbon forever. Wed, 14 May 2008 10:33:51 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5954&Itemid=82 A second year Civil Law student at NUI, Galway, has won an €8,000 travel voucher from Bank of Ireland as a result of obtaining a Bank of Ireland Student Credit Card this year. Wed, 14 May 2008 10:31:46 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5953&Itemid=82 The Clarenbridge Lifestyle Garden Centre will be holding a BBQ in aid of Colga FC in their new centre this Friday 16 May from 4pm to 9pm. Wed, 14 May 2008 10:28:31 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5952&Itemid=82 A Mervue man who was detected driving without insurance while already disqualified from driving was sentenced to four months in prison at Galway District Court this week. Wed, 14 May 2008 10:27:59 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5951&Itemid=82 Two Galway men, one visually impaired, the other a kidney transplant recipient, are preparing to embark on a 1,000 kilometre cycle from Spain to the Spanish Arch in July. Wed, 14 May 2008 10:26:50 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5950&Itemid=82 One of Galway's best-known construction companies has announced that it is to revert to 2003 property prices, slashing house prices by up to €75,000 in some instances, as part of a major discount event this weekend. Wed, 14 May 2008 10:24:53 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5949&Itemid=82 A fundraising night is to take place on Saturday 31 May 31 at Galwegians RFC for six year old Ethan Smyth. Wed, 14 May 2008 10:23:54 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5948&Itemid=82 The Irish Hotels Federation (IHF) has welcomed the appointment of Martin Cullen, TD, as Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism and paid tribute to the valuable contribution made by his predecessor Séamus Brennan, TD. Wed, 14 May 2008 10:22:55 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5947&Itemid=82 The Connacht Tribune has confirmed that it is to close its 99-year-old printing operations this July in the face of increasing competition and technology demands. Wed, 14 May 2008 10:21:59 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5946&Itemid=82 Residents of The West area of the city have lost their battle against plans for the €50 million hotel that is to be built on the old Connacht Laundry site at the top of Henry Street. Wed, 14 May 2008 10:20:50 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5945&Itemid=82 Television personality, Sunday World columnist and novelist Amanda Brunker will fly into Galway this Friday 16 May to launch a very unique fundraising event for The Making Galway Proud Initiative at The Twelve Hotel in Bearna. Wed, 14 May 2008 10:19:44 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5944&Itemid=82 Galway's leading nightclubs, Central Park, Halo and Karma have joined forces to launch a nationwide advertising campaign aimed at promoting Galway's thriving nightlife. Wed, 14 May 2008 10:18:09 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5943&Itemid=82 Having already notched up 40 marathons worldwide, a Galway man is set to embark on his biggest challenge yet, by running ten marathons on ten consecutive days in Cumbria England as part of the Brathay Challenge. Wed, 14 May 2008 10:15:28 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5942&Itemid=82 Galway City Museum is currently showing an exhibition of photographs, which mark the beginnings of an independent Ireland marketing itself as international tourist destination. Wed, 14 May 2008 10:12:32 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5941&Itemid=82 Galway TD Michael Kitt has held onto his junior ministry in a reshuffle of the junior ministerial ranks. Wed, 14 May 2008 10:11:35 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5940&Itemid=82 A man who appeared before Galway District Court this week with just a fraction of the compensation needed to repair a taxi door which he kicked a year ago, has been given three weeks to pay the entire amount or else go to prison for four months. Wed, 14 May 2008 10:08:41 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5939&Itemid=82 Galway West TD Michael D Higgins has called on the government to deliver aid to the earthquake-stricken Chinese region of Sichuan. Wed, 14 May 2008 10:07:59 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5938&Itemid=82 Galway international ultra runner Richard Donovan is back on track to attempt a record-breaking run from Mizen Head to Malin Head this summer. Wed, 14 May 2008 10:07:16 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5937&Itemid=82 Galway City Council has voted to reject the Small Crane Enhancement Scheme. Wed, 14 May 2008 10:05:43 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5936&Itemid=82 A Connemara councillor has commended the organisers of Clifden's Air Show for their decision not to invite foreign military aircraft to the event, which will take place in June. Wed, 14 May 2008 10:04:24 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5935&Itemid=82 A Galway City Councillor has offered to take on the job of administering housing grants for the elderly in the absence of a Galway City Council employee being deployed to oversee the grants. Wed, 14 May 2008 10:03:16 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5934&Itemid=82 A teenager who wrote off his friend's car after taking it without her permission while both were drinking at a house party was given the benefit of the Probation Act at Galway District Court this week. Wed, 14 May 2008 10:02:10 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5933&Itemid=82 A Mervue teenager who repeatedly punched two school girls in the face as they got off a bus in Eyre Square, fracturing one girl's cheekbone, was given two suspended three-month prison sentences at Galway District Court this week. Wed, 14 May 2008 10:00:55 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5932&Itemid=82 Embattled psychiatric nurses at St Brigid's Hospital, Ballinasloe have won their case at the Labour Court. Wed, 14 May 2008 09:59:58 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5931&Itemid=82 A Kerry motorist who masturbated while following young women as they walked along streets in Galway City last year, has been remanded on continuing bail for a year to see if he continues to get psychological treatment and behave himself in the interim. Wed, 14 May 2008 09:58:58 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5930&Itemid=82 With the cost of living in Ireland at an all-time high, the Saint Vincent De Paul (SVP) in Galway has seen an increase in the number of families seeking its assistance. Wed, 14 May 2008 09:57:23 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5929&Itemid=82 Two units of the Galway Fire Brigade were called to a blaze at a derelict property on the Monivea Road in Galway City on Monday evening. Wed, 14 May 2008 09:56:43 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5928&Itemid=82 Commercial trucks and lorries are to be banned from parking in the promenade area of Salthill, amid fears for the safety of motorists in the area. Wed, 14 May 2008 09:56:03 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5927&Itemid=82 British airline, Flybe has announced it is pulling out of Galway. Flybe, which is the biggest independent regional airline in Europe had been operating flights to Belfast, Birmingham and Southampton during peak season but has now ceased its business from Galway. Wed, 14 May 2008 09:55:23 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5926&Itemid=82 A 69-year-old Co. Galway pensioner, who was charged with sexually abusing two of his neighbour's children in the 1980s, was acquitted last Friday afternoon by a jury of all charges following a four-day trial at Galway Circuit Criminal Court. Wed, 14 May 2008 09:54:09 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5925&Itemid=82 Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Former MEP and leader of the Social and Democratic Labour Party, Mr John Hume is to give the first Jim McQuinn Memorial Lecture in May, it has been announced. Wed, 14 May 2008 09:53:19 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5924&Itemid=82 Galway's cultural scene received a major boost on Monday night, as plans for a three-screen arthouse cinema were given the go ahead by city councillors. Wed, 14 May 2008 09:52:47 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5923&Itemid=82 Tributes are being paid this week to Salthill man Markus Casey, who was tragically killed when his plane crashed in Mayo on Sunday. Wed, 14 May 2008 09:51:52 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5922&Itemid=82 Galway milliner Philip Treacy has turned heads once again by creating the foot high headpiece that Sex and the City star Sara Jessica Parker wore to the world premiere of the movie in London on Monday night. Wed, 14 May 2008 09:21:41 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5921&Itemid=82 Republic of Ireland manager, Giovanni Trapattoni and his assistant, Marco Tardelli are to go racing in Galway this July. Wed, 14 May 2008 09:20:07 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5866&Itemid=82 Five men were rescued by the RNLI at Renville on Monday evening. The powerboat in which the men were travelling, got into difficulty shortly after 4pm yesterday and the Galway RNLI lifeboat was launched at 4.55pm. Tue, 13 May 2008 12:11:33 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5865&Itemid=82 The man who fatally injured in an air crash on Sunday has been named as 51-year-old Markus Casey, from Salthill in Galway. Tue, 13 May 2008 12:10:57 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5864&Itemid=82 A man is to appear at a special sitting of Galway District Court this morning after an assault on a Garda in Clifden on Sunday night. Tue, 13 May 2008 12:10:17 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5863&Itemid=82 British airline Flybe has announced they are pulling out of Galway. Flybe, which is the biggest independent regional airline in Europe, had been operating flights to Belfast, Birmingham and Southampton during peak season but has now ceased its business from Galway. Tue, 13 May 2008 12:08:20 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5862&Itemid=82 Galway milliner Philip Treacy caused a stir on the red carpet at the premier of the new Sex and the City movie last night. Tue, 13 May 2008 12:07:40 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5758&Itemid=82 Over 300 riders accompanied by 60 support staff will travel over 500 miles through the four provinces of Ireland in the Kellogg's Tour of Ireland Cycle Challenge. Wed, 07 May 2008 10:52:23 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5757&Itemid=82 A group of 22 17 to 20 year-old French pupils and three leaders from the Vocational Lycée Raymond Savignac in Villefranche de Rouergue - South West France are coming to Galway. Wed, 07 May 2008 10:50:50 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5756&Itemid=82 The second annual bartender leg wax for charity will take place in Fox's Bar this Thursday, 8 May. Wed, 07 May 2008 10:50:06 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5755&Itemid=82 Following the success of the first ever Polish language course in Galway, Galway City Museum have now added another Polish course to their Spring - Summer programme. Wed, 07 May 2008 10:49:29 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5754&Itemid=82 Up to 1,000 musicians, singers and dancers from all parts of Co. Galway will be in Letterfrack for round one of County Fleadh on the weekend of Friday 16 to Sunday 18 May. Wed, 07 May 2008 10:48:57 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5753&Itemid=82 An international conference hosted by the Huston School of Film Digital Media, and the Department of French, NUI, Galway is to bring together leading academics, and practitioners, concerned with the representation of sport through history and in contemporary life on Friday 23 and Saturday 24 May. Wed, 07 May 2008 10:46:03 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5752&Itemid=82 X Factor winner and pop sensation Shayne Ward has been confirmed as the support act for this summer's biggest concert this side of the Shannon. Wed, 07 May 2008 10:42:50 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5751&Itemid=82 Students thinking about attending Dublin City University (DCU) are invited to attend a three day drop-in event at the DCU campus on Tuesday 13, Wednesday 14 and Thursday 15 May. Wed, 07 May 2008 10:41:01 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5750&Itemid=82 The College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Celtic Studies at NUI, Galway has announced a new bursary in creative writing. The Listowel NUI, Galway Writer's Bursary will be awarded annually to support the studies of a student on one of the college's masters programmes in Writing, whether in theatre, film, fiction, poetry or documentary prose. Pictured announcing the new bursary, which will commence in 2009, are Professor Kevin Barry, Dean of the College, Senator Fidelma Healy-Eames, and Jimmy Denihan, TD for North Kerry. Wed, 07 May 2008 10:39:57 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5749&Itemid=82 The Labour Party's Galway branch has launched its support for a 'yes' vote on the Lisbon Treaty with a canvassing campaign around the city. Wed, 07 May 2008 10:38:49 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5748&Itemid=82 Four new research projects, one at NUI, Galway, are to receive almost €3 million in funding from Science Foundation Ireland (SFI). Wed, 07 May 2008 10:38:08 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5747&Itemid=82 Ireland's first ever Immunisation Training Programme, aimed at practice nurses, paediatric nurses, public health nurses and midwives, is taking place in University Hospital Galway (UHG) today, Wednesday, 8 May. Wed, 07 May 2008 10:36:44 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5746&Itemid=82 The Meningitis Research Foundation is inviting all thrill seekers to set themselves a challenge and sign up for a 10,000 foot sponsored skydive. Wed, 07 May 2008 10:36:03 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5745&Itemid=82 A resuscitation training group at Portiuncula Hospital has claimed a national award for its work with schools in the Ballinasloe area. Wed, 07 May 2008 10:30:23 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5744&Itemid=82 Ballinasloe will be the venue for a major conference on mental health tomorrow. Wed, 07 May 2008 10:28:58 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5743&Itemid=82 The housing estates of Bohermore will feature in a new film project that brings together the unique creativity of Macnas and the Galway Film Centre. Wed, 07 May 2008 10:27:49 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5742&Itemid=82 Industrial action by psychiatric nurses will affect patient care in Galway, a spokesperson for the Psychiatric Nurses' Association (PNA) has said. Wed, 07 May 2008 10:25:58 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5741&Itemid=82 Two Aran women, Mairéad Ní Fhlatharta and Bríd Ní Chonghaile, from Inis Oirr, will come to Galway City Museum this Friday, 9 May, to give a one day course on Aran knitting, for beginners and improvers. Wed, 07 May 2008 10:23:58 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5740&Itemid=82 Galway County Council has allocated €30,000 to a number of different community groups in the Oranmore Electoral area. Wed, 07 May 2008 10:23:09 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5739&Itemid=82 This year's Chief Fire Officers Association (CFOA) Conference, which is being held the Ardilaun Hotel, Galway until tomorrow, is to discuss 'Climate Change - Challenges for the Fire and Emergency Services'. Wed, 07 May 2008 10:22:32 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5738&Itemid=82 Last week saw the first sign of progress in the ongoing dispute between pharmacists and the HSE in relation to the community drugs and medical card drug-dispensing contract. Wed, 07 May 2008 10:21:40 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5737&Itemid=82 Gardeners in Ballybane got a shock last Wednesday when Minister of State for Food and Horticulture Trevor Sargent paid an impromptu visit to the Ballybane Organic Community Garden. Wed, 07 May 2008 10:20:27 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5736&Itemid=82 Galway City Council has announced plans to put an end to the popular 'rat run' through Renmore. Wed, 07 May 2008 10:17:41 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5735&Itemid=82 A young woman who was seriously assaulted at a house in Knocknacarra in the early hours of Saturday morning is still recovering in hospital. Wed, 07 May 2008 10:17:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5734&Itemid=82 Internet users can now view buildings in Galway city online from 360 degrees and in colour on a new website. Wed, 07 May 2008 10:16:23 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5733&Itemid=82 Galway's young footballers may soon have another venue to practice their skills, if plans for Galway's first soccer 'mini-pitch' go ahead. Wed, 07 May 2008 10:03:44 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5732&Itemid=82 The trial of a 69-year-old Co. Galway pensioner who is charged with sexually abusing two sisters in the 1980s opened before a jury at Galway Circuit Criminal Court yesterday (Tuesday). Wed, 07 May 2008 10:02:57 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5731&Itemid=82 Local deputy Michael D Higgins has raised with the Minister for Education and Science the ongoing lack of focus surrounding the development of Clifden Community school- Scoil Phobail Clifden. Wed, 07 May 2008 10:01:59 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5730&Itemid=82 Friends of a Galway teenager who tragically took his own life at the weekend learned of his death on the social networking website Bebo. The 17 year old was a Leaving Certificate student at the Bish. Wed, 07 May 2008 10:01:22 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5729&Itemid=82 It's official, the summer is upon us. Summer officially began in the county over the May Bank holiday weekend when there was a noticeable change in temperatures. Wed, 07 May 2008 10:00:20 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5728&Itemid=82 Three people were rescued from Galway Bay by Galway RNLI Lifeboat on Sunday and taken by ambulance to University Hospital Galway. Wed, 07 May 2008 09:59:38 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5727&Itemid=82 The government has allocated over €30 million for social housing in Galway over the coming years. Wed, 07 May 2008 09:58:53 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5726&Itemid=82 Galway City Councillor Padraig Conneely and Galway City Mayor Tom Costello have been accused of abusing their position in city council, amid claims that they had clamps removed from their cars without charge. Wed, 07 May 2008 09:57:59 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5725&Itemid=82 Gardaí have confirmed that they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the sudden death of public health nurse Catherine Upton on Sunday 27 April. Wed, 07 May 2008 09:57:09 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5724&Itemid=82 Minister for Health Mary Harney has commended Galway's Enable Ireland fundraisers, saying charitable donations are needed to "fill in the gaps" of what the exchequer provides. Wed, 07 May 2008 09:21:40 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5723&Itemid=82 Artist Maria Tuffy from GMIT pictured at the opening of the Positive Mental Health Art Sale in the Westwood Hotel on Monday. Wed, 07 May 2008 09:19:44 +0100