Reports in a national newspaper this week claimed an escort working in Galway was attacked in a city hotel recently. The escort, known as Brenda, posted a message on the Escort-Ireland website last Wednesday warning others working in the industry to be a wary of a man in the Galway area who had attacked her.

A 21-year-old man has been charged and remanded in custody following an aggravated burglary on the Headford Road on Monday.

A spokesperson for Ballinasloe Horse Fair has denied reports that some of the events due to take place at the festival are in doubt over a lack of sponsorship and public support.

Galway City Mayor Padraic Conneely was part of the Spirit of Galway Cultural Mission to Milwaukee and Chicago last week, where, following a tour of Milwaukee Art Museum, he encountered a number of young Milwaukee people celebrating a 15th birthday (not a wedding).

The latest neuroscience research into diseases including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Multiple Sclerosis will be discussed during the second National Meeting of Neuroscience Ireland at NUI, Galway.

Anger was building in the Taylors Hill area this week, as a major development on the Lenaboy Castle site was given the go-ahead.

The vice-president of multi-national corporation Intel is to address an international conference at NUI, Galway next week.

The Galway Simon Community has slammed the Government's new homeless strategy, saying it does not go far enough and that it's short on details including "implementation plans, funding responsibilities, time lines for delivery and monitoring responsibility."

Galway-based Senator Fidelma Healy Eames has defended the controversial idea of separating non-English speaking children in schools.

Galway Alliance Against War (GAAW) is continuing its campaign against the Lisbon Treaty, saying it is "not going to sit idly by" while the 'yes' campaign ignores the wishes of the Irish people.