Separated fathers group to fight for equality in courtsA new organisation has been set up in Galway to fight for justice and equality for fathers in separated families and to highlight…Wed Jul 13 2005 - 01:00
Call for dentists to train in orthodontic referralsWaiting lists: A Galway consultant has developed a course to train dentists in how to properly assess children who are eligible…Tue Jul 05 2005 - 01:00
First transatlantic flight is re-enactedUS businessman and aviation record breaker Steve Fossett and his co-pilot Mark Rebholz successfully re-enacted Alcock and Brown…Mon Jul 04 2005 - 01:00
Support for children at risk criticisedThe lack of support from the Garda, schools and the wider community for children living in situations of domestic violence was…Fri Jun 24 2005 - 01:00
Permits change likelyIreland had been transformed from a country of large-scale emigration to significant immigration, the Minister for Labour Affairs…Sat Jun 18 2005 - 01:00
Hospice to get consultantGalway hospice moved a step closer to resuming a full consultant-led service with the approval of a second palliative care consultant…Tue Jun 07 2005 - 01:00
Gardai search river for fleeing shoplifterGarda divers are to continue their search today for a man who jumped into the River Corrib in Galway on Thursday in an attempt…Sat Jun 04 2005 - 01:00
Unofficial action by Galway ambulance staffAmbulance staff at University College Hospital, Galway, took unofficial industrial action for two hours yesterday to protest …Fri Jun 03 2005 - 01:00
Nine homes to go in Galway bypass planNine homes will have to be demolished to make way for the €185 million Galway city outer bypassFri Jun 03 2005 - 01:00
DPP sent file on death of Clare student in caravanA file is being sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions in relation to the death of a Co Clare student whose badly-charred…Fri May 27 2005 - 01:00
Council will not meet objectors to war planes in air showGalway city councillors have refused to meet a deputation from a local anti-war group which is objecting to the continued inclusion…Thu May 26 2005 - 01:00
Legal research to focus on sex assault casesA new research programme in Galway will try to ascertain why only five out of 100 cases of sexual violence in Ireland ever make…Tue Apr 19 2005 - 01:00
Irish nurse saves Jamaican mother from amputationVital operations The intervention of Co Galway nurse and an anonymous Irish businessman have saved a Jamaican mother-of-four…Tue Apr 12 2005 - 01:00
Catholics back in Galway church after 300 yearsWhen the first Catholic Mass in more than 300 years is celebrated at St Nicholas's Collegiate Church in Galway on Sunday, it …Wed Mar 30 2005 - 01:00
Developer ordered to redesign part of ?140m retail centrePlans for a major €140 million extension and makeover for a Galway shopping centre are facing objections from traders in the …Wed Mar 30 2005 - 01:00
Plastic surgeons volunteer to operate in AlbaniaA Galway-based plastic surgery team is to travel to Albania with vital medical equipment for two weeks of intensive operating…Tue Mar 29 2005 - 01:00
Rise in use of paternity tests due to increased reliabilityDNA profiling: The increase in the number of people seeking to have paternity tests carried out is due to the public becoming…Tue Mar 22 2005 - 00:00
Private A&E clinic aims to put stop to 12-hour waitsGalway Clinic: A new A&E service at the private Galway Clinic could prevent patients from having to wait up to 12 hours …Tue Mar 15 2005 - 00:00
Anti-social acts policy for reviewGalway city councillors have agreed to a review of the council's policies on anti-social behaviour and the transfer of tenants…Tue Mar 01 2005 - 00:00
Bishop gives permission to use CofI facility in GalwayThe Bishop of Galway, Dr James McLoughlin, has given permission for parishioners from a Catholic parish in the city to celebrate…Wed Feb 23 2005 - 00:00
NUI unit leads in development of tissue repairREMEDI facility: The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Mr Micheál Martin, is to mark the official opening of the…Tue Feb 22 2005 - 00:00
Fast-tracking of new Galway schools soughtThe Minister for Education is being called upon to fast-track the provision of new primary and secondary schools on the rapidly…Sat Feb 19 2005 - 00:00
Eyre Square project to double in cost to €10mThe cost of the Eyre Square redevelopment project in Galway is now set to double from the original estimate to around €10 million…Tue Feb 15 2005 - 00:00
Report on woman's death is deferredA report into the circumstances surrounding the death of Bríd Cummins on the day she was due to be evicted from her local authority…Sat Feb 12 2005 - 00:00
Writer's Galway house given special protection statusA group of houses of historical value at Galway docks, one of which was the birthplace of author Pádraic Ó Conaire, have been…Tue Feb 08 2005 - 00:00
Patients who died in Galway had rare infectionTwo people have been diagnosed in a Galway hospital over the past 10 days from a very serious but rare infection often referred…Sat Jan 29 2005 - 00:00
University resists pressure to sell land to schoolNUI Galway has denied entering into any agreement to sell land to one of the city's largest secondary schools to facilitate the…Thu Jan 27 2005 - 00:00
First-time offenders join in fund-raisingGalway: Business people, publicans, churches and even first-time offenders are among those involved in the numerous fund-raising…Mon Jan 10 2005 - 00:00
Gardai open investigation into death of woman (42) in GalwayGardaí have opened an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of a 42-year-old Galway woman at her home.Sat Jan 08 2005 - 00:00
Planning board refuses permission for Galway clubhouseBord Pleanála has refused permission for the erection of a two-storey clubhouse, slipway and associated site works at the Dyke…Thu Jan 06 2005 - 00:00
Galway addiction services centre urgedThe establishment of a centre of excellence for addiction services in east Galway is one of the recommendations of a new report…Tue Jan 04 2005 - 00:00
Galway city manager defends council staffA call has been made for a public inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of a Galway woman on the day she was due…Tue Dec 14 2004 - 00:00
Just two hospitals give data on MRSA to RTEMore than 40 patients at Galway hospitals contracted potentially fatal MRSA blood poisoning infections last year, a Prime Time…Fri Dec 10 2004 - 00:00
Anti-bin charges group stages protestA group campaigning against refuse charges in Galway held a public demonstration in the city last night.Tue Dec 07 2004 - 00:00
Slapping is a short, sharp shock with no long-term benefitParenting advice: Some parents may harbour, but rarely admit to, a belief that slapping children actually works - but there …Tue Nov 23 2004 - 00:00
Objection to housing in ClifdenOne of the great views of Connemara is under threat from a proposed new residential development in Clifden, according to locals…Fri Nov 12 2004 - 00:00
Vomiting bug disrupts Galway hospital's non-urgent admissionsNon-urgent admissions have been deferred at Merlin Park Hospital in Galway due to a suspected outbreak of the winter vomiting…Fri Oct 29 2004 - 01:00
Motorists urged to back Claregalway bypassMotorists passing through Claregalway in Co Galway tomorrow will be asked to support a petition calling on the Government and…Wed Oct 27 2004 - 01:00
Luck-pennies seal deals at Connemara fairNo deal at the Maam Cross Fair in Connemara yesterday could be completed without the luck-penny and a handshake to confirm the…Wed Oct 27 2004 - 01:00
CJD suspected as cause of Galway woman's deathThe Western Health Board has confirmed that classic CJD and not the much rarer fatal variant of the disease, vCJD is one of a…Wed Oct 27 2004 - 01:00
Study on health needs of homelessSurvey: A study of the health of homeless people in the west calls for urgent measures to meet their needs.Tue Oct 26 2004 - 01:00
Derrybrien firms fined EUR1,200 eachThe Department of the Environment has developed new guidelines on the development of wind farms as a result of the landslide …Fri Oct 22 2004 - 01:00
Court action over landslide pollutionSub-standard construction techniques and inadequate drainage on the site of the €60 million wind farm at Derrybrien in Co Galway…Tue Oct 19 2004 - 01:00
Warning over closing Traveller centresPlans to phase out adult training centres for Travellers over the next five years will result in a large secondary school drop…Fri Oct 08 2004 - 01:00
Mental hospital ward closedThe Western Health Board has closed down a ward at St Brigid's Hospital in Ballinasloe where conditions were described as "Victorian…Thu Sept 16 2004 - 01:00
Senator wants speeding-up of cancer serviceA Fianna Fáil Galway senator has said two years is far too long for the women of the west of Ireland to have to wait for breast…Wed Sept 15 2004 - 01:00
Galway city cuts clamping by 40 hours per weekClamping in Galway is to be reduced by 40 hours a week, and gardaí are to exercise their authority over the clampers at all times…Wed Sept 15 2004 - 01:00
Galway school rezoning plan contestedConcerns have been raised by a number of Galway city councillors about a proposal to rezone the site of one of the city's largest…Wed Sept 08 2004 - 01:00
Bypass may have stilts to protect rare grassThe National Roads Authority (NRA) is considering using stilts to lift the €250 million outer bypass planned for Galway city …Tue Sept 07 2004 - 01:00
Villagers object to town centre planA proposal for a development comprising a shopping centre, 152 apartments and townhouses and a five-storey hotel in the village…Tue Sept 07 2004 - 01:00
