Motoring
As they say on quiz show ‘University Challenge’, "Here's your starter for ten - and no conferring!
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Sport
Tribesmen facing difficult championship opener against Roscommon
Alan Mulholland will be targeting his first championship win as Galway senior manager when he takes his side to Hyde Park to face Roscommon on Sunday (4pm).
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Education & training
Three culinary students from GMIT Hotel School have won gold, silver and bronze medals respectively at the IFEX ChefSkills 2012 competition that took place in Belfast recently.
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Business
Galway’s hosting of the Volvo Ocean Race Grand Finale is important not just in terms of the business it will bring to the city but also because of the legacy it will leave, as Anthony Ryan’s Ltd Managing Director Anthony Ryan tells Lorraine O’Hanlon
The Volvo Ocean Race is a “wonderful showcase for Galway”, according to local businessman Anthony Ryan, who was appointed the new Chairperson of the Galway City Business Association (GCBA) earlier this year.
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News
A scaled back plan for the re-development of Galway Port will provide the city with a “world-class facility”, but offer “better value” as well as a reduced environmental impact.
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Minister appoints digital champions
Category: NewsPosted on 19/05/2012 by Staff reporterIn order to aid people in the upcoming switchover from analogue to digital television, Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Pat Rabbitte, has appointed 'digital outreach champions' in each county, including two in Galway, to help create greater awareness and understanding of the digital television switch over in their local communities.
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Galway Mayor awarded key to city of Miami
Category: NewsPosted on 19/05/2012 by Staff reporterGalway City Mayor, Councillor Hildegarde Naughton has been presented with the key to the city of Miami. As the boats of the Volvo Ocean Race prepare to leave Miami for Lisbon, Tourism Ireland and Let’s Do It Global hosted a reception in the Volvo Ocean Race Village in Miami on Friday evening to drive awareness for Galway as the Race Finale destination.
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County Fleadh returns to Clifden
Category: NewsPosted on 18/05/2012 by Marie MaddenClifden is to host the Galway County Fleadh this weekend. The event will run from 18 to 20 May and will be a “great weekend of music, song and dance” that promises to bring in people from all over Galway, Connaught and beyond. The competitions will take place on the Saturday and Sunday of the weekend in the Clifden Community School and West Connemara Leisure Centre and are open to the public.
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Rewards for Galway diners
Category: NewsWe are accustomed to supermarket club cards and now Galway diners are to be rewarded for their continued custom.
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Bruton’s second referendum slip ends ‘Yes’ argument - Libertas
Category: NewsMinister for Enterprise Richard Bruton has ended any effective argument for a ‘YES’ vote in the upcoming referendum, according to Libertas.
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New Knock – Birmingham flights announced
Category: NewsAer Lingus Regional is to open a new route from Ireland West Airport Knock to Birmingham.
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No decision on hospital group
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The Department of Health has this week reiterated that no final decision has yet been made in relation to the composition of hospital groupings, including the existing Galway/Roscommon Group.
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240 new jobs for Galway
Category: NewsOver new 200 jobs are to be created in Galway in the medical devices and software sectors.
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African Film Festival for Galway
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Author of banking book to speak in Galway
Category: NewsThe author of a new book that calls on the public to stop paying back bank debts will hold a public talk in Galway today, Thursday.
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Gardaí investigate flare theft
Category: NewsGardaí are investigating the theft of safety flares valued at around €200 from a boat moored in the Claddagh.
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Cllr slams HSE embargo as St Francis' closes
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City Councillor Catherine Connolly has described as “bizarre” the decision by HSE West to place an embargo on communications relating to the redeployment of staff from St Francis’ Nursing Home to a private home in Oughterard.
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Nolan slams 'fantasy economics'
Category: NewsLabour TD for Galway West,Derek Nolan has argued that public representatives advocating a ‘no’ vote in the forthcoming referendum do not offer any answers to the Euro currency crisis or Ireland’s economic problems.
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50% of Galway households reject charge
Category: NewsMore than half of Galway City households did not pay the contentious Household Charge prior to the 31 March deadline.
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Ganley predicts Treaty 'will hurt us'
Category: NewsGalway-based businessman Declan Ganley has accused the Government of having a “damn cheek” to ask the electorate to give up even more sovereignty in the forthcoming Fiscal Treaty Referendum.
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Uncertain future for Matthew
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The father of a son with a severe intellectual disability has expressed concern for his son’s future, as he prepares to graduate from school in the summer.
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Plans confirmed for Kirwan Roundabout
Category: NewsThe long-running debate over the future of the Kirwan Roundabout came to an end last night, with Galway City Councillors voting to remove the Menlo Park Hotel exit from the junction.
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Bypass hearing to begin this July
Category: NewsA decision on the future of the Galway City Outer bypass is one step closer, with a date set for the European Court of Justice hearing.
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Gaelscoil vows to 'up the ante' in extension row
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The board of management at Gaelscoil Mhic Amhlaigh has said it plans to “up the stakes” following a meeting with Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn last week.
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Council crackdown on city businesses
Category: NewsCourts in Galway are awash with businesses being pursued for commercial rates, as Galway City Council attempts to recoup over €16 million in outstanding payments.
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Taoiseach to announce jobs at Merit Medical
Category: NewsAn Taoiseach Enda Kenny is due to visit Merit Medical’s new Vision Facility in Parkmore on Thursday during his visit to the city, when he is expected to make a significant jobs announcement.
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Councillor taking legal advice over ‘racist’ accusation
Category: NewsA Galway City Councillor has said he is taking legal advice after being accused of making racist comments in a discussion over control of horses at City Hall on Monday night.
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O’Flaherty in line to be next City Mayor
Category: NewsIndependent Councillor Terry O’Flaherty is expected to be named the next Mayor of Galway City at a meeting next month.
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Local delegation on way to Miami
Category: NewsA delegation from Galway is on their way to Miami today for the city’s Volvo Ocean Race Stopover.
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