Group fears Bill will ease fish farm controls and licensingTHE control and licensing of fish farms is to be eased substantially by new legislation, according to a group of 16 prominent…Mon Feb 10 1997 - 00:00
Board denies major outbreak of salmonellaTHE Western Health Board has denied there has been a major, outbreak of salmonella food poisoning at the University College Hospital…Fri Jan 31 1997 - 00:00
Farah to close Galway factory with 70 jobsTHE 70 workers at the Farah clothing manufacturing plant in Galway, who were laid-off without pay following a fire three weeks…Wed Jan 29 1997 - 00:00
School `ritual' investigatedGARDAI in Galway have started an investigation into a "ritual" among pupils that went badly wrong at a secondary school in the…Wed Jan 22 1997 - 00:00
VHI agrees to pay bills in dispute on hospital bed chargesA DISPUTE over the billing of patients and the classification of beds between the Voluntary Health Insurance Board and the west…Fri Jan 10 1997 - 00:00
Action sought to save Corrib fisheryLOUGH Corrib is in danger of losing its status as a first class location for brown trout and salmon, according to a report to…Fri Jan 10 1997 - 00:00
Children to be withdrawn in Galway school protestPARENTS at a vermin infested national school in Co Galway are to withdraw their children from class today because they have little…Tue Jan 07 1997 - 00:00
Galway group's appeal on centre for alcoholic women is rejectedAN Bord Pleanala has rejected an appeal by a Galway residents' group to the siting of a treatment centre for alcoholic women …Sat Dec 14 1996 - 00:00
Psychologist says scare tactics on drug abuse failTHE most successful programmes for tackling drug abuse among young people are based on developing social skills and entail more…Fri Nov 29 1996 - 00:00
Islanders get second chance to vote after confusion over bail poll dateTHE political exhortation to "vote early and vote often" takes on a new significance today as voting in the bail referendum on…Thu Nov 28 1996 - 00:00
Tanaiste says Irish per capita income to exceed Britain'sIRELAND is set to out perform Britain for the first time in terms of per capita income, the Tanaiste said at the weekendMon Nov 25 1996 - 00:00
Spring says time for SF to make leap for peaceTHE peace process "remains tantalisingly close to the restoration of a full peace", but also "dangerously close to a total breakdown…Mon Nov 25 1996 - 00:00
Councillors vote in favour of Mutton Island siteGALWAY Corporation is to press ahead with its decision to locate a proposed sewage treatment plant at Mutton Island, after 11…Wed Nov 13 1996 - 00:00
Oyster farming becomes a class act in ConnemaraSCHOOL children in Connemara are being introduced simultaneously to the world of enterprise, the sea and community development…Tue Oct 22 1996 - 01:00
Corporation demands details over sewage plant decisionGALWAY Corporation is demanding fuller details from the Minister for the Environment, Mr Howlin, on the basis for his decision…Wed Oct 09 1996 - 01:00
Rugby player died celebrating his tryAN ENGLISH rugby player who collapsed after scoring a try during a friendly match in Galway died from a combination of the effects…Fri Oct 04 1996 - 01:00
School chairman defends exclusion of four travellersTHE chairman of Killimor National School in Co Galway has issued a statement defending the exclusion of four traveller children…Sat Sept 28 1996 - 01:00
Bias denied by Galway school that excluded traveller childrenMANAGEMENT at a Co Galway national school has rejected any suggestion that a decision to exclude children from a traveller family…Fri Sept 27 1996 - 01:00
UCG naval course setDEGREE courses at UCG are included in a new training scheme for Naval Service officers, which has been approved by the Minister…Wed Sept 11 1996 - 01:00
£30m Corrib river project gets go aheadONE of the largest and most contentious developments ever proposed for Galway city centre is set to proceedMon Sept 09 1996 - 01:00
Concern at fund raising report by child hospice groupCONCERN has been expressed at indications that the All Ireland Children's Hospice (AICH) may resume fund raising shortlyFri Sept 06 1996 - 01:00
Details of alternative sewage plan soughtGALWAY Corporation officials are to seek a meeting with a Belgian engineering company which has refused to give them details …Wed Sept 04 1996 - 01:00
Shutters come down in GalwayDAY TWO of the Dunnes Stores, strike was marked in Galway by the shutters coming down on outlets in the city and apologies to…Wed Sept 04 1996 - 01:00
Galway firm talks of doubling workforceTHE US-owned C.R. Bard plant in Galway, which makes advanced healthcare equipment, is set to double its workforce of 650 people…Sat Aug 31 1996 - 01:00
Archaeological finds "allowed disintegrate"SIGNIFICANT archaeological finds dating back to 2000 BC, which were discovered some years ago on a small island off the Connemara…Sat Aug 24 1996 - 01:00
Action urged to save rivers, lakesTHE serious reservations about the level of phosphorous occurring in west of Ireland freshwater coincides with a call from Greenpeace…Fri Aug 09 1996 - 01:00
Group says £700m plan not protecting waterTHE European Union's £700 million scheme to promote environmentally friendly farming here is not strict enough to protect Ireland…Fri Aug 09 1996 - 01:00
Educating farmers seen as solutionTEAGASC research officer, Dr Noel Culleton, who is a soils specialist, agrees with some of the concerns expressed by the Mayo…Fri Aug 09 1996 - 01:00
FF insiders cash in on phantom outsiderTHE roar in the Fianna Fail tent when outsider Mystical City won the Galway Guinness Hurdle yesterday suggested that enough money…Fri Aug 02 1996 - 01:00
SYMBOLS of the SOULIT may be a start stop summer as far as sunny weather is concerned, but a heatwave is persisting in a small pocket of the Connemara…Wed Jul 31 1996 - 01:00
Another round of gift offers for family of Irish boxing star Francis BarrettOLYMPIC boxing success for Galway traveller Francis Barrett has brought its benefits in the form of gifts and offers to fly his…Sat Jul 27 1996 - 01:00
Stoppage at Galway hospital disrupts servicesSERVICES at the main hospital serving Galway were severely disrupted yesterday as 350 catering and support staff, who are members…Sat Jul 27 1996 - 01:00
Group criticises £1m Galway sewage planTHE Save Galway Bay group has expressed surprise at Galway Corporation's decision to seek £1 million to extend the city's main…Sat Jul 27 1996 - 01:00
Galway travellers pulls no punches in making his Olympic dream a reality"WAS it live on TV? On RTE?" The questions were delivered with incredulity by Olympic boxer Francis Barrett (19) calling home…Fri Jul 26 1996 - 01:00
Man dies following blow to head in GalwayTHE 26 year old Tipperary man who died following an assault in Galway early yesterday had travelled to the city to attend a stag…Mon Jul 22 1996 - 01:00
Possibility of compromise on sewage plantTHE Save Galway Bay environmental group has made "a generally positive" response to a significant alternative plan for Galway…Sat Jul 20 1996 - 01:00
Tenants say £13 plan would not end flats problemsTHE refurbishment of Rahoon flats complex in Galway, which the Department of the Environment is considering at a cost off £13…Fri Jul 19 1996 - 01:00
Burren group says Government continuing work on MullaghmoreTHE Burren Action Group (BAG) claimed yesterday that the Government was persisting with development on the site of Mullaghmore…Thu Jul 18 1996 - 01:00
Film seminar told industry needs better co-ordinationTHE political climate which helped foster the emergence of an Irish film industry through Section 35 financial incentives and…Tue Jul 16 1996 - 01:00
Druid gets ultimate 21st birthday present - a permanent homeDRUID theatre company has received what its artistic director, Garry Hynes, described as "the ultimate 21st birthday present" - …Mon Jul 15 1996 - 01:00
Security over NI hinders peace pilgrimsTHE renewed trouble in the North has affected the whole island of Ireland.Mon Jul 15 1996 - 01:00
Job illness is double in West, seminar toldTHE west of Ireland has nearly twice the national average of occupational illness, a health and safety seminar heard yesterday…Sat Jul 13 1996 - 01:00
AN IRISHMAN'S DIARY"THE village of Dunmore (in Co Galway) has nothing about it which can especially recommend it to the reader it has none of those…Sat Jul 13 1996 - 01:00
Court move set to delay Mutton Island sewage planCONSTRUCTION of the Mutton Island sewage plant faces delays of at least two years due to a court action taken by the Save Galway…Wed Jul 10 1996 - 01:00
Scholars meet to discuss Catholic university plansA PROPOSAL to locate a Catholic university in Co Mayo took a step closer to reality last night when some leading authorities …Fri Jul 05 1996 - 01:00
Druid comes of age and the President takes centre stageTHE President, Mrs Robinson, took to the Galway stage last night in tribute to the city's famous Druid Theatre Company, which…Wed Jul 03 1996 - 01:00
