New development contributions welcomed

A NEW scheme of development contributions has been agree on by Galway Co Council.*****You need to be logged in to see this part of the post. Login using the box in the sidebar. Not registered? Click here to register*****

West on Track want Tuam rail commitment honoured

HE West on Track campaign has called on the Government to commit funding to proceed with the second phase of the Western Rail Corridor before the general election.*****You need to be logged in to see this part of the post. Login using the box in the sidebar. Not registered? Click here to register*****

Recession prompts hike in calls to Galway Samaritans

By FIONA McGARRY CALLS from the Galway area to the Samaritans helpline have increased to an average of 100 per day, and the number of callers expressing severe distress, particularly about financial issues, has spiralled.*****You need to be logged in to see this part of the post. Login using the box in the sidebar. Not [...]

Batty solution saves Tuam M17 link

AN OBSTACLE to Tuam being connected to the national motorway network has been removed following a decision to allocate funding for a new home for a colony of Gort bats.*****You need to be logged in to see this part of the post. Login using the box in the sidebar. Not registered? Click here to register*****

Retail jobs at risk after pre-Xmas sales dip

“Most retailers just need to put this Christmas behind them and see where they are at”

Editorial: Do you really need a professional costume for a nativity play?

I HAVEN’T been out of school for all that long, or so I like to think to make myself feel younger, but I hadn’t realised how much had changed until I was in Padraic’s Discount Store in Tuam the week before Christmas when the harassed mother of a couple of young children came into the [...]

Editorial: For fear of frost

CAUGHT between Christmas and the New Year, these few days feel peculiar. Some public services and businesses are open, others remain closed. Traffic is light, people few on the streets. It is a kind of no-man’s-land, a twilight zone.*****You need to be logged in to see this part of the post. Login using the box [...]

Letters to the Editor

Dunmore Choir long before 1968 Dear Editor, I have been a great reader of The Tuam Herald for most of my 85 years, and I was so delighted to see the Dunmore Choir singing all over the world, and most lately in its neighbouring town, Tuam.*****You need to be logged in to see this part [...]

TV Comment – Maeve was a pleasure, Rose a disappointment, Gerry best left rest in peace

CHRISTMAS 2010 has bonded with the Ghost of Christmas Past and we are moving on from memories joyous and sad, from poor puns about resurrection turkey and forever on the hips, and on to pockets reduced and futures uncertain, except we shouldn’t depart without the useful perspective of a backward glance. In the absence of [...]

Sports Notes December 30th 2010

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