Abbeyknockmoy …………………………….2-10 Liam Mellows ………………………………..0-14 THESE TWO teams served up a most exciting game of hurling in unfavourable conditions in this Pier Head Minor B1 hurling final. This final went back and forth and with 5 minutes remaining, the city lads were two points to the good. But a late onslaught that yielded a goal [...]
Marie Carroll, Athenry, Christina Brennan, Oranmore, Aoife Burke, Turloughmore, Niamh Dempsey, Athenry, Sarah Fox, Carnmore and Candice Marczewska, Oranmore all received BA degrees with honours at NUI Galway on Monday. Photo: Ray Ryan
By TONY GALVIN THE opening of the Weir gates in Galway combined with the success of the new bridge works in Claregalway has prevented a repeat of the flooding which impacted on so many homes and businesses along the Clare River catchment area over the past two years. This is the claim made by Deputy [...]
By SIOBHÁN HOLLIMAN TUAM pubs, shops and restaurants are looking forward to a welcome boost this bank holiday weekend as the town prepares to host the County Final between Tuam Stars and Corofin. Crowds of up to 5,000 are expected to attend the match in Tuam Stadium on Sunday and traders are relieved that the [...]
By TONY GALVIN THE 70 or so pub closures around Co Galway since 2005 are only the tip of the iceberg and many more are on the brink of closure as the industry is hit by multiple problems. *****You need to be logged in to see this part of the post. Login using the box in [...]
A JUDGE asked if a man thought Glenamaddy was the Wild West where a parking dispute could be settled by producing a gun, when he heard the case against a local man who did just that in the early hours of the morning. *****You need to be logged in to see this part of the post. [...]
By DAVID BURKE ONCE in a while we all need a little positive reinforcement. For the child at the doctor’s it might be a lollipop; for the home-maker a bunch of flowers, or maybe a big match ticket; for us newspaper people, it’s the news that our readers trust us, and rely on us for [...]
GARDAÍ in Headford are appealing for information following an assault on a young mother who was attacked in her own home. The incident happened in the Mausrevagh area, close to St Cuana’s National School at lunchtime on Monday when the woman, who is in her 30s, confronted an intruder in the basement of her home. *****You [...]
TRIBUTES were paid at Tuesday’s sitting of Tuam District Court to the late Clodagh Gleeson BL. Judge Geoffrey Browne led the tributes, offering his sympathies to her father Eric Gleeson Snr and her brother Eric Gleeson Jnr, both members of the Tuam Bar. He said he knew and admired Clodagh who along with being an [...]
A CALL has again been made for the Co Council to publish the Traffic Management Plan for Tuam. The call is being made by local Tuam Area Cllr Sean Canney. *****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*****
