Kayak rodeo in Tuam

ACTION from the Inter-Varsity Kayaking event held on the Clare River at the Ballygaddy Road bridge on Saturday. Photo: Ray Ryan

Sick smokers costing UHG over €56m per year

By SIOBHÁN HOLLIMAN JUST over a fifth of patients admitted to Galway’s public hospitals are treated for smoke-related illnesses at a cost of at least €56 million a year. The average cost of admitting a smoker suffering from a tobacco-related illness to UHG is €7,700 and this excludes the additional GP visit costs, medicines and [...]

Months of traffic chaos predicted as N17 commuters hit city roadworks

By TONY GALVIN COMMUTERS and drivers entering Galway via the N17 will face at least three months of disruption and delays as the Tuam Road Roundabout is replaced with a traffic light controlled junction. There are serious concerns over the viability of the project which will see a series of roundabouts removed from the outskirts [...]

New rural hackney licence system to tackle rural transport problem

By TONY GALVIN A GOVERNMENT proposal to introduce a system of low-cost hackneys in rural areas designed to combat isolation and transport difficulties is being welcomed in some quarters but there is expected to be a less favourable reaction from established taxi and hackney operators. The proposal is being championed by Junior Transport Minister Alan [...]

Roving thief told to go back where she came from

“STAY in Cork, Mrs Stokes. We have enough around here swiping stuff,” was the message Judge Geoffrey Browne gave to a woman he convicted of “swiping” a supermarket trolley full of ­groceries from O’Tooles in Tuam. Christine Stokes, with an address in Cork,  entered O’Toole’s SuperValu on May 21 last and filled a trolley full [...]

Council stands over quality of Corrib drinking water but controversy continues

By TONY GALVIN THE quality of drinking water sourced from Lough Corrib is not in doubt and is monitored on a regular basis to ensure it is of the highest quality. This is the assurance given to the Tuam Herald by Galway Co Council head of Water Services Jim Cullen in the wake of issues [...]

Fun for charity

Home help exits hurt elderly

By SIOBHÁN HOLLIMAN THE retirement of more than 60 home helps from across the HSE West region by the end of the month is causing considerable concern among support agencies for the elderly. The staff losses come on top of ongoing cutbacks in the service in the region and more severe reductions are expected over [...]

Tuam group says disused railway could become greenway

By DAVID BURKE THE disused railway section between Tuam and Claremorris could be made into a public walking and leisure cycling facility. This is according to a recently-formed group in Tuam, who say that such a development would not prevent the line being re-opened as a railway in the future. However West on Track is [...]

Victim of Cloonfad shooting to be laid to rest

By JACQUELINE HOGGE REQUIEM Mass for one of the victims of a double shooting in Cloonfad will take place later today (Wednesday) at St Joseph’s Church in the village on the Galway-Roscommon border. Sarah Regan, a 30-year-old mother of two, lost her life on Friday night when she was shot in the head as she [...]