YOU can get out and enjoy a Family Fun Day on the extensive grounds of Toghermore House this Sunday. The event will not only showcase the campus which is home to the area’s mental health services, but it will also raise funds for the local branch of the Irish Wheelchair Association and Tuam and District [...]
By TOM GILMORE MORE questions are being asked regarding controversial traffic calming measures at Carraghy, Knockdoe following the death of 23-year-old Martin Naughton from Bodane in a crash there in the early hours of Monday morning. Martin, the elder son in a family of four children of Tom and Bernie Naughton was the sole occupant [...]
By TOM GILMORE CHILDREN are going to school without any breakfast. And teachers, who often shared their lunches with some of them in the past can no longer do so. because the situation has got so bad. That’s according to members of Co Galway Vocational Education Committee. While Oranmore Cllr Liam Carroll said that “some [...]
WHEN Taoiseach Enda Kenny visits Mountbellew’s Colaiste an Chreagáin on Friday week, May 31, he will be presented with a folder of some of his late mother’s work and correspondence from her time there as a teacher. Prior to her marriage to Enda’s father, Henry Kenny, the then Maire E (Eithne) McGinley taught at the [...]
By JACQUELINE HOGGE GALWAY’S summer of football may have been cut short at the weekend, but Tuam Stadium is hoping a recent makeover will see a long, fruitful campaign of club championship action enjoyed by the masses at the famous north Galway ground. Once considered a no-go area, even for those in direst need, the [...]
ON THE ROOF OF THE WORLD: Killererin man Peter O’Connell reached the summit of Mount Everest on Monday, following a climb in aid of Pieta House. He is pictured here with Sherpa Mingma who accompanied him on the final ascent.
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By SIOBHÁN HOLLIMAN A SPUD at night could help us wake up happier: making changes to what we eat could significantly improve a person’s mood and help prevent depression. This is one of the findings of mature student Steven Taylor from Corrandulla who has used his own experience of depression as inspiration for his study [...]
By TOM GILMORE BELCLARE man Supt Pat McHugh is the new Garda Superintendent in Tuam where he will take up duty on Thursday week Pat (50) who is a native of Ballaghbawn, moves to Tuam from Ballina where he was superintendent for over two years. He started out in the force in Irishtown Garda Station, [...]
By JACQUELINE HOGGE RESIDENTIAL gas supplies are in the pipeline for Tuam as the town prepares for connection to the gas network later this month. Executives from Bord Gáis made a presentation to the town council this week, where they outlined details of a €3.3 million project that will initially see gas supplied to several [...]
