From this week’s Galway City Tribune – Advocates for people with disabilities have highlighted flaws in the design of the new ‘Changing Places’ toilet facility in Salthill that was specially commissioned for people with disabilities. Access for All Galway said they highlighted the mistakes last year to Galway City Council, which invested €135,600 in the […]
From this week’s Galway City Tribune – The Taoiseach will be urged during a visit to the city this weekend to appoint a special envoy to help overcome obstacles on key transport projects ‘plagued by delays’. As part of a briefing by Galway Chamber, the overwhelming support of the business community for the ring road […]
TedFest is hitting Inis Mór in a few weeks’ time but people don’t have to leave the mainland for some of the events – which is just as well as tickets for events on the island are as scarce as hens’ teeth. Massimo in the city’s William Street West is the venue for the annual […]
From this week’s Galway City Tribune – The HSE has been accused of ‘environmental sabotage’ after cutting down up to 200 mature ash trees in Merlin Woods. In addition, the driving of heavy machinery through the EU-protected Merlin Meadows has come in for criticism and has led to calls for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) […]
A once in a generation investment programme into local NHS services has taken a major step forward as building work officially started in January at St Mary’s Hospital.