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Bish students hang up their phones to avoid distraction!

From this week’s Galway City Tribune – A city secondary school has introduced a novel way to free their students from the distraction of their mobile phones. By attaching the ‘Phone Away Box’ to lockers, mobile devices can be safely stowed away for the day – in plain sight, so that teachers can see the […]

Asylum seeker numbers will be a political pinchpoint again in 2023

World of Politics with Harry McGee Once Russia invaded Ukraine almost a year ago, the Government prepared for a large number of refugees to arrive in Ireland. Almost 70,000 came by the end of 2022. What the Government was not expecting was an accompanying – and dramatic – surge in the number of people from […]

IFA vow to fight cuts in livestock numbers

IRELAND faces ‘devastating’ its own agricultural sectors with restrictive environmental measures while at the same time food imports from Brazil into the EU continue to rocket. That’s the stark warning issued this week by IFA President, Tim Cullinan, who said that while Irish farmers were willing to reduced emissions and address climate challenges, they wouldn’t […]

Sarsfields edge cliffhanger for county title number six

Sarsfields 2-11 Oranmore-Maree 2-9 Eanna O’Reilly at Duggan Park SARSFIELDS sealed their fourth consecutive county senior A camogie title and their sixth in total when edging out a gallant Oranmore/Maree side in Saturday’s exciting final at Duggan Park, Ballinasloe. The All-Ireland champions were severely tested in a gripping contest, the outcome of which was in […]

Large numbers of younger Irish workers plan to change jobs in next two years

More than half of the co-called Gen Z’s and only slightly less of our millennials plan to leave their current jobs for pastures new in the next two years. That’s according to a new Deloitte Ireland survey which revealed that 56% of Gen Zs and 40% of millennials plan to leave their current roles in […]

Connemara man charged over threats to Taoiseach

A Connemara man has been released on bail after being charged with threatening to kill or cause serious harm to the Taoiseach and his family. Patrick Grealish (48), with an address at 16 Garraí an Choirce, Lettermullen, was before a special sitting of Galway District Court on Monday where he was charged with making a […]

Easy access to info is not always the answer

A Different View with Dave O’Connell I’ve no problem remembering our home phone number from 50 years ago, but I have to look up my own home number now. I can instantly recite the registration numbers of my father’s cars from the seventies and eighties – OIM 377 or CZM 578 – but I had […]

Galway City councillor investigated over Traveller comments

From this week’s Galway City Tribune – An independent investigation is underway into controversial comments made by a former city mayor about Travellers, the Galway City Tribune has learned. The probe, led by barrister Ruth Mylotte, was commissioned by Galway City Council to examine derogatory remarks by Councillor Michael Crowe (FF) about housing Travellers last […]

Gardaí investigate shop burglaries in New Inn and Abbeyknockmoy

Gardaí are investigating shop burglaries in New Inn and Abbeyknockmoy within a short space of time in the early hours of Friday. The XL shop in New Inn was broken into shortly before 2am. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); A number of doors and windows were smashed while the phone lines were also cut. The […]

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