Services

Galway couple reunited honeymoon photos – a decade after unforgettable trip!

From this week’s Galway City Tribune – An American managed to track down a Galway couple to reunite them with their honeymoon photos – a decade after he lost their email address following a trek through a South American jungle. Anne Marie and John Burke had spent six weeks on the adventure of a lifetime […]

‘Tinder swindler’ blackmailed young Galway man over photos

From the Galway City Tribune – A scammer who posed as a potential partner on a dating app obtained intimate images from a young Galway man and used them to blackmail and extort money from him. The fraudster elicited the sexual images from the man under false pretences using a fake account on a popular […]

Why won’t they allow grumpy old men to do their own thing

Country Living with Francis Farragher While they mightn’t be any signs from God, there are by now a series of little hints or clues that the days of youth are long gone, and are of course completely irretrievable, apart from dipping back into the usual stockpile of memories. A few weeks back, an old acquaintance […]

Galway’s minor title hopes fade after heavy home loss

Mayo 2-13 Galway 1-6 Ivan Smyth at Tuam Stadium GALWAY’S minor footballers’ hopes of progressing through to the Connacht semi-finals suffered a huge blow as they were outgunned by a slick Mayo outfit at Tuam Stadium on Friday. Neil McHugh’s side will need to defeat Leitrim in their final group game and hope Sligo lose […]

Galway’s best yet secures passage to Connacht final

GALWAY 0-23 SLIGO 1-12 Kevin Egan at MacHale Park MAYBE, like the rest of us, Galway U-20 footballers just needed the sun to come out. This week at the Punchestown Festival, there will be plenty of horses that have shown their merit over the course of the full National Hunt season – but the real […]

Colemanstown United relegated after losing bottom of the table clash

Loughrea 5 Colemanstown Utd 1 By Mike Rafferty LAST season these two teams were promoted to the Premier League  and for the majority of this campaign kept one another company in the lower regions of the table. However, their separation became final on Saturday when Loughrea were always in command in a comfortable success and, […]

Posters are integral to Galway’s free elections

Bradley Bytes – a sort of political column by Dara Bradley Mike Cubbard, the Independent Councillor gunning for an unprecedented three-in-a-row of poll-topping performances in successive Local Elections in Galway City Central, has vowed not to use posters in the upcoming campaign. It worked for him five years ago. Back then, he was elected to […]

Acting your way to an extra bounce out of life!

Working an extra for film and TV, and featuring in onscreen advertising campaigns can be a fun and financially rewarding pastime. Stalwarts Patrick Keeney and Rosaleen Carroll tell BERNIE Ní FHLATHARTA how they got involved in the business and how being retired has opened new doors into the world of drama. For many people, retirement […]

Judge orders Conamara bird enthusiast to give up his rare golden eagle

A District Court judge has granted an application for the forfeiture of an unlicensed rare golden eagle from its Conamara owner who had been exhibiting it in public to children. Judge Mary Fahy granted the order to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage after a hearing at Derrynea District Court. The large bird […]

Go Up