Rent caps drive landlords out of social housing market
Galway City Tribune - Landlords have deserted social housing rental schemes in droves since rent caps were introduced in the city – further fuelling the housing shortage and homeless crisis.
Figures obtained by the Galway...
Concerns over Westside homeless ‘ghetto’
Galway City Tribune - Residents in Newcastle and Westside, particularly the elderly, fear the area is being ‘ghettoised’ as a location for homeless.
Labour Party Councillor Billy Cameron made the claim at the latest meeting...
Ram-raiders make off with €20,000 in phones and laptops
Galway City Tribune - A daring ram-raid on a city centre shop yielded a haul of computer equipment and phones worth several thousand euro.
The Compu b store on the corner of William Street and...
Oranmore/Maree show little mercy in clear-cut final win
Oranmore/Maree 3-19
Kilconieron 1-11
WE are baffled no more. Oranmore/Maree hurlers finally shattered their reputation as under-achievers when crushing surprise packets Kilconieron in a one-sided Galway Intermediate showdown at Duggan Park on Saturday.
It had been perplexing...
Magnificent half-dozen Galway titles on the trot for still hungry Corofin
By Alan Dooley
NORMAL service resumed on Sunday in Salthill as Corofin secured an incredible sixth county title in-a-row with an efficient, if by no means sparkling performance. Dylan Wall struck an early goal that...
Over the Edge at City Library
The Featured Readers for November’s Over the Edge: Open Reading are Annemarie Ní Churreáin, Maurice Devitt and Amy Barrett.
It will take place in Galway City Library on Thursday, November 22, from 6.30-8pm and there...