Awful Galway football final leaves the purists in state of depression
Inside Track with John McIntyre
GALWAY’S club football’s biggest game of the year at Pearse Stadium last Sunday proved a major letdown . . . despite champions Corofin being forced to scramble for their lives...
Vote validity uncertain as Council chaos reigns
Bradley Bytes - A sort of political column with Dara Bradley
The latest Galway City Council meeting ended in such chaos that a question mark hangs over decisions taken at the end of proceedings.
The meeting,...
Go far quickly and creep back home!
Double Vision with Charlie Adley
It’s that utterly soul-destroying moment when you’ve far to go, yet find yourself stuck behind a car that brakes as each car passes on the other side of the road.
I...
Speeches leave you speechless – by droning on and on forever
A Different View with Dave O’Connell
re people boring because they drone on and on forever – or does it just seem like they go on forever because what they’re saying is utterly, mind-numbingly duller...
Peter Casey is just Chance the Gardener for a new generation
World of Politics with Harry McGee
There’s a classic comedy called ‘Being There’ starring Peter Sellers. It’s about a slow-witted gardener called Chance who has worked all his life for a very rich man. When...
Councillors’ Christmas cheer after vote to top up expenses
Bradley Bytes - a sort of political column by Dara Bradley
It’s only the Halloween Bank Holiday weekend but there was a certain amount of Christmas cheer evident at City Hall last Monday.
A vote was...