Tag: Ballinasloe
Substitute teachers stuck in limbo
Many teachers across Galway – unable to secure permanent jobs – find themselves consigned to substitution for years without security or holiday pay.
That’s according...
St Brigid’s to be sold off?
There is growing speculation that the old psychiatric hospital in Ballinasloe and 120 acres of grounds are to be put up for sale –...
Former St Brigid’s ‘offers alternative’ for Galway Hospice
A renewed campaign has been launched to encourage Galway Hospice to relocate to the old St Brigid’s Hospital in Ballinasloe.
A former government minister and...
Veteran fiddler still making sweet music – on eve of 100th...
One of Ireland’s oldest fiddle players was in flying form at the Taibhdhearc on Sunday last – on the eve of his 100th birthday...
Weekend to remember for Galway’s hottest rugby prospects
by Connell McHugh
It was a weekend to remember for two of Galway’s young rugby stars, as they donned the Irish jersey with distinction –...
Burglar pays high price for Indian takeaway haul
A takeaway with a difference occurred in Ballinasloe last year when a burglar found a large cache of €500 notes – hidden in his...