New Bishop of Clonfert appointed

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July 16, 2019

Galway daily news Galway sees multiple improvements in latest IBAL Litter Survey

Galway city council should bring waste collection services back into public ownership People Before Profit insist.

Household waste collection in Galway city is currently run mainly by private operators like the The City Bin Company and other service providers.

But PBP have said that privatised waste management is a flawed service, claiming that lower income households resort to illegal dumping when they cannot afford the fees.

Drawing parallels between waste collection and housing, the socialist party said that privatising services can hurt the public interest.

They added that last year the government’s Price Monitoring Group reported that householders were ‘struggling to make meaningful comparisons on waste collection fees because of poor online or phone information from many of the dozens of firms in the market’.

“Over-reliance on private firms to provide this service has resulted in what are essentially oligopolies in Irish cities and counties,” PBB local representative Joe Loughnane said.

“A publicly-owner waste management service could be more transparent and keep costs down for households, and for that reason we will be starting a campaign on this issue over the coming weeks and months to spread the word and get feedback from the wider community”

Sam Jinks breathes life into sculpted flesh for Galway Arts Festival

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July 16, 2019

Galway Daily arts & culture In The Flesh at Galway Arts Festival

Australian sculptor Sam Jinks has created an extraordinary exhibition of the human subject at its most vulnerable and alive to serve as the linchpin of the visual arts strand of Galway International Arts Festival.

Sam Jinks’ In The Flesh is displaying at the newly created Festival Gallery on William Street for the two week duration of Galway International Arts Festival.

In the Flesh features breathtakingly images of people crafted with real human hair, and so lifelike in tone and feeling that you can practically feel the flush under their skin.

His hyper-realistic creations might be crafted from clay casts, poured silicone, fibreglass, and resin, but they capture feelings of intimacy, fragility, and strength that have nothing synthetic about them.

For this exhibition at Galway International Arts Festival Sam has brought a mix of new and existing sculpture which explore the themes of intimacy, empathy, alienation, mortality and acceptance.

“The viewer becomes suspended in an intense moment of intimacy with the work, a moment that cannot ordinarily be achieved amongst strangers.”

“As we stare at the figures frozen in states of vulnerability, be it babyhood, old age or quiet contemplation, we glimpse our own vulnerabilities reflected back.”

The Festival Gallery is located on William Street. The entrance is just behind the bronze sculptures of Oscar Wilde and Eduard Vilde and is between Premoli shoe shop and Matt O’Flaherty’s chemist.

HSE submits plans for Tuam Residential Care Centre

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July 16, 2019

Galway daily news Knocknacarra social housing

Plans have been submitted to the county council for a 50 bed Residential Care Centre in Tuam.

The HSE is seeking permission to build a Care Centre on a 1.27HA site on the Seam Purcell road.

The plans submitted by the HSE are for a two-storey courtyard building with adjoining service and day care wings which will have ensuite bedrooms for 50 residents.

The residential area includes 10 designated dementia units on the ground floor of the building.

The centre will include a reception area, day care and therapy spaces, activity rooms, dining areas and their associated kitchen facilities, family accommodation and amenities as well as office and administration space.

The HSE said that the “development of this Residential Care Centre and Day Care facility will provide much needed modernised services for those in need of residential care, and their families, within the Tuam and hinterland area.”

Communal and private open space also makes up part of the design with a rooftop terrace garden, landscaped courtyards, and associated site works.

The design of the landscape was laid out to ensure “physical and visual accessibility to the garden areas, internal courtyards, and external terraces,” according to the design statement.

“The external environment will be designed to accommodate places for residents to be alone, places to be with family and friends, places for external therapy and places for staff”.

The centre will be served by 43 car parking spaces and a vehicular set down area along with 12 bicycle spaces. 28 of those spaces will be out front in the public area, with a further 15 spaces in for staff and deliveries in the yard.

A Traffic and Transport Assessment, Archaeological Impact Assessment and Ecological Impact Assessment were submitted with the application.

One objection was received by the county council saying that what was submitted by the developer was not a proper Environmental Impact Assessment, and disagreeing with the claim that the project would not impact local flora or fauna.

Galway county council is due to make a decision on this planning application by August 12.

Busy city street closing for twelve day roadworks next week

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July 16, 2019

Galway daily news Seven week road closure in downtown Galway City

Fr Burke road in the city will be closing daily for roadworks starting from next week.

Galway city council has ordered a road closure from 8am to 6pm to enable roadworks being carried out by Irish Water.

The closure will affect Fr Burke road from the junction with Grattan Road to the junction with St. Ignatius Terrace.

It will be in effect for twelve days from Monday, July 22 to Friday, August 2 inclusive.

An alternative route is available via St. Ignatius Terrace and Fairhill Road Lower and vice-versa.

Irish Water are laying new water distribution mains in the Claddagh throughout the summer.

More road closures will follow further along Fr Burke Road and on School Avenue throughout August to enable this programme of works by Irish Water.

Local access will be maintained at all times and advance diversion signage will be in place before work begins.

Further information and maps of the affected areas can be downloaded from www.galwaycity.ie.

SIRO investing €20 million in high speed city broadband

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July 16, 2019

Galway Daily news Work underway to deliver fibre broadband for 2,500 homes in East Galway

SIRO has this week announced plans to bring Gigabit speed broadband to tens of thousands people living in and around Galway city with a multi-million investment.

The Galway rollout will see broadband services powered by SIRO made available to approximately 30,000 premises across Galway city and the surrounding area.

SIRO plans to €20 million in the construction of its Gigabit broadband network, representing what will be the largest single investment that the wholesale broadband operator will make in 2019.

The first Galway homes which were connected to the network in Oranmore last week.

The rest of the project will see the network built outwards from SIRO points of Interconnect in Galway, Oranmore and Moneenageisha to reach 30 clusters using fibre technology.

Using the existing ESB network, SIRO builds dedicated fibre-optic cables all the way to the home or business premises, delivering speeds of 1 Gigabit per second or 15 times faster than the average broadband speeds in Ireland.

Minister of State for the Gaeltacht and Galway West TD Seán Kyne launched the programme this week, saying that it would have a “transformative effect on Galway”.

“This will give Galway businesses a head start against their peers both at home and internationally, as well as giving homes access to the latest digital services.”

John Keaney, CEO of SIRO, added: “Our Gigabit connectivity will complement Galway’s rich technology heritage and put it on a par with international cities like Hong Kong and Tokyo in terms of broadband quality.”

“SIRO is proud to help power a digital transformation in the city benefiting residents and businesses alike by introducing a new fibre era and switching off the old legacy copper network.”

Mayor of Galway Mike Cubbard said that this investment in Fibre-to-the-Building technology would be of huge benefit to large amounts of office space coming online in the city withing the next year.

“Given the strong growth of sectors such as financial services, medtech, ICT, and cyber security in Galway, it is absolutely essential that business is supported by the best quality connectivity,” Galway Chamber President Dave Hickey added.

“We have low latency transatlantic connection and now we have the local connectivity to match. It builds further resilience for an economy increasingly driven by data.”

Construction begins at site of new special school in Tuam

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July 15, 2019

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The construction of St Oliver’s Special School in Tuam, which began recently, has been described as ‘great to see’.

Sean Canney TD visited the site of the new €4.3 million state-of-the-art school at the Glebe, saying the new school is ‘another major step forward for educational provision in Tuam’.

The construction is expected to take 12 months and will have a floor space of 2,221 sq metres and construction will take take 12 months.

Commenting following his visit to the site, Minister Canney said that it is ‘great to see’, and that when complete, Tuam will have a ‘first class educational facility for students with special needs’.

The Galway East TD added: “We have seen the new Gaelscoil open with an investment of €6 million; Phase One of Archbishop McHale College opened following an investment of €5 million; Cahergal National School opened at a cost of €5 million; and there have been facilities upgrades at the Mercy College, Presentation College, St Jarlath’s and St Pat’s National School.

“We also now have a plan for the national schools, with St Pat’s, the Mercy NS and the Presentation NS amalgamating into a 32-classroom school on one site.

“The Educate Together National School will get a permanent building as part of the overall plan, which will secure the future of Tuam’s National Schools for the next 40 years.”

Farmers encouraged to review Farm Risk Assessment this week

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July 15, 2019

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Farmers across Galway are being encouraged to review their Farm Risk Assessment, as Farm Safety Week gets underway.

So far this year there have been 12 fatal farm accidents on Irish farms.

These 12 fatal farm accidents account for over 40% of all fatal work accidents so far in 2019, despite the fact that farming accounts for less than 6% of the workforce.

Galway East TD Ciaran Cannon encouraged farmers to review their Farm Risk Assessment following Galway-based farm safety expert Peter Gohery’s call for increased safety training on farms from an earlier age.

Minister Cannon said that he agrees with Peter’s view that this training is required both in the handling of all kinds of agricultural machinery and in dealing with livestock.

“These are important perspectives as we mark this week`s focus on Farm Safety and the week`s aim, in addition to the recent HSA Farm Safety campaign at the end of April which focused on the safe use of tractors and machinery, are very important in increasing awareness of the alarming number of farm accidents that occur each year.

“Farms are both work places and family homes and it is important that the entire family is alert to the risks that exist on farms.

“One of the first steps in helping to achieve a safe farm is for farmers to adhere to the Farm Safety Code of practice and to review their Farm Risk Assessment which I encourage all members of the agricultural community to do this week,” said the Fine Gael TD.

Carbon Nightclub announces it will close down this summer

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July 15, 2019

Carbon Nightclub has announced that it will be closing its doors for the final time later this summer.

The nightclub, which has been one of the most popular venues in the city for students over the last nine years, is set to close on 21 August.

It is not yet known what the new owners intend to do with the much-loved nightclub.

In a statement published on social media, the nightclub said that for many people, Carbon represents fond memories of time spent in Galway.

It thanked its customers over the years and said ‘it has been a pleasure to have been part of your journey’.

“Of course, without our amazing staff, none of this would have been possible. We would like to thank each and every one of our staff members over the years for their hard work, loyalty and dedication. It is fair to say that a Carbon family now exists and friends have been made for life,” the statement said.

Carbon wished those taking over every success in the future.

“We have no doubt that they will further enhance Galway’s bustling nightlife.”

Carbon will be hosting a number of nostalgic events to celebrate the life of the nightclub before its closure.

Book of Condolence at Town Hall Theatre for legendary comedian Brendan Grace

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July 15, 2019

12 November 2011; Entertainer Brendan Grace performing during the O'Neills TG4 Ladies Football All-Star Awards 2011. Citywest Hotel, Saggart, Co. Dublin. Picture credit: Brendan Moran / SPORTSFILE

A Book of Condolence is open at the Town Hall Theatre for people who wish to pay their respects to the late Brendan Grace.

Brendan Grace passed away at Galway Clinic last Thursday aged 68.

Hundreds of fans of the comedy legend came out to honour him at his funeral in Dublin today.

For decades Brendan delighted comedy fans with his characters like the schoolboy Bottler Murphy, or his turn as Father Fintan Stack on Fr. Ted.

Mayor of Galway Mike Cubbard opened a Book of Condolence for the people of Galway who wished to pay respects at Town Hall Theatre this afternoon.

The book will be available for members of the public to sign in the Town Hall Theatre during opening hours until Friday, July 19.

NUI Galway researcher receives prestigious Royal Society award

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July 15, 2019

A Biomedical Engineer at NUI Galway has been chosen as one of four researchers in the Republic of Ireland to receive a prestigious Royal Society-SFI University Research Fellowship today.

Dr Eimear Dolan received one of the Royal Society’s 43 new University Research Fellowships for 2019.

The researchers will take up their new posts at 24 institutions across Ireland and Britain at the start of October.

Dr Dolan was appointed a University Research Fellow and awarded over €732,000 for her research project – A Soft Robotics Approach to Reduce the Foreign Body Response to Medical Implants.

She has developed a proof-of-concept soft robotic implant, which she plans on adapting as a treatment for Type 1 Diabetes.

Dr Dolan plans on establishing relationships with other research institutes to become the global leader in innovative medical devices.

During her Fellowship she will be based at NUI Galway and will also spend some time at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Speaking about her Research Fellowship award, Dr Eimear Dolan, College of Science and Engineering, NUI Galway, said: “I am delighted to be awarded a Royal Society-SFI University Research Fellowship.

“It is a great honour to be an awardee of such a prestigious Fellowship. The award will provide me with time and funding to establish my independent research group and achieve my research goals.

“I am at a very exciting stage in my career and I look forward to working with the Royal Society, SFI and NUI Galway.”

Welcoming the announcement, Dr Ruth Freeman, Director of Science for the Royal Society in SFI, said: “The Royal Society-SFI University Research Fellowships Scheme, which contributes to Ireland’s international reputation for research excellence, recognises those with the potential to become Ireland’s future research leaders.

“I am delighted to congratulate the four researchers who have been granted these prestigious awards and wish them every success for the future.

“We are delighted to work together with our UK partners, the Royal Society, to ensure that young researchers have access to stellar opportunities such as these which will launch their research careers.”

Major improvements to bumpy Clonlahan Road welcomed

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July 15, 2019

Galway Daily news Traffic disruption expected from five day N67 roadworks

Recent resurfacing works along the Clonlahan Road near Kiltormer have been welcomed.

Minister Ciaran Cannon said he was delighted at the news that the works had been completed, describing the section of road as ‘very uneven’ with a number of ‘notorious humps and dips’.

This part of the Clonlahan Road, from the junction that leads to both Kiltormer and Killimor and just beyond the turn for Bettaville townlands, has been completely resurfaced.

The Galway East TD said: “The works have also ensured that issues relating to a couple of other uneven sections nearer to the Spinning Wheel pub and the junction for Springfield and Killoran townlands have also been addressed.

“In addition, I’m pleased to see that the installation in recent months of lighting at the Shrine in Englishtown has enhanced safety along that section of road by ensuring greater visibility at night for both pedestrians and motorists.

Minister Cannon added: “‘This is a busy route used by parents accessing St Brendan’s NS in Mullagh and members of the local communities in Mullagh, Killoran and Kiltormer and the road enhancement works will ensure both greater safety and an improved driving environment for all.”

Galway Film Fleadh 2019 award winners chosen

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July 15, 2019

Galway Daily arts & culture Galway Film 2019 awards

On Sunday July 14, 2019 the 31st Galway Film Fleadh came to a close after another outstanding year of Irish and international film premieres, screenings, workshops and discussions.

On the last day of the festival, the film fleadh held it annual awards honouring the very best of the filmmakers working in every discipline who brought their work to showcase in Galway.

The annual Galway Film Fleadh awards ceremony took place before the screening of the closing film Never Grow Old with winners chosen in 25 categories in feature films, documentaries, short films, animation and more.

The full list of winners at the 2019 Galway Film Fleadh is as follows:

Best International First Feature – The Best of Dorien B.

Director: Anke Blonde
Producer: Dries Phylpo, Jean Claude Van Rijckeghem, Marien Slot

The Best of Dorien B. is a comedy-drama about a woman who rediscovers herself amid chaos as all the pillars of her life begin to fall down.

Best International Documentary – Stage

Director: Abbie Ainsworth
Producer: Jamie Kastner & Lindsey Kutner

Stage: The Culinary Internship follows a group of interns during a nine month apprenticeship at one of the best restaurants in the world, Mugaritz as they fight to cope with the exacting standards.

Best International Film – A Bread Factory

Director: Patrick Wang
Producer: Daryl Freimark, Matt Miller, Patrick Wang

This two part feature follows the struggles of two women fighting for the survival of their community arts venue when a celebrity couple comes into their sleepy town with an enormous competitive arts space that starts sucking up funding.

Best International Short Documentary – After the Silence

Directed & Produced by Sonam Larcin

Having fled his country, David had to leave behind the man he loves. He remembers him, their life together and what they were trying to hide.

Best International Short Animation – Roadkill

Directed & Produced by Leszek Mozga

Roadkill is a stop-motion animated thriller. In a world where deer are the dominating species, one alpha male goes for an evening car ride and has an unfortunate accident.

Best International Short Fiction – Brotherhood

Director: Joobeur Meryam
Producer: Maria Gracia Turgeon & Habib Attia

Mohamed is a hardened shepherd living in rural Tunisia with his wife and two sons. He is deeply shaken when his oldest son Malik returns home after a long journey with a mysterious new wife.

Best Human Rights Film in association with Amnesty International – For Sama

Director Waad al-Kateab & Edward Watts
Producer Waas Al-Kateab

An intimate yet epic journey into the female experience of war, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo and the choices she has to make to protect her daughter.

Don Quijote Award for Best Animated Short Film – Featherweight

Director: Kayleigh Gibbons
Producer: Richard Gordon

The FICC jury awarded the Don Quijote prize to Featherweight for its touching storytelling style and expressive animation dealing with the universal theme of grief.

Best Animated Sequence in A Short Film in Association with Brown Bag Films – Abe’s Story

Director: Adam H Stewart
Producer: Eilish Kent

In Victorian London an overworked writer, Abe, is inspired by his day job in the theatre to create a bloody brilliant novel.

The Donal Gilligan Award for Best Cinematography in a Short Film in association with Irish Society of Cinematographers – Rip to the Rescue!

Director: Paudie Baggott
Producer: Sarah Barr

In a post-apocalyptic Irish midlands, an overconfident American jet pilot tries to rescue a beautiful young woman from her domineering mammy.

The Best Short Documentary Award in association with Gresan na Mean Skillnet Training – HYDEBANK

Director: Ross McClean
Producer: Noe Mendelle, Flore Cosquer, Christine Morrow & Chris Kelly

In an encounter between innocence and assumed evil we witness the daily struggles of an imprisoned 21-year-old.

The Best First Short Drama in association with Mazars – Bainne

Director: Jack Reynor
Producer: Laura Hickey & Emer O’Shea

Ireland, 1851. A farm hand at the end of the Great Famine encounters a ghostly female figure leading him to a new hope.

The Best First Short Animation Award – Archie’s Bat

Directed & Produced by Shannon Egan

A lonely young boy builds a unique bond with an unsuspecting creature and learns that sometimes it’s better to let go and move on.

The James Horgan Award for Best Animation – Streets of Fury

Directed & Produced by Aidan McAteer

Violent Max Punchface gets trapped in an alien land with only some friendly sheep for company/punch practice.

The Tiernan McBride Award for Best Short Drama in association with Network Ireland Television – Cynthia

Director: Jack Hickey
Producer: Laura Hickey

Over the course of a fraught evening Cynthia navigates her once familiar circle of friends and comes to realise that some bridges can’t be mended.

Best Cinematography in an Irish Feature in association with Teach Solais – Finky

Director Of Photography: Cathal Watters

A offbeat, mysterious, fantasy drama of redemption in the circus.

Pitching Award in association with 101 Films – What Would Rocky Do?

Pitcher: Roisin Jones

Best Marketplace Project Award in association with Bankside Films – Watermelon Seeds

Project Owner: Kate Swan (Bonnie Film)

Best Irish Documentary – Breaking Out

Director: Michael McCormack
Producer: Aideen O’Sullivan & Michael McCormack

Filmed over 10 years and covering a lifetime, Breaking Out is the story of singer and musician Fergus O’Farrell who touched thousands of lives even as his own slipped away.

Best Irish First Feature in Association with Saffrey Champness – A Bump Along The Way

Director: Shelly Love
Producer: Louise Gallagher

When fun loving single mum Pamela becomes pregnant, her relationship with her uptight daughter, Allegra is tested as the two navigate pregnancy and teenage hormones.

The Bingham Ray New Talent Award in Association With Magnolia Pictures – Lola Petticrew in A Bump Along The Way

The Galway Hooker Award for Outstanding Achievement
The recipients are

James Schmaus
Ros Hubbard
Jon Hubbard

Best Irish Film in Association with Danu Media – Extra Ordinary

Rose is a sweet, lonely driving instructor with supernatural abilities called ‘The Talents’ that allow her to communicate with spirits.

Rose has a love/hate relationship with her gifts and ignores the community’s requests to investigate bizarre happenings in town.

When widower Martin, haunted by his nagging ex-wife Bonnie, contacts her for help she has to at least consider the job.

Plans submitted for 21 houses in Headford

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July 15, 2019

Galway Daily news Planning appeal over 91 houses & apartments in Athenry

A fresh residential development in Headford village in the works with plans submitted to the county council for 21 houses.

Callanan Walsh Construction Ltd are seeking planning permission to build 16 three-bedroom semi-detached houses, 4 four-bedroom semi-detached dwellings and 1 four-bedroom detached house.

The new residential estate would be connected to the existing water supply, public sewers, and storm drain services already in the area.

During construction the project would also include the provision of a temporary site access route and compound.

Submissions about this project can be made to the county council until August 1, and a final decision is due on whether to grant planning permission by August 22.

Enchanting fairytales by Oscar Wilde capture the stage in The Star Child

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July 15, 2019

Galway Daily arts & culture Fairytales by Oscar Wilde

Some of Galway’s finest young performers are bringing a collection of classic short stories from Oscar Wilde to the stage this month in The Star Child.

The Star Child is an imaginative dramatisation by Galway Youth Theatre of The Happy Prince, The Selfish Giant and The Star Child stories penned by Oscar Wilde.

Described as a “haunting, magical fairytale collection”, The Star Child has been adapted for the stage by Mary Elizabeth Burke-Kennedy and directed by Andrew Flynn.

The tales are woven together with a large ensemble of incredible performers, eye catching puppetry, and live music composed by Carl Kennedy.

The Star Child is on each day at 4:30pm in Nuns’ Island Theatre from July 15-28 during Galway International Arts Festival, with no show on Sunday, July 21.

Tickets are €14 and the play has a duration of 1hr 30mins with no interval.

Week long water main works in the Claddagh to cause outages

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July 15, 2019

Galway daily news Water outages in multiple areas of Galway due to burst mains

People living in the Claddagh area of Galway city can expect water outages and disruptions over the next five days while work is being done on the network.

Irish Water is carrying out mains rehabilitation works, and warns that the work may cause intermittent water outages.

Work is getting underway at 9:30am today and will continue until 6pm on Friday, July 19.

A traffic management plan will be in place for the duration of the works.

Separate mains repair works are also being carried out in Salthill today.

Repair works may cause supply disruptions to homes and businesses in Devon Court, Salthill and surrounding areas in Galway City today.

Work in Salthill is getting underway at 10am today, and Irish Water says that repairs will be complete by 6pm this evening.

In all instances households are advised that it may take 2 – 3 hours for full water supply to be restored after repair works are complete.

Further updates on the situation will be available through Irish Water’s Supply and Service page, or people affected can call 1850 278278.

Restoration project of historic Loughrea estate awarded €100,000

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July 14, 2019

Galway Daily Restoration project of historic Loughrea estate launched

This week has seen the launch of the Loughrea Walks Project to restore the historic fabric of the former Clanricarde estate.

The Department of Community and Rural Development has awarded €100,000 for the first phase of restoration work on the Loughrea estate’s walls and bridges.

The project also includes the moat which surrounded the 800 years ago, the only medieval moat in Ireland which is still functioning.

Galway East TD Seán Canney, whose department is providing the funding, launched the project with the Walks Project Committee this Friday.

“I want to congratulate the Walks Project Committee on their successful application for funding,” Seán Canney said, adding that the historic grounds have “fallen into a serious state of disrepair.”

“I am equally delighted that the restoration and conservation works will be carried out by tradespeople who are highly experienced in this field.”

Work is due to get underway on the project in the coming week, with an estimated final price tag of €450,000.

The town of Loughrea was founded in 1236 by the Anglo-Norman knight, Richard de Burgo.

The Normans dug a channel from Loughrea Lake to create the moat so that the town would be protected by water.

The origin of The Walks is uncertain but the feature appears in a map of the town from 1791, when it was referred to as The Clanricarde Walk and River.

The river in The Walks is vitally important to the Loughrea Lake fishery, acting as a nursery for baby brown trout until they are mature enough to migrate back into the lake.

Summer sun to give way to rain by midweek

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Galway Daily weather Weather warning for heavy rain in Galway tonight

Galway’s run of good summer weather should stick around for the opening of the arts festival tomorrow, but giving way to rain by midweek.

Monday’s weather will continue to be warm and dry with the strong sunny spells, especially in the early afternoon, but becoming increasingly cloudy with highest temperatures of 20 to 22 degrees.

Expect the odd scattered shower and moderate southwesterly breezes.

Tuesday will see much cloudier conditions though the sun will still break through at times in the evening and temperatures of 18 to 20 degrees.

There will be some more showers, particularly out towards Connemara, but it will overall remain dry with light to moderate southwesterly breezes, getting stronger later in the day.

But by Wednesday Met Eireann is forecasting that conditions will break for the worse with cloudy skies turning to persistent rain in the evening, but temperatures will only cool off slightly to an average of 17 degrees.

The rain will persist for the next couple of days, becoming particularly heavy on Friday, though the odd sunny spell will still creep in on Thursday.

Expect things to stay clammy as despite the heavy rain, the mercury won’t be dropping by much, reaching lowest temperatures of 15 to 16 degrees Celsius during the day.

St. Mary’s Athenry GAA club building three new pitches

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July 14, 2019

Galway Daily sport Planning refused again for Oughterard sports facilities

St. Mary’s GAA club in Athenry is upgrading its club facilities with three new pitches, a ballwall, and a walking path.

The GAA club at Carnaun, Athenry recently received planning permission for two new grass pitches, and all weather astro-turf pitch, ballwall, walking path, and associated site works.

In May the county council asked St. Mary’s GAA Club to revise the positioning of the all weather pitch so that they were not on top of the percolation area and stormwater soakway for the approved dressing room building.

Only one submission was made to the council concerning this project from the Department of Culture, Heritage, and the Gaeltacht noting that the development is in close proximity to a historical ringfort.

The department said that “Given the scale, extent, and location of the proposed development it is possible that subsurface archaeological remains could be encountered during the construction phases that involve ground disturbance”.

It recommended that archaeological monitoring should take place during construction work at the GAA club.

Galway county council granted planning permission with seven conditions attached, including a stipulation that the all weather pitch shall not be used an later than 10pm.

Minister hears flooding and coastal erosion concerns from South Galway communities

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July 14, 2019