January 97 News Archive
Máire's defection kills FF three
seats hopes
The bombshell decision of Fianna Fáil deputy
Máire Geoghegan Quinn to quit politics has left stunned party strategists
in Galway West privately resigned to the fact that there is now no way
that they can win three of the five seats on offer in the constituency
at the general election.
Taxing times cripple Clifden
"Clifden is facing a grim future unless the
government grants it the same designated tax status as is currently enjoyed
by other towns on the west coast."
Aran Islands: Uisce Inis Mór fós
'ar an méar fhada'
Cé go bhfuil dul chun cinn déanta maidir
le cúrsaí uisce ar oileáin eile Árainn, Inis
Meáin agus Inis Oírr, is léir go bhfuil Inis Mór
curtha ar an méar fhada, dar leis an gComhairleoir Séamas
Ó Gabháin, Cathaoirleach Choiste Oileánda na Comhairle
le sé bliain anuas.
Ó Foighil to top Bobby, Éamon
and Michael D
A Connemara politician who had to endure a dressing
down in Seanad Eireann is guaranteed to top the poll at the forthcoming
General Election.
Suicide crisis for young farmers
Loneliness and financial worries have been identified
as the biggest problems in the growing numbers of young farmers taking
their own lives.
Duaiseanna Ghlór na nGael
Tá aitheantas bainte amach ag dhá phobal
as Gaeltacht Chonamara i gComórtas Náisiúnta Ghlór
na nGael.
Bogmen's Ball at Peacocke's
The annual Bogmen's Ball will take place at Peacocke's
of Maam Cross on February 15 and already there is huge interest in the
annual event which is one of the social events of the year in Connemara.
Clifden & Connemara web site gratefully acknowledges the support of
Glór Chonamara in which these news stories first appeared.
 |
 |
|
Work starts in January on the Station House development,
Clifden.
The old motel on the Galway road gets the treatment.
|