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Swimming at sunrise in Salthill - couldn’t bate it with a schtick
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Powerful ad by
@GalwayCityCo
and
@GalwayChamber
in
@CTribune
today. Give me Ernie’s, Ryans and Charlie Byrnes any day of the week!
#shoplocal
#GaillimhAb
ù
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Sinn Fèin Aisling Burke takes back the seat lost by Deputy Mairéad Farrell in City East in 2019. Elected alongside Shane Forde who took the seat lost by Fine Gael John Walsh 5 years ago, and Labour Helen Ogbu
@CTribune
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Schtate of Quay Street
#Galway
today, like a building site for weeks. It’s like they waited til
#galway2020
European Capital of Culture before digging up city centre. Business as usual me hole. Why do ratepayers put up with it?
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Honoured to make the shortlist for
@HeadlineIreland
Mental Health Journalism award in the Local Print category for a story in
@CTribune
about Galway’s “creaking” mental health services with contributions from
@shar_nolan
and
@CllrJConnolly
#MentalHealthMatters
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Pleased to have been shortlisted for
@local_ireland
@NationalLottery
Local Ireland Media Award for Best News Series. Particularly proud the series of stories highlighted shortcomings in mental health services and at the new psychiatric unit at UHG
#localnewsmatters
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There were a few shocks so far in
#GalwayCityLE19
but none like Mike Shocks and Joe Shocks
#legends
#galway
#LE19
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Bushypark is %70 yes for
#repealtheeigth
despite a miraculous medal folded in with one of the no vote ballot
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Sinn Féin
@Farrell_Mairead
polling well in Letterfrack abd Renvyle, not known Shinner strongholds! Neck and neck with
@eamonocuiv
and she could top the poll if she keeps going
#SinnFein
#ge2020
#galwaywest
#shinnersurge
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#GE2020
#GalwayWest
@eamonocuiv
is the one and only
@fiannafailparty
TD in the country who topped the poll on the first count, and was elected to the first seat in any of the 39 constituencies. Even on bad days for FF, Éamò King of Connemara holds his own
@CTribune
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Is
#raydarcyshow
having a laugh? This is brutal. Putting Dry Januarys in jeopardy the length n breath of the country
#sponsoredbyvintners
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Shout out to
@Aldi_Ireland
cashier in Galway this eve who serenaded me with “Ive got chills they’re multiplying” while feigning a cough, as I packed my bags. Dark humour, it made my day 😂
#NotAllHeroesWearCapes
#CoronaCrisis
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Boxes opened in Leisureland count centre and (very) early indication from tallies is Galway West will reject both amendments
#Referendum2024
@CTribune
very few tallypeople here so 3-1 against comes with major health warning
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Found this autograph today of
@raysilke98
my late dad brought home from work for me after Galway won the All-Ireland in 1998. Can’t figure out who was the other one. Maybe
@skgaa
Pat Comer?
#memories
#GaillimhAbu
#GalwayforSam
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9th in a five-seater after the first count in
#galwaywest
#ge2020
@niallotuathail
of
@SocDems
keeping suny side out
@CTribune
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Independent Catherine Connolly happy out with her husband and son after being elected on the 12th count in
#GalwayWest
#ge2020
@ctribune
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Shane Byrne on
@SatSportRTE
- Irish provinces haven't been up to it last few years. Eh, Connacht won it last year
#pro12final
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@ShaneBeattyNews
Presumably to keep the Dubs from traveling to holiday homes in Kerry, Galway etc, which haven’t been as badly impacted by the virus as Dublin
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Covered
#ClimateEmegency
#GeneralElection2020
#galwaywest
hustings today in my old school
@Colaiste_Einde
for
@CTribune
whatever about election candidates, the students were brilliant. Future is safe in their hands
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Out saving lives one minute, back at their “shit hole” base the next. Conditions Ambulance crew put up with at UHG is eye opening. I visited last week - men’s toilets were rotten, kitchen manky, leaking roof. Heroes treated like shit
Ambulance crews forced to work in rotting 1950s building -
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Full moon swim to finish off 2020, a bollix of a year. Athbhliain faoi mhaise daoibh!
#GoodBye2020
#HappyNewYear2021
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Galway West TDs, Dev Óg Èamon Ó Cuív FF and and Mairéad Farrell SF trying to make sense of
#LE2024
pic:
@brian_harding
@CTribune
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Because professional rugby players face rigorous
#covid
testing, and they’re not pissed drunk with half the village celebrating county final wins in packed pubs all over the country
Why is there such a persistent Covid spotlight on the GAA? What about rugby . . . All those players flying in and out of the country. We had the same double standards when Guinness sponsored hurling and Heineken backed the European Cup. Another lockdown and no GAA is frightening.
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At last, a voice for newspapers, and in particular local newspapers, at Future of Media Commission
#localnewsmatters
Cabinet has approved the addition of
@Siobhanholliman
to the Future of Media Commission
@IrishTimesPol
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Resounding YES to
#repealtheeight
on
#Galwaywest
Aran Islands: Inis Meain (60% Yes); Inis Mor (%68 YES) and Inis Oirr (%71 YES)
@CTribune
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Mike Cubbard, Ind, who is in line to top
Poll for a record third time, tells
@feicphoto
(Soc Dem) she could take final seat in City Central
#LE24
@CTribune
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All set for Paddy’s Day social distancing pints
#paddysday
#StPatricksDay
#coronavirus
#QuarantineLife
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Highest Yes so far in Galway is another box in Knocknacarra. It's 81% YES. Few gays in that village!
#MarRef2015
#MarRef
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Noel Grealish is on 13% with 80% of boxes tallied. He’s home and hosed. That TG4 poll that had him losing his seat with 7% did him no harm.
#GalwayWest
#ge2020
@CTribune
#oughterard
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Bhi mé féin agus mo Hooker le cheile inniu I mo Seomra suí ag labhairt do Nuacht TG4 faoi an géarchéim i nuachtáin réigiúnacha agus aitiuil
#COVID19ireland
#buyapaper
#localnewsmatters
Tá achainní déanta ag Ceardchumann na nIriseoirí an NUJ
@Seamusdo
@Barnacles09
ar an Rialtas teacht i gcabhair ar iriseoirí atá ag cailleadh a gcuid fostaíochta le nuachtáin réigiúnacha ar fud na tíre. Tá an scéal ar fad
@AilbheOM
#covid19
#cor
óinvíreas
#coronavirus
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@hughescraig90
@irishdailymail
Fair play, surely you’ve earned an ould jab for yourself at this stage 🤪
#journalismmatters
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My mate Dougal left a
#coronavirus
survival kit in a box outside my door. Hand cream (knuckles red raw from washing), sanitizer, gloves, vitamins, and a, er, “I’m pissed hic!” Badge. All the essentials
#StayAtHome
#CoronavirusPandemic
#LoveThyNeighbor
#QuaratineLife
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My colleague
@ctribune
arts editor
@trageal
had an interesting comment piece in print edition of Friday’s Galway City Tribune that cuts through the bullshit and PR spin of
#Galway2020
and the consensus from the luvvies in the herd that emerged since programme launch. Worth a read
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One of my favourite things about ‘staycations’ in Ireland is picking up the local paper. Same when visiting different parts of UK. Apart from comparing with
@CTribune
how they do things, you get a good feel for the place
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Answering
@EamonRyan
@greenparty_ie
call “we will have our salads ready to go” 🤪
#CoronaVirusUpdate
#QuarentineLife
#southfacingwindowsills
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Well-known Galway barber Tom Nally gives tips on DIY home haircuts during lockdown in this week’s
@CTribune
Here’s one of Joe Shock’s pics of him giving The Bert a trim
#HaircutAtHome
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Mike Cubbard (Ind) to top poll for second election in row in Galway City Central.
#localelection2019
#GalwayCityLE19
could have 300-plus of a surplus, according to tallies. Fight on for last two seats. “Let them scrap away,” he says!
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Galway City East, 45% tallies: Burke SF 6.6%; Cheevers FF 14.6%; Crowe 10.4%; Forde 8.7%; Larkin Ind Ire 3.8%; Mathias GP 3.7%; McDonnell Ind 8.6%; OFlaherty 14.4%; Ogbu 7.7%
Councillor Noel Larkin looks to be in trouble but still half of boxes to be tallied yet
@CTribune
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The
@greenparty_ie
candidate in
#GalwayCityWest
#GalwayCityLE19
@paulinegalway
waiting for the tallies
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@FHmediastuff
Survey was one part of a two-page spread examining issue of red light running in Galway in today’s
@CTribune
worth picking up a copy!
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#GalwayWest
has
#RepealEDthe8th
Official
#repealth8th
result just in: turnout 60% YES 42,422 NO 21, 906
@CTribune
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Check out this short video I shot of
@steviedc1
new sustainable clothing store in
@galwayswestend
#galway
#sustainablefashion
Aplomb, a sustainable fashion store set up by Stephen Cooke, is one of the latest additions to the ‘West’ area in Galway. Leading the charge against fast fashion, it’s another reason to ‘cross the bridge’ to
@galwayswestend
📹:
@Barnacles09
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All over thanks be to fuck!
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The future is, eh, Blue and Purple.
@endahowley
of FG and
@shar_nolan
of Soc Dem co-operating on tallies. A sign of future coalition?!
#GeneralElection2020
#ge2020
#GalwayWest
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Bhí mé féin agus mó chuid gruaige ar Nuacht TG4 oiche de hAoine ag labhairt faoin meas madra a bhí ag Galway 2020 ar an Gaeilge, agus fadhbanna eile. 6 noimead isteach . . . Féach seo ó
#TG4
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Scrooge fuckers tried to skim my credit card over Christmas. Fair play to
@talktoBOI
for recognising suspicious transaction and acting swiftly on fraud
#Christmas2018
#fraudsters
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Love the way
@AimsirTG4
weather presenters stand on the right of screen, blocking England. Always annoys me when the Beeb ones (
@bbcweather
) stand on the left often blocking Ireland, and West of Ireland in particular! Fair plé daoibh
Mar atá i liricí 'Inis Oírr'
"Nárbh é an suaimhneas sámh seo ab fhearr dúinn"
Tuar na haimsire le
@CaitlinNicAoidh
@TG4TV
#TG4
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@CTribune
Frankeen with his family and “niece” Eibhlin Seoighthe
@feicphoto
(they’re not actually related, long story)
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Soon-to-be councillor Josie Forde chatting with Senator Ollie Crowe as she looks set to hold the seat he won in 2019 for
@crowecuiv
in Galway City Central
@CTribune
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Some auctioneer bollix on RTÉ
#findmeahome
trying to normalise monthly rent of €8,000 - EIGHT FUCKING THOUSAND EURO - for a flat in Dublin 🙄
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Nuala Ward prominent
#repealtheeigth
YES campaigner (played huge part in marriage referendum win too) at
#GalwayWest
Count with her “I survived a Catholic education” badge
#referendum2018
#Repealed
#8thAmendment
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#Covid19Ireland
encouraged many of us back to sea swimming in 2020
#lockdown
but these 12 legends known as Blackrock Lady Swimmers have been doing it daily for 35 years 👏
Women on crest of a wave with daily swim for 35 years -
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100% agree with this. Some of the abuse particularly under Facebook links to
@CTribune
stories about
#ge2020
candidates of all parties who won or lost in
#galwaywest
#galwayeast
over the past two days was shocking. Don’t understand why people bother taking time to spew pure bile
I saw a lot of commentary about candidates on social media during the campaign. Much of it was shocking stuff.I’d like to remind these ‘commentators’ that candidates are human with families. If you don’t like em,don’t vote for em. One way or another give up the cowardly activity.
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Juxtaposition: niece of shot IRA woman,
@Farrell_Mairead
@sinnfeinireland
sharing front page of
@CTribune
with William and Kate
@KensingtonRoyal
#royalvisit
#GE2020
#galwaywest
Who’d have thunk it?!
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Alan Cheevers of
@fiannafailparty
who missed out on the last seat in City East 5 years ago, is soon to be elected in
#GalwayCityLE19
If at first you don’t succeed . . .
#LE19
@CTribune
@alancheevers01
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The anticipated
#greenwave
didn’t arrive for
@paulinegalway
who polled a respectable 8th in a five-seater with 3,650 firsts. Swamped by the SF surge
#GalwayWest
#ge2020
@catherinegalway
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I think you’ll find it was UCG who won it!
Throw🔙 to 1942 when University of Galway won the Sigerson Cup for the 6th year in a row - the longest winning sequence ever! 🏆
Pictured is the University of Galway winning Sigerson team of 1933/34 which started a glorious run of success with eight out of nine titles between
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How much of an asshole do you have to be to steal safe full of cash from a cancer charity shop?
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Mayor of Galway
@niall_mcnelis
with his family at count Centre in Westside
#GalwayLE19
#GalwayCityLE19
He’s soon to be re-elected and looks likely that he’ll be only
@labour
Councillor
@GalwayCityCo
@CTribune
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Mike Glynn reminded me today of an incident at the Sportsground a few years ago when Leinster came in all their pomp and glory complete with the Tullow Tank . . . and the Connacht fans started singing "There's only one Sean O'Brien . . ."! He’ll be missed
Sad, but not surprising that Galwegians and Connacht flanker Sean O’Brien has been forced to retire. A PRO 12 winner and talented player who has suffered more than his share of injuries.
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Twitter gone toxic past few days (wasn’t great anyway!), with all the bickering about
#COVID19ireland
and
#Lockdown3
Calma relaxa people, take a fucking chill pill
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*Pat Shortt D’Unbelievables voice* “Sure it’d be a lovely little country if we could only roof it!”
THIS WEEK'S GALWAY CITY TRIBUNE IS NOW ON SALE OR YOU CAN PURCHASE YOUR E-PAPER HERE ...
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Cllr Declan McDonnell, a big Noel Grealish supporter, is as happy as Larry at
#GalwayWest
#ge2020
count centre. Noeleen’s seat is safe, despite predictions of his demise!
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Here’s a few thoughts for the
#NUJ
@NUJofficial
on why
#localnewsmatters
and why we should
#buyapaper
with a nod to
#InternationalWomensDay
"A community without a local
#newspaper
, is a community that lacks soul because local news truly does matter." says
@Barnacles09
for the
#NUJ
#localnewsmatters
week
#media
#Ireland
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Tabloid headline writing is an underrated skill
#golfgate
#philhogan
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Pubs lucky they didn’t open a fortnight ago, all the amateur epidemiologists be blaming them for the latest increase in confirmed
#COVID
cases
#PubsReopening
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Spiddal 1, 67% Yes, Spiddal 2, 55% Yes. Ros a Mhil Yes 58%, Carraroe boxes 58% and 51% Yes. Looks like Connemara is YES
#MarRef
#GalwayWest
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Noel Grealish supporters applaud as the Independent TD is officially re-elected on the 9th count in
#GalwayWest
#ge2020
@CTribune
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Toiletries in gents of Westside count Centre for
#localelection2019
#GalwayCityLE19
few of lads could do with taking a squirt of the Aldi Lynx!
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No
@RTE_PrimeTime
on TV and no
@LatedebateRTE
on radio as
#RTEgate
scandal worsens. And no statements from RTÉ boards to
@rtenews
on new barter accounts! Joke
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