Connacht Tribune
Galway In Days Gone By
1918
Daylight robbery
A daring robbery is reported to have occurred near Rahoon on Monday. Mrs. Mary Codyre, who resides in the village, was returning home on a donkey and cart from the city and overtook three youths at Leitriff. One of them asked her for seats on the cart, which she consented to do.
After traversing half a mile on the cart, the youths jumped off. Mrs. Codyre examined the cart, and found that a sack, in which she had two pairs of new boots, was missing. The youths had fled.
She returned to Dominick-street police barracks and, and Sergeant McGlynn and Constable Donegan immediately set out on their bicycles in search for the youths.
After a lengthy tour, they came upon a young fellow named John Badger, from Munster Lane, who was carrying a boot under each arm, inside his coat. He brought the police to Taylor’s Hill, where he pointed out, hidden in a wall, the other pair of boots. The search for the other boys continued until the next day, when they were arrested.
The three were brought before Mr. Young, J.P., who remanded them to the Petty Sessions, admitting Badger to bail, and ordering the other two, John J Hession and John J Kelly, both of whom reside in Raleigh-row, to be detained in custody.
Burned to death
An old man named Michael Hoban, who lived alone at Cloondariga, near Dunmore, was found burned to death in his house. It is supposed that his clothing must have caught fire and that he was unable to extinguish the flames.
Was it larceny?
The police state in connection with the reported theft from Messrs. Williams’ malting stores, Galway, that there are no grounds for presumption that the premises were broken into or that barley had been removed. They examined the premises minutely, and the only thing that could be suggested as an attempt at forcible entry was the absence of a few screws from the hinge of a door, the frame of which was decayed.
In their opinion, none of the barley was removed; the only theory suggesting such a depredation being the sinking of the large pile through its own weight.
1943
Potato market boycott
If the people of Galway boycotted the potato market in Galway for a few weeks, as was done in Sligo during the last great war, then the price would soon fall to a figure that the ordinary man could afford. This was one of the suggestions made to our representative who was making special inquiries into the exorbitant cost of potatoes at Galway market.
One man made the suggestion that the L.S.F. should be put on duty in the market to ensure that the fixed price of 1s. 8d. a stone would not be exceeded.
Potatoes went as high as 3s. a stone in Galway on Saturday. Many housewives who went to the market went home without any as they could not afford to pay the price demanded.
One lady told our representative that she would rather starve than pay the price asked, and a well-known Galway tradesman said that he had not eaten a potato for two weeks, nor would he eat any until they came down to a reasonable price.
Custard powder
Galway County Council prosecuted John Collins, Dunmore, for selling a packet of custard powder which was not of the nature, substance and quality demanded by the purchaser. Collins said that he sold the packet as he got it from the wholesalers.
Guard Keeffe, Food and Drugs Inspector, said that the custard powder was made from war flour instead of cornflour. The District Justice said that the analyst’s fee of 42s. seemed a lot. Really Collins was not to blame for selling the powder. He dismissed the case on Collins agreeing to pay £1 expenses.
Significant state investment is required to address ‘shocking’ inequalities that leave cancer patients in the West at greater risk of succumbing to the disease.
A meeting of Regional Health Forum West heard that survival rates for breast, lung and colorectal cancers than the national average, and with the most deprived quintile of the population, the West’s residents faced poorer outcomes from a cancer diagnosis.
For breast cancer patients, the five-year survival rate was 80% in the West versus 85% nationally; for lung cancer patients it was 16.7% in the west against a 19.5% national survival rate; and in the West’s colorectal cancer patients, there was a 62.6% survival rate where the national average was 63.1%.
These startling statistics were provided in answer to a question from Ballinasloe-based Cllr Evelyn Parsons (Ind) who said it was yet another reminder that cancer treatment infrastructure in the West was in dire need of improvement.
“The situation is pretty stark. In the Western Regional Health Forum area, we have the highest incidence of deprivation and the highest health inequalities because of that – we have the highest incidences of cancer nationally because of that,” said Cllr Parsons, who is also a general practitioner.
In details provided by CEO of Saolta Health Care Group, which operates Galway’s hospitals, it was stated that a number of factors were impacting on patient outcomes.
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Galway 3-18
Cork 1-10
NEW setting; new opposition; new challenge. It made no difference to the Galway minor hurlers as they chalked up a remarkable sixth consecutive double digits championship victory at Semple Stadium on Saturday.
The final scoreline in Thurles may have been a little harsh on Cork, but there was no doubting Galway’s overall superiority in setting up only a second-ever All-Ireland showdown against Clare at the same venue on Sunday week.
Having claimed an historic Leinster title the previous weekend, Galway took a while to get going against the Rebels and also endured their first period in a match in which they were heavily outscored, but still the boys in maroon roll on.
Beating a decent Cork outfit by 14 points sums up how formidable Galway are. No team has managed to lay a glove on them so far, and though Clare might ask them questions other challengers haven’t, they are going to have to find significant improvement on their semi-final win over 14-man Kilkenny to pull off a final upset.
Galway just aren’t winning their matches; they are overpowering the teams which have stood in their way. Their level of consistency is admirable for young players starting off on the inter-county journey, while the team’s temperament appears to be bombproof, no matter what is thrown at them.
Having romped through Leinster, Galway should have been a bit rattled by being only level (0-4 each) after 20 minutes and being a little fortunate not to have been behind; or when Cork stormed out of the blocks at the start of the second half by hitting 1-4 to just a solitary point in reply, but there was never any trace of panic in their ranks.
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GARDAÍ and the IFA have issued a joint appeal to all road users to take extra care as the silage season gets under way across the country.
Silage harvesting started in many parts of Galway last week – and over the coming month, the sight of tractors and trailers on rural roads will be getting far more frequent.
Inspector Conor Madden, who is in charge of Galway Roads Policing, told the Farming Tribune that a bit of extra care and common-sense from all road users would go a long way towards preventing serious collisions on roads this summer.
“One thing I would ask farmers and contractors to consider is to try and get more experienced drivers working for them.
“Tractors have got faster and bigger – and they are also towing heavy loads of silage – so care and experience are a great help in terms of accident prevention,” Inspector Madden told the Farming Tribune.
He said that tractor drivers should always be aware of traffic building up behind them and to pull in and let these vehicles pass, where it was safe to do so.
“By the same token, other road users should always exercise extra care; drive that bit slower; and ‘pull in’ that bit more, when meeting tractors and heavy machinery.
“We all want to see everyone enjoying a safe summer on our roads – that extra bit of care, and consideration for other roads users can make a huge difference,” said Conor Madden.
He also advised motorists and tractor drivers to be acutely aware of pedestrians and cyclists on the roads during the summer season when more people would be out walking and cycling on the roads.
The IFA has also joined in on the road safety appeal with Galway IFA Farm Family and Social Affairs Chair Teresa Roche asking all road users to exercise that extra bit of care and caution.
“We are renewing our annual appeal for motorists to be on the look out for tractors, trailers and other agricultural machinery exiting from fields and farmyards,” she said.
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