Charlie Adley’s Double Vision: There’s no friend like Galway City…
…and for that I’m thankful!
Galway
Congratulations Galway, Ireland’s Tidiest City!
Photo owned by adactio (cc) Belated congratulations to, well us. Galway has been named Ireland’s cleanest city in a study by Irish Business Against Litter. Collective pats on the back all around I think.
What’s a tissue…
I’m still having issues with the WP image upload thingy, so there’s quite a backlog of images to upload, including various gigs and cartoons over the last while. Hopefully I’ll have something resolved soon, so watch this space. For tonight, I’m off to Halo in Galway for the Maroon and White Christmas Party tonight. I’ll … Read more
Macnas set for new home?
View Larger Map Billy Cameron seems to think so in today’s Galway First. If it happens it’ll be fantastic news for Macnas as it means a permanent, city-based home for the company. Logistically, it’ll be tough at parade time: it’ll take a long time to get floats in position for rehearsals and on the day. … Read more
Is anyone actually running Galway?
In Dublin roadworks cease in the run up to Christmas to ease traffic. In Galway, they dig up Seamus Quirke Road and Mill Street causing traffic chaos. Seamus Quirke Road is one of the main arteries linking the east and west of the city. Nicely timed you planks.
Galway Democratic Republic?
Anyone know the origin of this plague which was erected at the Spanish Arch a few weeks ago? Mattie Hynes pointed it out to me and I went down and took a photo. Caitlin had a piece about it in Galway First. Nice headline Caitlin! “The plaque also contains the Latin inscription “Ita erat quando … Read more