Stephen Corrigan

Galway, Wicklow

Journalist at Connacht Tribune

Journalist with the Connacht Tribune and Galway City Tribune @ctribune. Email [email protected]

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Articles

Almost 4,000 pedestrians a day ignore €10m new river crossing at Salmon Weir

4 weeks ago | connachttribune.ie | Stephen Corrigan

Almost 4,000 pedestrians per day are still using the old Salmon Weir Bridge due to issues accessing the adjacent €10 million cycle and footbridge. Galway City Council has revealed plans to construct a new pedestrian crossing at the Cathedral side of the bridge later this year in an attempt to improve safe access to the new Droichead an Dóchais – a move they say will redirect around 2,000 walkers per day.
Galway In Days Gone By

1 month ago | connachttribune.ie | Stephen Corrigan

1925Flu that floorsThe influenza which has been raging throughout the West of Ireland, and, indeed, throughout the country generally, is particularly severe and disconcerting in its after effects. In most cases, the patient is stricken down suddenly but a couple of days in bed appears to affect a cure. As a matter of fact, the fever continues for ten days or a fortnight after the disease seems to have been conquered.
Galway puts best foot forward for St Patrick’s Day Parades

1 month ago | connachttribune.ie | Stephen Corrigan

Thousands thronged the streets of towns and villages across Galway for the St Patrick’s Day celebrations on Monday, taking advantage of the fine weather for the annual parades. In the city, crowds of more than 40,000 were out to watch Galway’s biggest ever parade, featuring over 3,200 participants from 60 different community and voluntary organisations.
More than 100 City Hall staff stage protest over new HQ plan

1 month ago | connachttribune.ie | Stephen Corrigan

More than 100 Fórsa members at City Hall picketed Council headquarters on Monday demanding that the local authority abandon its controversial €56.5 million move to Crown Square. In a protest ahead of the monthly meeting of the City Council, staff vented their frustrations about the lack of consultation over the move, and the detrimental effect of moving services out of the city centre.
Fire order forces out long-term tenants in Salthill apartments

1 month ago | connachttribune.ie | Stephen Corrigan

Tenants of 12 apartments in Salthill have been given a week to vacate their homes — on foot of an order from Galway Fire Service. Around 15 occupants of apartments over the Oslo, at 226 Upper Salthill Road, face homelessness next week as a result of a Fire Safety Notice – some of them having lived in the units for up to a decade.
Galway adventurer’s thousand mile run for mum

1 month ago | connachttribune.ie | Stephen Corrigan

It came as little surprise to anyone who has followed the well-known adventurer Gavan Hennigan when he announced he was going to take on one of the world’s toughest endurance events once again. The Knocknacarra man won the Iditarod 1,000-mile foot race last year, battling his way across extreme ice and snow in the wilds of Alaska to be crowned champion after 24 days.
Hundreds of homes still without phones one month on from Storm Éowyn

1 month ago | connachttribune.ie | Stephen Corrigan

Hundreds of homes across rural Galway were still without landline phones and broadband this week – one month on from Storm Éowyn. At the monthly meeting of Galway County Council, councillors demanded that representatives Eir come before them and “face the music” as they slammed the utility provider for its “disgraceful” response to the historic storm.
Helping hand for students in need

1 month ago | connachttribune.ie | Stephen Corrigan

A grant scheme run by Galway Lions Club offers financial support to people who are struggling with the cost of third-level education. It came about thanks to the generosity of a woman who’d never had the chance to go to college herself. STEPHEN CORRIGAN hears how her bequest is making a difference to the lives of two mature ATU students. “I felt like I’d won the Lotto,” is how ATU Film and TV Production student Rory McFadden describes securing a Galway Lions Club bursary to pursue his studies.
Buyers in scramble for Galway’s ‘affordable homes’

1 month ago | connachttribune.ie | Stephen Corrigan

The deepening housing crisis in Galway was brought into focus this week as hundreds bid for the scarce few ‘affordable homes’ coming on the market. At the same time, a report released showed that the price of renting a double room in the city had skyrocketed by over 30% in the space of a year. A County Council affordable housing scheme in the Claregalway opened for applications at 10am on Monday – by lunchtime, there had been 112 applications for a total of 44 homes.
Kyne’s political renaissance as he becomes Seanad Leader

1 month ago | connachttribune.ie | Stephen Corrigan

Fine Gael’s Seán Kyne has become the first Galway person to hold the office of Leader of the Seanad after being appointed by the Taoiseach to the role. The Moycullen man, who has previously served as a Minister of State, described taking up the position as “a huge honour”. Senator Kyne missed out on a Dáil seat in Galway West at last November’s General Election and announced at the count centre that he intended to retire from politics.