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Sunday, January 23, 2011

"Flying home with Feda" - a radio documentary about the Galway / Donegal bus service

A new radio documentary series about the Feda O’Donnell bus service and the people who use it

Thursdays 16.00 on Flirt FM 101.3

Begins Jan 20th 2011

The Feda O’Donnell bus service, which plies the route between west Donegal and Galway, and the people who use it is the focus of a new documentary series which will be broadcast on Flirt FM, the student radio station in NUI Galway, over the next ten weeks.

The series, much of which was recorded on the bus, hears about the lives and day-to-day concerns of a range of people using the service, many of them students. As such it gives an interesting optic on contemporary life along the north-western seaboard. The long-standing connection between the Donegal Gaeltacht and NUI Galway is also explored, with many colourful anecdotes about student life in Galway over the years. As well, of course, as the role Galway plays as cultural (and party!) capital of Ireland.

Armchair travellers will be taken through some of Ireland’s most spectacular landscapes – along the side of Errigal, through the rugged Barnesmore Gap, around the bottom of Benbulben and, of course, along the N17. The journey will also be a musical one, with iconic local music – from Daniel, Dervish and De Danann through to Con Tempo, Galway’s classical ensemble in residence – a central part of each programme.

"Flying Home with Feda" begins on Thursday 20th January at 4pm on Flirt FM and continues at the same time each week for the following ten weeks.

Flying Home with Feda is made with the support of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland’s Sound & Vision scheme and is produced for Flirt FM by Sound Woman Productions.

For further information please phone 086-6033064 or 085-1975400



See the Regional Buses page for links to this and the many other scheduled services to/from Galway that are used by 3rd level students.

Monday, January 17, 2011

Updated information about buses to Ballybrit Industrial Estate

Information about buses serving the Ballybrit Industrial estate and neighbouring estates (Ballybrit Business Park, City East Business Park) has been updated.

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Consultation opens on proposed train timetable changes.

Irish Rail / Iarnród Éireann has asked for comments on proposed new train timetables, which they hope to implement in April 2011.

Consultation opened on 10 January, and the draft schedule is available for four weeks.

The proposed timetable document is in PDF format, and can be downloaded (3 Mb), from Irish Rail's timetable changes consultation page.  Feedback can also be provided through this page.

They plan to follow this process for all (major) timetable changes in future.

New air service between Ireland West (Knock) and Edinburgh

Flybe will be operating flights between Edinburgh and Ireland West (Knock), between 19 April and 27 October 2011.

Three flights per week, bookings are being taken now.

The enhanced service now provided by Bus Éireann's route 64 (Galway - Knock Airport - Sligo - Derry) makes Ireland West airport an option from Galway.  (Ref: Airport transfers from Galway)

Further details of the Flybe service.

Galway Harbour redevelopment consultation sessions

Consultation sessions about the plans for Galway Harbour redevelopment will be held on 20 / 21 January, 2011.

Stage 2 of the plans includes a rail link for freight.  It  is not yet known if there are plans to extend public transport to the current or extended Harbour Enterprise Park.

Source:  Galway Independent, 12 January.

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Bicycles can now be pre-booked onto inter-city rail services

Irish Rail - Iarnród Éireann now allow bicycle spaces to be pre-booked on inter-city train services, for a fee of €6 per journey.

Bicycles can also be carried, for free, on off-peak commuter rail services in Dublin and Cork.

Further Information: