Galway Advertiser 1982/1982_08_05/GA_05081982_E1_002.pdf 

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Galway Advertiser, S t h Aagnst, 1982

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Nollaig O Gadhra Ni leir an comhartha e buain RTE that during official hours there is an faoin suirbhe is deanai a rinneadh faoin extremely helpful gentleman on duty lion lucht eistachta ata, mas fior, ag downstairs who will not only guide and staisiuin bhradacha raidio airithe i direct and help you but will also take mBaile Atha Cliath ar ce chomh dona letters, messages or whatever and see is ata cursal airgid in RTE fein? Is that they are delivered promptly to cinnte go bhfuil aird tugtha ar an meid whatever office on whatever floor is a diiirt an Cathaoirleach, Fred O'Dono- required. Even if he is not around for van le gairir, faoi dhearcadh trachtala a moment during lunchtime or whatever nios readula a bheith ag teastail i it is possible to leave mail on the little Montrose. Go dti go bhfuil an pointe counter provided downstairs. But would sroichte anois b'fheidir nuair a thuig- it riot be so much easier if there was tear nach mbeidh aon fhoinse airgid one bV letter box at least, on the outer bhreise ar fail don seirbhis phoibli go door ^ h i c h could be opened a few ceann i bhfad, agus da bhri sin, go times i day if necessary and the con mbeidh an tseirbhis a mhaionn nach tents then delivered to the various e an brabus is priombhiiram doibh, offices) not only for office-hours callers ag feidhmiii ar bhonn nios trachtala but for those many people who may na mar a bheadh coras dleathach wish to stick something through the door at any time? It is a facility that trachtalach e fein. Ceann de na nithe a bheas thios leis is lacking in many Galway business i gcas mar sin, gan amhras, na clair premises. You either get them while i nGaeilge, agus ta sin le sonru cheana they are there or you have to coijie fein ar an teilifis. Ta se le tabhairt back with the delivery when the dOor faoi deara i gciirsai raidio freisin mar without postbox, is open again. Why? is feidir Radio na Gaeltacht a lisaid i There must be some reason? gconai mar leithsceal le ciomi a dheaTHE CIE TROLLEY namh ar an meid Gaeilge a bhionn le Another observation concerns our old cloisteail uair ar bith ar an da bhealach friends in CIE on the trains to Dublin. naisiunta raidio, go hairithe i gcaith- We have long been of the opinion that eamh an lae. Ni amhain go bhfuil running that trolley of tea, biscuits, gearradh siar ar lion agus raon na gclar crisps or whatever from the wagon with i nGaeilge le blianta anuas ar an raidio the bar right down through the whole ach ta an beagan a bhi ann eirithe an train, may be good marketing, in some 'datheangach' amach is amach le gairid. cases, but it helps to create a terrible Ta teideal Gaeilge i gconai ar an gclar mess right along the entire train, as a ghlac ait 'Aidan san larnoin' don half cups of tea, crisp papers, empty sambradh, ach is cosuil gur chinn duine bottles etc. are left behind in every eigin go gcaithfi gach aon fhogra a carriage by people who, if they really bhionn ar an gclar nach mor a ra i want a snack (and CIE has been known mBearla go direach tar eis na 'gcupla to leave them without same on occasions focal'. Mas mar sin ata ar chlar eadrom when they might reasonably be expected ar Radio 1 i lar an trathnona, cad e to provide the facility), should be an seans ata ann gogcuirfear leis an guided to the bar area or to a specific meid Gaeilge no mireann Gaeilge a number of eating carriages where they bheas ar na gnathchlair i gcaitheamh could be served or serve themselves na maidine nuair a bhionn pobal eis- without messing up everything for peoteachta nios mo i gceist? Ceist nar ple who do not wish to eat and may mhiste don Aire Wilson a fhiafrai de like a clean table to read a newspaper fein, agus da chomh-Airi sa rialtas sar or whatever. Surely in an era when a bheartaionn se ar dheireadh a chur there are so many 'No Smoking' le freagracht phoibli RTE as cursai companments on trains, there should be non-eating and non-drinking areas craoda tri cheile. too? Yet the wanderly wagon of tea crisps and cake at First Class prices NO COMPLAINTS? As is usual at this time of year this continues to ramble up and down procolumn also gets a little contused and viding a bad service (you can wait for the result of this was clearly seen in an hour for it to arrive or find that recent weeks when material which was the tea is cold by the time it arrives penned well in advance got slightly to your area) and making it terribly confused about dates. Unlike other difficult for anybody walking past on consumer situations however you rarely the passage-way. On that final point, get people complaining, probably and even if there were no trolley passbecause they feel that they do not have ing through, is it not time that somethe same right to complain about some- body placed notices in our trains thing which is available free in the requesting people that they place their first place and in any case who gives big cases i.e. the ones that may be difficult to lift and should not be put a damn during holiday time? on the racks in any case for fear they There are of course, all sorts of might fall down, in the spaces proother consumer-orientated situations vided in between each two seats. Most which people suggest from time to time people seem unaware of these spaces and which we are asked to highlight between the back to backs and leave apparently because people are too shy their luggage strewn on the floor in the to raise themselves. For example, does passage-way so that every passer by anybody really know why there is no can fall over them. Thank you. postbox downstairs in Hibernian House in Eyre Square? You are probably familiar with this modern oflSce comJUST FOR A FAG plex where many of the best friends Finally that delightful one-sentence of Sean Citizen, like the taxman and the Western Health Board etc. hang letter to the British press from Spike out. Unfonunately all of these offices MUligan, who insists he is Irish, cannot be on the ground floor, so that arising from a recent controversy about the lift or the stairs if you are The Buckingham Palace. His contribtaion athletic type have to be availed of, read simply: "The efforts a man will even if you only have to deliver a go to -- just to get a fag". Nollaig O Gadhra letter or a form. We should also add

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Photographed in the grounds of the Ardilaun House Hotel were John McGetrick, Cartron, Ballymote, Co. Sligo, with his bride Miss Helen Cox, Thirroul, Newcastle, Galway, who were married in Galway Cathedral.
Photo: L^ne Studios.

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Mr. James Clancy, Moylough, Ballinasloc, with his bride, Miss Tina McHugh, Clooncurreen, Ballinasloc, Co. Galway, after their marriage in Skehana Church, Ballinasloe. Signing the Register after their marriage in St. Patrick's Church, Forster Street, were Mr. Denis McDonagh, 36, St. Nicholas' Road, Claddagh, with his bride Miss Mary Murray, 21, Coole Park, Bohermore, Galway.
Phntn: Lane Studios. Photo: Lane Studios.

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