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Galway News on your Mobile

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  • 05-02-2013 2:11pm
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    Discodog
    Registered Users Posts: 15,899 ✭✭✭✭


    So what's the best way to get current local news on your mobile?

    I can't find any rss feeds. Facebook is an option but do you follow the Tribune or GBFM?

    I am looking for an easy site for a mobile that just lists news stories.


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    #2
    Gambas
    Registered Users Posts: 846 ✭✭✭Gambas


    Discodog wrote: »
    So what's the best way to get current local news on your mobile?

    Ring your Mammy.


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    cfeeneyinterior
    Registered Users Posts: 1,077 ✭✭✭cfeeneyinterior


    Discodog wrote: »
    So what's the best way to get current local news on your mobile?

    I can't find any rss feeds. Facebook is an option but do you follow the Tribune or GBFM?

    I am looking for an easy site for a mobile that just lists news stories.
    Facebook is pretty good once you subscribe to Galway advertiser, Galway Independent and City Tribune..... Galway advertiser has 24000 followers as we speak.
    I assume you have a smart phone witha facebook app or are able to set it up


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    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    I have Twitter on my phone so get news from
    @galwayindo
    @galwayad
    @GalwayBayFM958


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    emptybladder
    Registered Users Posts: 332 ✭✭emptybladder


    On Twitter, I follow (for Galway):
    http://www.twitter.com/CTribune
    http://www.twitter.comgalwayindo

    On Facebook, I follow
    http://www.facebook.com/ConnachtTribune
    http://www.facebook.com/GalwayIndependent

    FB can be a pain though ... you have to Like the page and then click 'subscribe' to it, otherwise not all the posts seems to appear in my timeline.

    I find Twitter the handiest though, I set alerts for the news tweets to flash up in preview mode on the screen of my iPhone during the daytime, so I get them like a text message.


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    2rkehij30qtza5
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,476 ✭✭✭2rkehij30qtza5


    I get Galway Advertiser on Facebook. Find them quite good with the news.


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    ronnie3585
    Registered Users Posts: 6,675 ✭✭✭ronnie3585


    I also use the GA Facebook feed.....partly for the news but mostly to read the idiotic comments.


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    distraction
    Registered Users Posts: 121 ✭✭distraction


    dunno how well it will work on your phone but there is

    galway.com got a decent events page

    and there is a app called galway guide for iphone and android


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    Discodog
    Registered Users Posts: 15,899 ✭✭✭✭Discodog


    Having compared all of them the Tribune seems better for actual news. The others seem to contain a lot of promotions etc.

    I am surprised that none of them have an rss feed.


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    desaparecidos
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    Any Google News search can be viewed in RSS

    Google News > Seach "Galway" > RSS link at bottom of page
    https://news.google.ie/news/feeds?hl=en&gl=ie&q=Galway&um=1&ie=UTF-8&output=rss


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