Dilapidated court building may be renovated next year
The renovation of the old dilapidated courthouse in Tuam could well commence next year – it is to be considered under a new Government capital programme for funding. It has been learned that there will...
View ArticleGood Friday opening a ‘holy grail’ for pubs
Hundreds of thousands of euro could be generated in rural parts of County Galway if the Government took one simple step – allow pubs to open their doors on Good Friday. A leading Galway vintners chief...
View ArticleOutrage over lack of consultation on traffic changes
The removal of essential car parking spaces in Clarinbridge, as part of a planned traffic calming proposal for the village, would result in businesses shutting up shop, it has been claimed. The grim...
View ArticleCall for derelict properties to be used to tackle housing crisis
A Galway-based senator has called on the Minister for Housing to upgrade derelict properties in Galway to tackle the housing crisis. Speaking in the Seanad this week, Senator Trevor O’Clochartaigh...
View ArticleTwo die in separate incidents on Galway’s roads
Two people have died on Galway’s roads in separate incident earliers today. The body of a man has been found on the N17 at Milltown Road on the outskirts of Tuam, near the intersection to the new Tuam...
View ArticleInvestigations continue into two deaths on Galway roads
Gardai are continuing their investigations into two separate incidents on roads near Tuam and Portumna in which two people died today. Part of the N17 road, beside the new intersection with the Tuam...
View ArticleMan threatened to burn his elderly parents in bed
A man who threatened to burn his elderly parents as they slept in their beds, has been sentenced to eight months in prison. The 29-year-old man’s mother told Galway District Court that she never felt...
View Article‘Rag Week’ reveller hospitalised after being hit by car
A young man was hospitalised following a collision in the city centre overnight. It’s understood the man was celebrating the start of unofficial ‘Rag Week’ when he was in collision with a car at Eyre...
View ArticleSubstantial funding for Galway arts sector
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Over €370,000 has been allocated to arts and culture centres in the city and county. Arts Minister Heather Humphreys announced the capital funding today for over 56 cultural...
View ArticleWoman who died in crash near Portumna named locally
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The woman who died in a road collision near Portumna yesterday has been named locally as 54 year-old Loretta McKeigue from Gortunumera, Portumna. She was the sole occupant of...
View ArticleProtestors gather at City Hall over housing crisis
A group of 40 demonstrators have gathered outside City Hall this afternoon urging councillors to declare the housing crisis a national emergency. It comes as the Council begins its monthly meeting....
View ArticleMayor heckled at City Hall over housing crisis
Galway Bay fm newsroom – A group of 40 demonstrators gathered outside City Hall today urging councillors to declare the housing crisis a national emergency. Galway Housing Action Group led the rally...
View ArticleCity councillors support staffless libraries on pilot basis
Councillors have voted to recommend the introduction of the new ‘Open Library’ system in the city on a trial basis. The system was the subject of lengthy debate at City Hall last evening where it was...
View ArticleGardaí issue warning to ‘Donegal Tuesday’ revellers
Gardaí have warned revellers taking part in ‘Donegal Tuesday’ in Galway today that they will not be tolerating any antisocial behaviour. By 10.30am today, around 200 people were queuing outside the...
View ArticleGardai investigate felling of 40 trees at Rusheen Park
Gardai are investigating the felling of almost 40 trees at Lough Rusheen Park off the Barna Road. Independent city councillor Donal Lyons received reports of the incident on Sunday in which he says 37...
View ArticleSix-month sentence for ‘cog’ in Galway heroin-dealing network
A Lithuanian man who tried to conceal 15 bags of heroin from a Garda by stuffing them into his mouth, was jailed for six months at Galway District Court. A struggle ensued after Garda PJ Noone came...
View ArticleRetail giant Iceland set to create 25 new jobs in Galway
British food giant Iceland is set to create around 25 new jobs when it opens a new supermarket in Doughiska later this year. The retailer – which specialises is discount chilled and frozen foods – will...
View ArticleRents up by 11% over past year in Galway
A Galway senator is urging the government to urgently intervene to stop rents spiralling further in Galway and across the country. Rents in the city rose by 10 per cent last year. The latest report...
View ArticleN59 action group to meet Transport Minister
A date has been set for a meeting between the N59 Road Action Group in Connemara and the Minister for Transport, Shane Ross. The deputation will meet the Minister in Leinster House next Tuesday. This...
View ArticleCharity stages Ireland’s first four-legged ‘Blind Date’ for dogs
The country’s animal rescue shelters are testimony to the number of well-intentioned people who think they want a dog – only to find their new pet isn’t what they were looking for after all. That’s why...
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