Galway Traveller Movement walks out of City Hall meeting
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Representatives of Galway Traveller Movement have walked out of City Hall during a heated discussion on the city Traveller Accommodation Plan. A meeting this afternoon is...
View ArticleWater outage forces city restaurants to close
Irish Water says it’s working to restore supply to a large portion of the city centre due to an outage in the Docks area which has forced many restaurants to close their doors. The outage is affecting...
View ArticleProtest to take place at Bon Secours hospital over Tuam babies scandal
A white ribbon protest will take place later this week outside the Bon Secours Hospital in Renmore in light of the Tuam babies scandal. The event is being organised by People Before Profit Galway. The...
View ArticleOral hearing on Ballinasloe sewerage scheme CPOs tomorrow
An oral hearing on the Compulsory Purchase Order scheme for the Ballinasloe Sewerage project gets underway tomorrow. The An Bord Pleanala hearing will deal with the Irish Water CPO for the second phase...
View ArticleNo record of remains during construction of homes near Tuam mass grave
Galway County Council says there is no record to indicate the discovery of human remains during the 1970s construction of houses adjacent to the Tuam mother and baby home mass grave site. The local...
View ArticleNUIG makes mark in world rankings list for nursing
NUI Galway is one of four Irish universities which has taken the Top 100 positions for at least one subject in the latest QS World University Rankings. The seventh edition of QS lists the world’s best...
View ArticleSix Galway tax defaulters on latest list from Revenue
Six Galway business people feature on the latest list of tax defaulters issued by the Revenue. A landlord from Clarinbridge tops the local list with a settlement of over €832,000. Richard Larkin, a...
View ArticleMobile major emergency coordination unit launched
A major mobile emergency coordination unit has been launched in the city. The new unit is designed to assist the Principal Response Agencies – the city and county councils, Gardai and the HSE – in the...
View ArticlePresident commends Tuam historian for exposing mass babies’ grave
The President is commending local historian Catherine Corless for her work in exposing the Tuam babies scandal. Speaking at an International Womens’ Day reception at Aras an Uachtarain, Michael D...
View ArticleDid my baby sister die, was she trafficked or buried in a cesspit?
A Galway man who himself spent his formative years in the St Mary’s Mother and Baby Home fears he may never know what happened to his infant sister, who was born in the same Tuam facility – and...
View ArticleOne woman’s mission to unveil Tuam’s awful truth
When Catherine Corless arrived at the Connacht Tribune three years ago armed with her files which included the names of the 798 babies and children who had died at St Mary’s in Tuam, she exuded a quiet...
View ArticleGalway hospitality staff reveal reality of abuse in the workplace
A survey of hospitality workers in Galway has found that more than three-quarters were subjected to verbal abuse while a third experienced sexual harassment or sexual abuse. The first major survey of...
View ArticleBridie’s a high flyer at 106!
Galway already holds the world record for the longest living siblings – now the county could be home to the world’s oldest global traveller. Bridie Daly marked her 106th birthday by travelling back...
View ArticleTeenager questioned after elderly pedestrian hit by car
A young man has been released without charge following a road collision in Recess early this morning. A man in his 70s is being treated in hospital following the incident. It happened at around 8.30am...
View Article1,700 cries for help to Galway shelter from abuse victims
A women’s refuge in Galway receives more than four cries for help every day of the year from domestic abuse victims. COPE Galway confirmed it answered over 1,700 calls to its 24-hour helpline in 2016...
View ArticleMayor invited to St Patrick’s Day bash in White House
THE city’s mayor, Cllr. Noel Larkin, will be one of a number of Irish public representatives to meet with US President, Donald Trump, on the eve of St. Patrick’s Day. Mayor Noel Larkin said that while...
View ArticleGalway to make case for ‘tier two city’ status
Galway is to push to become a ‘tier two’ city like Cork and Belfast in the next National Planning Framework that will determine the city’s development for the next two decades. The strategy, called...
View ArticleHomeless mother and five children may have to sleep in car
If your vision of homelessness is someone sleeping in a doorway in a tattered sleeping bag on a bed of cardboard or old newspapers, think again. Roseanne Cleary does not fit the traditional ‘homeless’...
View Article€400k sanctioned for city arts groups
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The City Council has sanctioned almost €400,000 in funding for arts groups across the city. A detailed breakdown of the funding under the 2017 Arts Grants was revealed to...
View ArticleTuam babies’ investigation likened to Nazi war crimes trials
The Tuam babies’ investigation has been likened to the Nazi war crimes trials of the 1940s. Junior Minister John Halligan this afternoon released a statement, in which he says old age should not...
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