Quincentenary Bridge underpass plan involves lanes ‘stilts’
Authorities at NUI Galway have resurrected plans to build a major underpass of the Quincentenary Bridge – which is likely to involve the construction of temporary lanes on ‘stilts’ for the N6. The...
View ArticleProgress on €8m redevelopment of Inis Oírr pier
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The County Council has been given the go-ahead to employ consultants to carry out surveys at the pier on Inis Oírr as part of a major redevelopment. The approval has been given...
View ArticleSuccession of complaints about city’s ‘disgraceful’ roundabouts
Galway City Council has been lambasted by councillors for starting landscape work on the “disgraceful” roundabouts in July in the middle of the tourist high season. There was a succession of complaints...
View ArticleGalway City Council approves 74 new social housing units
Councillors have voted in favour of an agreement which will lead to the creation of 74 social housing units in Knocknacarra, to be built and managed by the private sector. In the first project of its...
View ArticlePlanners agree to meet residents on Bowling Green redevelopment
Planners have agreed to meet with Bowling Green residents to discuss a proposed major development that could transform the area. The city centre residents want to discuss what is planned for the...
View ArticleSearch for driver after Garda car rammed at checkpoint
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Gardaí are hunting the driver of a car which evaded a checkpoint in the city, before ramming a Garda car twice. The incident happened at around 2.50 this morning at Parkmore....
View ArticleAmbulance campaigners to stage city protest
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Connemara campaigners are gearing up for a major protest in the city tomorrow to highlight unacceptable ambulance response times in the region. The North Connemara Ambulance...
View ArticleUnion walks away from talks on post offices
Galway Bay fm newsroom – It has been claimed there is no plan to save struggling Galway post offices as the Irish Postmasters’ Union walks away from talks with An Post. Ned O’Hara, General Secretary of...
View ArticleHouse catches fire after lightning strike
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Fire crews were called to tackle a blaze in Bearna overnight after a house was struck by lightning. Two units of the fire service responded to calls at around 1.30am – a short...
View ArticleSacre Coeur site redevelopment not viable for five years
The new owner of the former Sacre Coeur Hotel in Salthill has told Galway City Council that despite the site’s residential zoning, planners should give the go-ahead for a temporary carpark as it will...
View ArticleCity Council approves plans for new 24-hour gym
The operators behind plans for a 24-hour gym at Citypoint on Prospect Hill have been given the green light for the development, after revisions were made to their proposals. Snap Fitness – which...
View ArticleStaff shortage puts the brakes on 1916 memorial arch plan
The construction of a memorial arch for those who fought in the 1916 Rising and the Irish Civil War has been put on hold due to a lack of staff and resources at City Hall. First proposed prior to the...
View ArticleAccident report criticises operation of Inis Oirr pier
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The operation of Inis Oírr pier is criticised in a new report into an incident at the pier last year which left two ferry passengers in the water. The Marine Casualty...
View ArticleHeavy rainfall warning issued for Galway
A warning has been issued for Galway for heavy rain tonight and into tomorrow. Met Éireann is forecasting thundery rain across Galway, Mayo, Clare and Kerry, with accumulations of up to 50mm in places....
View ArticleAnother unholy row over plan to abandon Council prayer
There were heated exchanges in the City Council chamber this week, before elected members approved new Standing Orders that consigns the recital of a pre-meeting prayer to history. Accusations of...
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Motorist’s narrow escape after car bursts into flames
A 33-year-old man living in Galway barely escaped with his life when his car burst into flames on the Dublin Road. John Mulry, who lives in Galway City, was driving his Peugeot 307 on Monday evening to...
View ArticleWoman loses front teeth in fall on uneven Shop Street cobbles
Two women required medical attention after tripping on Galway’s crooked cobbled pedestrian streets this week. One woman in her 80s damaged her cheekbone after falling on the uneven surface at the top...
View ArticleGalway City’s traffic control system gears up for driverless cars
Galway City Council has put to tender a contract for the upgrade and continued maintenance of the city’s traffic control system – the most innovative system currently in operation in Ireland. Works are...
View ArticleN17 Tuam bypass work to be completed within two weeks
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Work on the existing N17 as part of the Gort to Tuam motorway network is expected to be completed in the coming weeks. Construction on the N17 is currently focusing on the...
View ArticleRate of emigration by young doctors leaving villages in lurch
Rural Ireland is facing a healthcare crisis because GPs are emigrating rather than signing up for ‘restrictive’ contracts with the Health Service Executive (HSE), a Galway/Roscommon TD has claimed....
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