Death knell sounds for community schemes
The days of communities across the county rallying together to carry out enhancement projects in their own locality is fast coming to an end – over punishing health and safety regulations A number of...
View ArticleFarmers’ anger over greenway CPOs
The compulsory purchase of land to facilitate a greenway stretching the length of County Galway will be resisted outright by a farmers’ representative group. The Galway branch of Irish Cattle and Sheep...
View ArticleAnti-social behaviour tops issues for Ballinasloe residents
Residents living in Ballinasloe estates have voiced concerns over the level of anti-social behavior in the town – and the prevalence of illegal dumping. They participated in an extensive survey...
View ArticleRaiders terrorise brother and sister in their 80s
Gardaí have appealed for information into a robbery at a house in the South Galway area that traumatised a brother and sister, both in their eighties. A gang of three masked men forced their way into...
View ArticleEmpty properties could help alleviate Tuam’s housing crisis
Despite there being a housing crisis, one of the main issues raised by residents in Tuam related to the number of vacant and derelict houses in the town along with the need for them to be revamped and...
View ArticleExtension of time to build 76 homes in Headford
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The county council is allowing more time to complete a housing development in Headford. Elizabeth Coyle and Valerie O’Loughlin of Sathel Limited have been granted an extension...
View ArticleEnda Kenny to receive honorary doctorate at NUIG
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Former Taoiseach Enda Kenny will be in Galway tomorrow to receive an honorary doctorate from NUI Galway. He’ll be awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws for his...
View ArticleMeeting to solve deadlock over ambulance crisis
A special meeting will take place in Connemara tomorrow in a bid to secure greater support for an adequate ambulance service in the region. The Connemara Ambulance Crisis Group has long argued that...
View ArticleMan jumped into canal to save pet rat
A drunken chef jumped into the canal to rescue his pet rat which had escaped from his pocket into the water. Gardai called to the scene by concerned passers-by found Dawid Szerner (39), with former...
View ArticleLift company to stand trial on safety charges
A lift installation company is to stand trial next June for alleged breaches of health and safety regulations in relation to a lift it installed in the Hynes Building in Galway almost twenty years ago....
View ArticleCountry’s largest wind farm becomes operational
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Ireland’s largest wind farm, based in Connemara, has entered commercial operation. The 169 megawatt Galway Wind Park based at Cloosh Valley in Connemara was developed by SSE...
View Article€60m European loan to help student accommodation crisis
Galway Bay fm newsroom – A €60 million loan from the European Investment Bank will help NUI Galway address the student accommodation crisis in the city. Some of the projects in the pipeline at the...
View ArticleGalway Fire Service response times published
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Galway has the highest number of cases nationally where fire crews took more than 20 minutes to attend a fire. New figures published by the National Oversight and Audit...
View ArticleLack of jobs tops the agenda in Tuam estates
Tuam’s jobs crisis was brought sharply into focus in a new survey which revealed that over one-third of those questioned said they are unemployed. The Galway Rural Development survey was conducted in a...
View ArticleCall for emergency road works in Connemara
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Residents of Doire Fhearta in An Cheathrú Rua are calling on the county council to carry out immediate emergency road works on a local road. Bóthar Doire Fhearta connects the...
View ArticleMinister receives report on Tuam mother and baby home
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Minister for Children, Katherine Zappone, has received a report from the Expert Technical Group on the site of the Tuam Mother and Baby home. Minister Zappone said the report...
View ArticleGardai investigate racial abuse and assault
Galway Bay fm newsrooms: Gardaí in Galway are also investigating an incident of racial abuse and assault in the city. A young man and his brother left the astroturf pitches in the Westside last...
View ArticleGardai seek witnesses to gang attack on teens
Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to an assault on teenagers in the Oranmore area last weekend. Two male teenagers were set upon by a group of up to ten other teens at Riverdale estate in the village...
View ArticleCounty Council may be forced to cut services
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Galway County Council may need to cut back on services to help bridge a financial gap ahead of its 2018 Budget. That’s according to Councillor Peter Feeney who said that while...
View ArticleCourt appeal application begins on Apple Athenry
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The court hearing to decide if the go-ahead for the Apple data centre in Athenry can be appealed is to resume tomorrow morning, after a two-hour session today. The Commercial...
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