Work to commence on Clifden amenity park in New Year
Works are to commence in the New Year on a €400,000 local amenity park in Clifden – after the Government approved an allocation of €80,000 towards the project. This will see the development of an...
View ArticleSurgery waiting list grows due to hospital leaking roof
There are 940 people waiting for hip and knee replacements in Galway, and the list is growing by the day due to the ongoing closure of theatres. A leaking roof at Merlin Park Hospital has resulted in...
View ArticleTrio charged with felling trees in Salthill Park
Two siblings and another man have been charged in connection with the felling of five mature trees in of Salthill Park last year. Denise Colgan (57) and her brother Roy Colgan (62), both of Charnwood,...
View Article43,000 penalty point notices issued in Galway last year
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Over 43,000 penalty points notices were issued across Galway last year. The Central Statistics Office has released its Transport Omnibus for 2016, which contains statistics...
View ArticleGardai investigate serious sexual assault
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Gardai are investigating a serious sexual assault in Glenamaddy. It’s understood the incident happened at the Old Cemetery in the early hours of Sunday morning. The area was...
View ArticlePost mortem due on body found in hotel room
Galway Bay fm newsroom – A post mortem examination is due to be carried today out on the body of a woman, who died at a hotel in Oughterard yesterday. Gardaí were alerted to the sudden death of the...
View ArticleHealth and Safety Authority notified about Oughterard hotel death
Gardaí have notified the Health & Safety Authority in relation to the sudden death of a woman in a hotel in Oughterard yesterday. A post mortem examination is due to be carried today out on the...
View ArticleCall for more Gardai to tackle anti-social behaviour
Galway Bay fm newsroom – A city councillor has called for additional Garda resources in the Ballybane area to curb a wave of anti-social behaviour. Councillor Mike Cubbard said a number of young people...
View ArticleWork to begin shortly on new Tuam fire station
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Work will begin on the construction of a new fire station in Tuam in the coming weeks Galway East T.D. Seán Canney said Carey Building Contractors have been awarded the...
View ArticleMan arrested in connection with sexual assault
Galway Bay fm newsroom – A young man has been arrested in connection with an alleged serious sexual assault which took place in Glenamaddy on Sunday. Gardaí in the city and county are currently...
View ArticleMinister vows that Salmon Weir will not be leased
The Minister of State with responsibility for Natural Resources, Seán Kyne, insists he is “absolutely not” in favour of leasing Galway’s Salmon Weir to a private entity. A proposal to lease the famous...
View ArticleInquiries continue into hotel death
The death of a woman staying at an Oughterard hotel has sent shockwaves through the community – as authorities try to establish a cause for her untimely passing. On Monday morning last, at...
View ArticleApple gets the green light at last
The long-running planning saga over Apple’s proposed €850 million data centre in Athenry looks to be finally over – after the High Court yesterday rejected an appeal from objectors to the scheme....
View ArticleCouncil faces closure over rejection of budget cuts
Galway County Councillors could vote themselves out of existence if they do not have a change of heart and pass the local authority’s annual budget by the end of this month. The 39 members have been...
View ArticleDoneDeal scammer jailed for five years
A Galway City man – believed by Gardaí to be one of the most prolific scam artists in the country using the DoneDeal website – was finally jailed for five years this week. Owen Maughan (40), a father...
View ArticleCity Council to appoint officer to deal with empty homes
An ‘empty homes officer’ will be appointed by Galway City Council to help bring hundreds of vacant homes back into use. The initiative is one of several measures under consideration by the local...
View ArticleGalway kickboxers caught up in Italian ‘terror alert’
Several members of the Galway City’s Black Dragon Kickboxing Club were caught up in a terror alert last weekend during a world championship event in Tuscany, Italy. Black Dragon and Irish team coach,...
View ArticleCity Council targets three key routes for bus priority measures
Creating thoroughfares restricted to public transport on Eglinton Street, College Road as well as the Salmon Weir Bridge will be among the preferred options presented to councillors soon as part of the...
View ArticleCalls for deep water investment to attract cruise ships
Tourists from across the world could be flocking into Connemara – if a proposal to carry out multi-million euro works at Rossaveal Harbour is adopted. But funding, to the tune of around €80 million,...
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Support pours in for renovation of vandalised church
The priest at a church wrecked by vandals last week said that both he and his parishioners have been enormously buoyed by the outpouring of support since the shocking images made international...
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