Plan to convert Warwick into nursing home hits a hurdle
City planners have ordered the backers of a proposed 60-bed nursing home on the site of the former Warwick Hotel to carry out a significant redesign of their plans. Rushmany Nursing Home Ltd – which...
View Article60% of cars in Galway trying to get to other side of city
Sixty per-cent of the cars in the city centre contain people that are simply trying to traverse to the other side. The startling – but unsurprising – statistic came via Cllr Peter Keane at a meeting...
View Article€104m Bonham Quay developer hits back at appeals
Four appeals – including one from environmental campaign group An Taisce – have been lodged with An Bord Pleanála against plans for the €104 million new ‘urban quarter’ office development at Galway...
View ArticleInfrared camera in River Corrib to help save lives and recover bodies
An infrared camera will be a permanent fixture at the mouth of the River Corrib to help save lives and recover bodies. The camera, which works using heat sensor technology, is to be placed at Galway...
View ArticleCensus officer cries in court over incident
A field officer working with the census office cried giving evidence in Tuam District Court against a father and son who she claimed terrified her when she went to deliver a census form. Sineád Glynn...
View ArticleRacecourse investment ‘vote of confidence’ in Galway
Horse racing’s biggest and best festival in Ireland is set to get better – with a new €6 million redevelopment project well underway at Galway Racecourse. Manager of Galway Racecourse, Michael Moloney...
View ArticleConnemara Marine Park will aid jobs blackspot
Plans for a new marine innovation park in an unemployment blackspot in County Galway have been unveiled. Páirc na Mara (sea park) will be developed by Údarás na Gaeltachta at a nine hectares’...
View ArticleCalls for old fire station to be turned into enterprise centre
As work commenced on the construction of a new fire station on a greenfield site in Tuam, questions were being asked as to what will happen the existing building when it becomes vacant. There have now...
View ArticleGalway work acclaimed at Engineers Ireland awards
A Galway engineer behind a host of the country’s best known modern bridge developments has been acclaimed for his body of work at the annual Engineers Ireland Excellence Awards. Murt Coleman won the...
View ArticleTragic end to Maam Turk trek for visiting hill-walker
A Dublin man, who had been a frequent visitor to Leenane, died while out walking alone in the Maam Turk mountains on St Patrick’s Day, an Inquest into his death heard on Friday. Coroner for West...
View ArticleCouncillor resigns from SF over “unethical behaviour” complaints
Galway County councillor Gabe Cronnelly has resigned from Sinn Féin over what he has described as ongoing unrest around the way the party is dealing with unethical behaviour. The Athenry-Oranmore area...
View ArticleÓ Cuív queries why Minister has failed to speak in Dáil
Galway Bay fm newsroom – A Galway West TD has demanded to know why the Minister for Rural and Community Development has failed to take questions in the Dáil. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív said that despite being...
View ArticleNew app hopes to prevent Corrib drownings
Galway Bay fm newsroom – A new app launched by the Western Region Drug and Alcohol Task Force aims to reduce drowning deaths in the Corrib in Galway city. The “Galway Safe” app uses a wifi hotspot from...
View ArticleFather sent to prison for terrorising his ex-partner and children
A man has been sentenced to five months in prison for trespassing at his ex-partner’s home and putting her and her children in fear. The 29-year-old, who may not be named in order to protect the...
View ArticleCouncillor ruffles feathers over Galway’s Purple Flag status
The renewal of the city’s ‘Purple Flag’ status cost almost €9,000, with questions raised over its benefit to nighttime safety. The Purple Flag is described as “an international accreditation awarded to...
View ArticleBid to maintain airport runway is dismissed as ‘short-sighted’
The chances of Galway ever regaining a viable commercial airport will be lost if the City Council continues to view it as a valuable land bank, councillors have claimed. At a meeting of the local...
View ArticleBus growth in Galway to slow down due to lack of priority lanes
Only 10% of Galway City’s roads are dedicated bus lanes, which is causing a “serious deterioration” in Bus Éireann’s ability to fulfil its timetables. Regional Manager Brian Connolly said that the...
View ArticleApple Athenry objectors look to Supreme Court for appeal
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Two objectors to Apple’s planned €850 million data centre in Athenry are seeking permission to take their appeal to the Supreme Court. In early November, the local objectors...
View ArticleTenders sought for €6.5 million expansion of City Museum
The Galway City Museum is looking for architects to design a major expansion to its bayside building. The tender calls for a project management team to design, go for planning approval and oversee the...
View ArticleProposals for Ardaun branded ‘wholly unsafe’ and ‘pie in the sky’
An advocacy group for cyclists in Galway has hit out at the “inherently car-dependent” proposals for the development of a new city suburb in Ardaun. Galway Cycling Campaign have rejected claims that...
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