Warning issued ahead of expected heavy snowfall
The National Emergency Coordination Group has warned of hazardous road conditions overnight and on Sunday, with heavy snow expected in Galway. Met Éireann has issued a Status Orange snow/ice warning...
View ArticleUndertakers told funding will increase for tragedy call-outs
The victim of a road traffic accident was left on the side of the road for four hours because of the difficulty in locating a funeral undertaker to remove the body – simply because they are not being...
View ArticleGalway public hospitals near top of trolley list
More than 7,600 patients were left waiting on trolleys at University Hospital Galway and Portiuncula in Ballinasloe in the first eleven months of this year. Figures from the Irish Nurses and midwives...
View Article‘Hazardous roads’ warning as temperatures to drop to -8°C
Gardaí have warned of hazardous road conditions tonight and into tomorrow, as temperatures drop as low as -8°C in Galway. Part of the M6 motorway remains closed this evening while emergency services...
View Article160 homes without power due to weather
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Around 160 homes in the county are still without electricity today following a snow storm over the weekend. The areas affected are Turloughmore, Guilka, Skehanagh,...
View ArticleCouncillors told to plough ahead with Kirwan junction plan
City councillors have been told to plough ahead with plans to change Kirwan Roundabout despite strong opposition from local residents. In a circular issued to elected members, Chief Executive Brendan...
View ArticleDanger Mouse is back – with jobs for Galway firm
Remerging from a 23-year slumber, the eye-patch sporting crime fighter Danger Mouse is back in business – and he’s bringing high-tech jobs to Galway! Best known for saving London from villains like...
View ArticleCrime in city shows rise in first ten months of year
Burglaries and assaults jumped by a quarter in the city this year compared to last year. Overall crime was up by 3% in Galway City, with almost 6,000 incidents reported to Gardaí, according to the...
View ArticleBrendan Kelly appointed Bishop of Galway
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Brendan Kelly as the new Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora. The post of Bishop of Galway has been vacant for over a year since the...
View ArticleChildren hospitalised with contagious disease
At least four children have been hospitalised in the city after developing complications from Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease. Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease gets its name from the non-itchy rash that...
View ArticleDriver had ring of white powder around nostril, court told
A ring of white powder was clearly visible around a BMW driver’s left nostril while four different types of drugs were found in his system after he was arrested on suspicion of drug driving. Sergeant...
View ArticleCllr claims alcohol at Christmas Market sparking disorder
Young people were regularly falling out of the ‘bier keller’ “out of their mind” on drink and were “jeering” those stuck up on the giant Ferris wheel for hours the night the Christmas market opened, a...
View ArticleMan held broken glass to throat of woman he met online
A man held a broken pint glass to the throat of a woman he had recently met through an online dating site and set fire to her sitting room furniture and carpet following an argument at her home....
View ArticleHigh street chains fail to contribute to city’s festive decorations
The large retail chains and high street British stores are ‘Scrooge-like’ in not contributing to the cost of Christmas in Galway, a city councillor has claimed. This means that the cost of putting up...
View ArticleSnow sees flurry of bets on a White Christmas
THE first heavy snowfall of the winter in the early hours of Sunday morning last led to hazardous driving conditions for three days . . . and also drastically cut the odds on the arrival of a White...
View ArticleFormer GAA chairman blames bar extension for double death
One of the leading lights in Galway football has hit out at the recent practice of granting bar licences for 72-hour periods over the weekend of the annual Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta – claiming that...
View ArticlePlant expansion creates 75 new jobs
The granting of planning permission for an extension to a medical manufacturing facility in Gort has resulted in the announcement of an additional 75 new jobs for the town. The company behind the new...
View Article19,000 Galway workers travel from around county to city for work
Almost 19,000 workers – or one in four of the county’s labour force – make the stressful commute from towns right across Galway to work in the city every day. That’s revealed in an analysis of Census...
View Article240 hours’ community service for man in ‘crash for cash’ scam
A 27-year-old man reared-ended a taxi on purpose so that passengers in the taxi could make a false insurance claim for personal injuries. Barry Hynes, a father of two, from 40 Cullairbaun, Athenry,...
View ArticlePetition planned for light rail system in Galway
Galwegians will be asked to sign a petition indicating their support for a light rail system which will be used to push the Government to conduct a feasibility study into a Galway Luas (Gluas)....
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