Technology can help to cut fatal accidents
The safety features of the vehicles have had the biggest impact on road mortality – and expanding on that could prevent even more deaths in the future. That’s what Fianna Fáil Deputy Eamon Ó Cúiv told...
View ArticleRetail therapy for McIlroy and Erica on Galway visit
He may have earned over €40m last year but that did not stop golfer Rory McIlroy from hitting the January sales in Galway. The four-time Major winner was spotted in Brown Thomas with his new American...
View ArticleIDA faces ‘fierce competition’ to attract jobs to the West
The IDA is facing “fierce competition” to attract Foreign Direct Investment to the West of Ireland – but the presence of global giants here acts as a top reference for Galway. And with hundreds of jobs...
View ArticleText alert schemes double as ‘eyes and ears’ of Gardaí
There are now 108 community text alert schemes spread across Co. Galway – and according to a senior Garda they are playing key roles in helping to prevent a range of crimes being committed – and...
View ArticleMinister cautions against ‘quick fix’ to homes shortage
There is “not a hope” of the housing crisis being solved within the next two years, according to a Government Minister of State. Ciaran Cannon has dampened expectations of a quick fix to the problem of...
View ArticleGalway’s commercial sector apprehensive of outside factors for 2018
While retailers across the county are generally optimistic about the year just gone – and with hopes high that 2018 will improve – online sales and Brexit uncertainty continue to challenge the sector....
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Galway road deaths continue on downward trend
Six people lost their lives on Galway’s roads in 2017, down from ten the previous year, according to the Road Safety Authority’s end-of-year report. In fact, the number of deaths recorded on the city...
View ArticleStatus Orange warning as temperatures to dip to -6°C
Met Éireann has issued a Status Orange warning, as temperatures are set to drop to -6°. The low temperature warning will be in place from 9pm tonight (Sunday) until 10am on Monday. It will turn very...
View ArticleCity residents to host demonstration on flood barriers
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The Claddagh Residents Association will host a special demonstration about flood barrier gates later. It follows severe flooding in the area during Storm Eleanor last week –...
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Galway City status downgraded to ‘moderately littered’ in survey
Galway City Tribune – Galway City has lost its status as a ‘clean’ city in a survey of 40 towns and cities across Ireland. The survey found that the Millennium Children’s Park behind Galway Cathedral...
View ArticleSuspended term for woman arrested in organised begging racket
Galway City Tribune – A woman claimed she left her five children in Romania to come to work in Ireland, but was instead found begging in Galway a week after she arrived in the country. Sonia Ispir...
View ArticleLeaking theatres still closed despite completion of repair works
Galway City Tribune – Two theatres at Merlin Park Hospital remain closed – two months after leaks in the roof were repaired. Repair works on the theatres were completed on November 1, but red tape is...
View ArticleGarda chief voices concerns on growing impact of heroin
Galway City Tribune – Chief Superintendent Tom Curley has expressed concern about the increased incidence of heroin use in the West over the past year or so. He said that Gardai in the Galway city area...
View ArticleKnife and imitation firearm used in Salthill burglary
Gardai are investigating an aggravated burglary at a house in Salthill in which an imitation gun and a knife were produced. Three men entered the house at Ocean Wave just before 9pm on Sunday. The...
View ArticleFisheries CEO went on solo run with Salmon Weir plan
The Chief Executive Officer of Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) went on a solo-run when he instructed the manager of Galway’s Salmon Weir to stop taking bookings for 2018. Dr Ciaran Byrne, CEO of IFI,...
View ArticleGalway has the most lenient sentencing for burglars
Galway City Tribune – Galway burglars are twice as likely to escape jail than their counterparts in Dublin where three-quarters of those caught get sent behind bars. For the first seven months of last...
View ArticleCouncil’s ‘Eleanor’ flooding decisions based on wrong information
Galway City Tribune – In response to criticism over the City Council’s preparedness for the arrival of Storm Eleanor on the Tuesday evening of January 2 last, Chief Executive Brendan McGrath said that...
View ArticleGalway’s iconic Claddagh swans take flight following clean-up
Galway City Tribune – Cleaning up the Claddagh Basin has had one unintended consequence – it has scattered the city’s beloved swan population around the coast in search of food. Residents have noticed...
View ArticleCity Council’s €1 billion plan to get Galway moving
Galway City Tribune – The planning process for the most radical overhaul of traffic and transport in the history of the city is to be completed this year with ‘the cheque waiting to be written’ from...
View ArticleInfection control measures at UHG due to flu outbreak
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The health service has closed a ward at University Hospital Galway to admissions due to a number of identified flu cases, and infection control measures have been implemented....
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