Docks and Ceannt Station masterplan urged to avoid past mistakes
The absence of an overall vision and masterplan for the area around Ceannt Station and Galway Harbour has been criticised in Dáil Éireann. Galway West TD Catherine Connolly (Ind) urged the Tánaiste...
View ArticleCounty council told it can’t split from city on bus lane scheme
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The county cannot separate from the City Council to progress a bus corridor along the Tuam Road, was the message from Director of Services, Jim Cullen at a meeting of the...
View ArticleFormer Mayor’s attack on foreign ‘freeloaders’
Former mayor of Galway City and well-known businessman Noel Larkin has hit out at Ireland’s PAYE taxation and social welfare system – and its “blatant misuse” by people who do not want to work and...
View ArticlePaedophile abused girl in her school uniform
A paedophile, with a fetish for school girls in uniform, used threats of violence and blackmail to sexually abuse one such schoolgirl over a two-year period. Agricultural contractor, Alan Feehily (27),...
View ArticleKing Henry inspired by Galway’s hurling heroes!
The most successful hurler ever, Kilkenny legend Henry Shefflin has revealed what spurred him on to greatness – old video recordings of Galway’s hurling heroes of 1980! The ten-time All-Ireland senior...
View ArticleFarmers in fear as heavy rains leave flood levels dangerously high
HUNDREDS of householders and farmers across large stretches of South Galway are pinning their hopes of flood survival on a dry spell through early February as water tables and turloughs have risen to...
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Plans for €130m office, hotel and apartment scheme
Plans have been lodged with Galway City Council for a €130 million hotel, office, apartment and leisure centre development off the Coolagh roundabout in Doughiska. Already, the developers have held...
View ArticleEnough land zoned in Galway City for 9,000 homes
Galway City Tribune – There is enough land zoned residential in Galway City to build 9,000 new houses – but the majority of it is privately owned. Galway City councillors have been told that the bulk...
View ArticleKirwan roundabout proposal due back in Council next month
Galway City Tribune – The proposal to transform the Kirwan Roundabout near the Menlo Park Hotel into a four-arm, signalised junction is due to be back before the March meeting of the City Council. The...
View ArticleMinisters to hear case for Galway waterways rejuvenation
Galway City Tribune – Progress on a community campaign for a massive rejuvenation of Galway’s canal network is gaining momentum, with a meeting planned today with the two key ministers responsible for...
View ArticleGalway City Council insists there is no 2020 cash crisis
Galway City Tribune – There is no cash crisis at the heart of the city’s capital of culture project, the chief executive of Galway City Council has insisted. Brendan McGrath confirmed there was a delay...
View ArticleCousins reunited after 200 years
by Ken Kelly A single phone call to an East Galway man from the Loughrea-based volunteer group that helps those of Irish heritage to find their roots opened up a family history that was lost for almost...
View Article€9m funding announced for flood defences in Galway City
Galway Bay fm newsroom – OPW Minister Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran has announced €9million in funding for flood defence works in Galway City. The funding is to construct defences outlined in the CFRAM – or...
View ArticleCounty Council outlines plan for 1,000 new homes by 2021
The delivery of almost 1,000 new social houses in the county by 2021 is achievable, Galway County Council has insisted. Director of Services for Housing, Michael Owens said the ambitious target of 995...
View ArticleHouseholders on high alert over rising flood waters
A meeting of Galway County Council heard on Monday that parts of the county, particularly in South Galway, are on ‘high alert’ because of rising flood waters. A dozen roads were closed due to flooding...
View ArticleGalway Airport to host two-day music festival
Galway Airport is set to play host to a two-day music festival next Summer, with chart-toppers UB40 and Rudimental already signed up as headline acts. The ‘Fever Pitch Music Festival’ will take place...
View Article’60-year wait’ to resurface county’s roads
The county’s local roads will be resurfaced once every 60 years if the current rate of repair continues. There are 1,400 kilometres of local roads throughout the County Galway but just 30 kilometres...
View ArticleWoman dies during heart surgery because of missing valve
A 77–year–old lady was on the operating table undergoing life-saving heart surgery, when it was discovered that the required replacement valve she needed was missing from the supply cabinet, an Inquest...
View ArticleWork begins on €8 estate million regeneration
Works are to commence next week on a controversial development in Tuam that includes the demolition of a number of Traveller houses and provision of an €8 million regeneration in its place. But...
View ArticleBogus callers con householder out of €3,000
Gardaí have warned householders to be wary of cold callers offering to do building work on their homes – after a city woman was duped out of €3,000 by two conmen. The woman in her sixties, from the...
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