Superloo ‘love nest’ could be gifted to Oranmore
Tuam’s superloo – dubbed the town’s cut-price love nest because it’s used by canoodling couples – could be an early St Valentine’s day present for Oranmore. County Councillor Donagh Killilea (FF) has...
View ArticleFamily attempt to get Coroner to stand down
The family of a 19-year-old man, who died in unexplained circumstances after becoming separated from friends in 2015, are to seek a judicial review as the Coroner hearing the case refused to recuse...
View ArticleWestwood Hotel gets nine-month reprieve
Plans to build 400 student beds on the site of the Westwood Hotel have stalled – with the hotel now set to remain in operation until at least September. It was revealed in February 2017 that the hotel...
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Planners reject pop-up restaurant in shipping containers
Planners have refused permission for a pop-up restaurant to be set up in steel shipping containers on a vacant city centre site – similar to those in the Southbank Centre in London. Number 19 Forster...
View Article77-year-old driver killed in Loughrea crash
A pensioner has died after his car collided with a steel barrier in Loughrea this morning. The 77-year-old man was driving a car at Barrack Street at around 8am when it collided with a steel barrier....
View ArticleMan who died following Loughrea crash named locally
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The man who died following a crash in Loughrea town yesterday has been named locally. Mark Madden, from Westbridge, Loughrea, died after the single vehicle incident which...
View ArticlePortiuncula syndicate wins €500,000 EuroMillions Plus prize
A syndicate of 18 staff members at the Portiuncula Hospital medical records office has scooped a Lotto prize of €500,000. The winning Quick Pick ticket in the EuroMillions Plus draw was bought in the...
View ArticleGalway singer’s new single aims to build on Spotify success
By Martha Brennan With nearly 12,000 monthly Spotify listeners and a critically acclaimed debut EP already behind her, Galway singer Laoise Nolan – known by her stage name Laoise – is making waves in...
View ArticleLotto jackpot is just what the doctor ordered!
A syndicate of 18 office workers in Portiuncla Hospital has scooped a win of €500,000 in the EuroMillions – after a snap decision during their lunch break. The women who work in various departments in...
View ArticleTG4 staff dig in over Dublin move
The relocation of the national broadcaster’s Irish language news service from Connemara to Dublin would be a “backward step”, according Dáil Deputy Catherine Connolly. The Independent TD said moving...
View ArticleGalway bids fond farewell to Frasier star who took city to his heart
“Impossible not to love and a pleasure to know,” is how the Artistic Director of Galway International Arts Festival, Paul Fahy, summed up Frasier actor John Mahoney who died on Sunday. John Mahoney was...
View ArticleThe lost story of Galway’s orphans
The story of Orphan Girls of Mountbellew Workhouse who travelled to Western Australia has long been forgotten. Stephen Corrigan meets Paula Kennedy who has been working to link their families in...
View ArticleGMIT seeks to purchase Galwegians for €112m development
Galway City Tribune – The cash-strapped Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) is in talks with the Department of Education about buying Crowley Park from Galwegians RFC. The college, which has...
View ArticleGalwayman Gary Thornton in marathon seventh heaven
Galway City Tribune – Gary Thornton was in seventh heaven this week. The city athlete ran seven marathons, on seven continents, over seven days – and won all seven races. In a remarkable feat of...
View ArticleConsultants to draw up flood prevention plan for Galway
Galway City Tribune – Consultants are scheduled to be appointed over the coming months to draw up the blueprint for a comprehensive flood defence scheme for key areas of the city. The City Council have...
View ArticleWATCH: Pedestrians take tumbles as City Hall dithers over who is responsible
Galway City Tribune – A pensioner was hospitalised after falling on a crumbling city footpath – and six days after it was reported, Galway City Council still hadn’t carried out repairs. CCTV footage...
View ArticleÚdarás net creation of one job in 2017
While more than 200 new jobs were created by Údarás client companies in Galway last year, the net increase was just one after job losses were taken into account. According to the agency’s report for...
View ArticleListen – Installation of Bishop Brendan Kelly
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Over 2,000 people flocked to Galway Cathedral this afternoon to witness the installation of Bishop Brendan Kelly as the Bishop of Galway. Those in attendance included family...
View ArticleDrunk burglars took nap during break-in
A man returned to his isolated house to find two intoxicated burglars asleep in his bed. Caroline O’Brien (27), a native of Newcastle, in Galway city, who now lives in Cappaghmore, Kinvara, pleaded...
View ArticleReport recommends alert over damaging Japanese knotweed
Future owners of five new apartments to be built on a site at Lough Atalia should be warned about the presence of highly-invasive Japanese knotweed. The caution is included in a report from Radharc...
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