Residents claim their properties will be devalued by social housing
Residents of a housing estate in Athenry claim up to €2 million will be wiped off the value of their homes if Galway County Council proceeds with a plan to purchase units there. The local authority is...
View ArticlePlanners approve new homes despite locals’ flooding concerns
Planners have given the green light for the construction of seven single-storey houses on a site in Kiltullagh, despite concerns from neighbours about flooding. Stan Lawless had sought permission to...
View ArticleCampaign grows for Educate Together secondary school
Parents pushing for a second level Educate Together School for Galway are to meet with local TDs next week as part of their continuing campaign. Representatives of the Galway Educate Together...
View ArticleFF opinion poll predicts the status quo for Galway West
An opinion poll conducted in the Galway West constituency reveals that the five outgoing TDs will be returned – and with some ease. The poll was conducted by Fianna Fail, which was trying to establish...
View ArticleGardaí appeal for help in tracing missing Tuam man
Gardaí have asked for help in tracing a 45-year-old man who is missing since Saturday night. Michael Cunniffe, from Clonberne, Tuam, was last seen when he left work at Medtronic in the Parkmore...
View ArticleMan jailed for urinating in front of hotel guests
Guests of a city hotel were more than taken aback when a drunk man started taking their drinks and demanding cigarettes. Galway District Court heard how Alan Doherty of the Fairgreen Hostel had entered...
View ArticleNumber of homeless children in Galway more than doubles
There are now 146 children classified as homeless in Galway – more than double last year’s total of 63. That’s what Independent Deputy Catherine Connolly told the Dáil – as she also revealed that the...
View ArticleParking fines: Galway City Council accused of focusing on raising revenue
Cosáin, a local cycling and pedestrian safety group, is claiming Galway City Council’s parking enforcement is mostly concerned with raising revenue rather than punishing or deterring illegal and...
View ArticleHSA investigates death of man in farming accident
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Tributes are being paid to a Moylough man who died in a farming accident over the weekend. Martin Gilmore, who was in his late 60s, was tending to cattle at around yesterday...
View ArticleDeath of homeless man in Galway treated as ‘personal tragedy’
Gardaí are treating the death of a homeless man at ‘The Line’ near Lough Atalia in Galway City as a “personal tragedy”. The man, who was Polish and aged in his early 40s and homeless, died on Friday...
View ArticleRecord overcrowding at UHG on eve of Taoiseach’s visit
Galway Bay fm newsroom – University Hospital Galway is experiencing record overcrowding on the eve of the Taoiseach’s visit to open a new ward. That’s according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives...
View ArticleFarmers under pressure over fodder crisis
There is no worse sound for a farmer than to go into the yard and hear their animals roaring with hunger, IFA President Joe Healy said this week as the country’s fodder crisis continued. The Athenry...
View ArticleCouncillor fit to burst over missing roads debate – after potholes cause...
A local politician arrived late to a County Council meeting and missed a discussion on the poor state of repair of Galway’s roads – because two tyres on his car were burst in a pothole. Galway County...
View ArticleBirthday boy’s late delivery
A birthday card posted to a man in East Galway to mark his 30th birthday finally arrived to his home – just over ten years too late! Andrew Meehan from Kilconnell was more than a little taken aback...
View ArticleGalway family offer video insight into reality of life after horrific attack
The parents of a Tuam man, that suffered horrific brain injuries following an unprovoked attack, now feature prominently in a new video that will be shown to secondary school students around the...
View ArticleConfirmed Galway measles case linked to Limerick outbreak
A case of measles has been confirmed in Galway, and is believed to be linked to an outbreak in Limerick. The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) has confirmed that there are now 28 confirmed...
View ArticleFrench ambassador raises concerns about Galway bike scheme
Galway City Tribune – French authorities have strained diplomatic relations by raising a series of “serious concerns” about Galway City’s public bikes sharing scheme, which have been dismissed as...
View ArticleNumbers on hospital trolleys show big drop as Taoiseach arrives
Galway City Tribune – Patients were accommodated overnight in the Medical Assessment Unit and a closed ward was reopened ahead of the visit by the Taoiseach yesterday, when numbers languishing on...
View ArticleGalway Docks developer vents ire at ‘serial objectors’
The backer of the proposed €130m ‘urban quarter’ office and student accommodation projects at the Docks has hit out at “serial objectors” who have prevented development in Galway over the past decade....
View ArticleBritannia and Queen Mary 2 among cruise ships targeted for Galway
Galway City Tribune – The Harbour Company is targeting massive cruise ships such as the MV Britannia and Queen Mary 2 – which hold 7,000 passengers between them – to dock in Galway Bay. Harbour Master...
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