Nobody knows where new school goes
The Department of Education has not offered any clarity on last week’s nebulous promise to build a new secondary school somewhere between Galway City and Oranmore. Education Minister Richard Bruton,...
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Teachers’ tales of Everest climb will ensure students’ attention
Telling tall tales in the staff room doesn’t usually involve memories of scaling Mount Everest – but two Gort teachers will have plenty of adventures to recount as they return to earth after they...
View ArticleTesco still interested in opening outlet on outskirts of Tuam
A supermarket giant is still interested in establishing a store on the outskirts of Tuam, according to the Local Area Plan which was discussed this week. It has been confirmed that Tesco want to...
View ArticleMan fined for exposing himself outside primary school
A 63-year-old father of six, who exposed himself outside a school in the city three years ago, was fined €500 at Galway District Court. In imposing the penalty, Judge Mary Fahy said that she was taking...
View ArticleBallinasloe’s fibre optic ‘big dig’ work set to start
Works on Ballinasloe enhancement scheme will commence within the next week – and it is hoped that, when completed, the town will have the capacity to attract a major technology industry. It has been...
View Article€880k raised by Manuela Riedo Foundation
The Manuela Riedo Foundation Ireland – founded in memory of the Swiss student so brutally murdered in Galway in 2007 – has announced that the total funding raised in Manuela’s name has reached €880,000...
View ArticleLiddy Medal for Garda mowed down by car 38 years ago
Garda Christy Ryan was on duty at Creagh outside Ballinasloe during the Circuit of Ireland Rally 38 years ago this month when he mowed down by a passing car. The 42-year-old’s injuries were...
View ArticleMusic Festival at airport all set to fly
The 1980s reggae band UB40 and urban four-piece Rudimental, whose single ‘These Days’ hit the top of the UK charts last month, are the two headliners for a new music festival at Galway Airport over the...
View ArticleOral hearing on Docks development to take place next month
Galway Bay fm newsroom – An oral hearing into a proposed 100 million euro development at Galway Docks will take place next month. It follows several appeals against the development which have described...
View ArticleIDA finally opens up €36m industrial site currently used for grazing
The IDA is finally making moves to open up a parcel of land in between Oranmore and Athenry, to pave the way for a multi-national to set-up in the area. After the disappointing saga of Apple stalling...
View Article2020 will ‘end in tears’, warns former mayor
Galway’s designation as European Capital of Culture in 2020, “will end in tears”, a former city mayor has predicted. City Councillor Pádraig Conneely (FG), chairman of the influential Arts and Culture...
View Article‘Shoe box’ housing not in pipeline for Ardaun
Increased housing density in the planned new town of Ardaun is not a charter for ‘shoe box’ housing, the City Council’s Chief Executive has insisted. Brendan McGrath rejected a suggestion that...
View ArticleGMIT seeks an extra five years to build sports hall
Cash-strapped GMIT has sought an extra five years to build a multi-purpose sports hall beside its existing playing fields on the Dublin Road. In 2013, the college was granted permission to develop the...
View ArticleDog lovers of Galway take to the Prom for MADRA charity
Musician Sharon Shannon is calling on dog lovers young and old to put their paws on the Salthill prom in aid of this year’s MADRA Dogathon. The event takes place on Sunday, May 27th at 1pm from the...
View ArticleBeach bully faces prison for assault on boy (14)
A man who attacked a 14-year-old boy in Blackrock last summer was identified thanks to a public service card that he had dropped at the scene, Galway District Court has heard. Judge John King was not...
View ArticleGalway man’s ultimate endurance test through the Sahara
by Martha Brennan Galway’s latest marathon man is back home and resting his feet this week – after spending six days running through 50 degree heat and billowing clouds of sand to complete one of the...
View ArticleAnglers fear for future of west’s rivers
Leading angling groups across the west have lashed out this week at the state’s decision to withdraw from vital conservation work on the country’s lakes and rivers – a move they say could cost...
View ArticleHair we go – Ellie has retiring rugby legend cut her ponytail for charity
A NINE-YEAR-OLD Abbeyknockmoy girl celebrated her birthday with a difference last week when retiring Connacht rugby captain John Muldoon ‘chopped off’ her beautifully plaited brunette ponytail. Ellie...
View ArticleCouncil undertakes housing list cull
Around 1,500 households could lose their spot on the Galway County Council social housing waiting list, because they have not responded to correspondence from the local authority ahead of tomorrow’s...
View ArticleExpert group backs merger plan for Galway City and County Councils
Galway Bay fm newsroom – A new report published this evening recommends that the government begin the process of merging Galway city and county councils as a matter of urgency. Minister of State for...
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