Council to monitor traffic flow on N59 following delays
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Galway County Council is to monitor the traffic management plan for the N59 tomorrow morning after concerns from motorists about long delays today. Roadworks are underway along...
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Taylor’s Hill girl signs up to major modelling agency
A 16-year-old Barna girl who has harboured dreams of becoming a fashion designer since she small has been signed to one of the biggest modelling agencies in Ireland. Serena O’Connell has already done...
View ArticleThief’s stint in prison was wake-up call he needed
A 22-year-old man, who left his own country to avoid an arranged marriage, stole an expensive camera from a tourist four days after he was caught red-handed trying to steal a phone from a woman’s...
View ArticleSpike in numbers looking to charity for help with bills
The Society of St Vincent de Paul in Galway has said that calls to the charity from those struggling to cope with energy costs are on the increase. This shocking claim comes as a survey conducted by...
View ArticleAran islanders to meet Minister over air service concerns
A delegation from the Aran Islands is set to meet Gaeltacht Minister Joe McHugh on Thursday to discuss fresh concerns over the latest contract tender for the air service. A new Public Service...
View ArticleCouncil reverses decision to fill channel at Cahermore
The County Council has reversed its decision to fill in the temporary flood relief channel at Cahermore. The local authority had intended to close the channel at Cahermore today, and it’s understood...
View ArticleSurgeries cancelled at UHG for second time in five days
All non-urgent surgeries have been cancelled at UHG today as staff at the hospital struggle to deal with overcrowding. The move comes on a day when nationally the number of patients waiting for...
View ArticlePlanners reject application to keep Subway outlet in place
The owners of a city centre retail premises have been refused planning permission for use of the property as a Subway sandwich bar. This is because both Galway City Council and An Bord Pleanála are...
View ArticleBotox clinic planned for kids with palsy
Enable Ireland is bidding to establish the country’s first botox clinic dedicated solely to the treatment of children with spasticity – a common symptom of cerebral palsy. The provision of such a...
View ArticleWoman to be sentenced for child abuse and neglect
The sentence hearing of a woman convicted of beating, starving and neglecting her children is due to get underway in the city today. In January, she was found guilty of 29 charges which included...
View ArticleGaeltacht Minister scraps meeting with Aran islanders over air service
The Gaeltacht Minister has scrapped a planned meeting with Aran Islanders over the latest contract tender for the air service. It’s understood that Joe McHugh was advised by Department officials that...
View ArticleChild in serious condition at UHG following farm accident
An eight-year-old girl is in a serious condition at University Hospital Galway following a farm accident in Dunmore last evening. It’s believed the girl was injured in an incident involving a tractor...
View ArticleGalway bakery cuts investors in for slice of the action
A well-known Co Galway bakery has turned away from the traditional way of borrowing money to fund its refurbishment – and locals can get a slice of the action. Walsh’s Bakery and Café on Market Street...
View ArticleTrench warfare in South Galway
Home owners in South Galway are livid at what they believe were attempts to fill in a trench dug to alleviate flooding in an area of the county still picking up the pieces after devastation. Residents...
View ArticleBrave Galway girl makes her own Barbies!
A Galway schoolgirl who has battled cancer since she was three was flown to Los Angeles to design and make her very own Barbie doll in a trip of a lifetime organised by the Make-A-Wish Ireland charity....
View ArticleAbuse victim thanks foster parents as mother awaits sentencing
By Ann Healy The teenage daughter of a 39-year-old mother convicted on 29 counts of child neglect has thanked her for being so cruel to her – because she met her wonderful foster parents as a result....
View ArticleCourt order served on Travellers at Ballyloughane
A court order has been served on a growing Traveller encampment at Ballyloughane. It follows the significant growth of the illegal site in recent days – just several weeks after another encampment was...
View Article€120,000 Lotto ticket sold in Ballybrit
A bride-to-be has won €120,000 on the National Lottery after purchasing the ticket in the Ballybrit. The woman from Dublin, who wants to keep her win private, matched five numbers plus the bonus in...
View ArticleUniversity Hospital Galway full to bursting point
An overcrowding crisis this week at University Hospital Galway (UHG) – that led to the deferral of ‘non-urgent’ elective procedures – will be a recurring problem unless a beds and nursing shortage...
View ArticleNew campaign to make Galway’s waterways safer
Plans to erect safety barriers to protect people from falling into Galway’s wild waterways are back on the agenda. A businessman and city councillor says installing railings and, if necessary walls,...
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