Landmark Hayden’s Hotel in Ballinasloe closes down
The landmark Hayden’s Hotel in Ballinasloe town has closed down. Management at the hotel nightclub ‘Thee Place’ issued a statement on social media to inform the public of the closure. The hotel had...
View ArticleMEP calls for action on South Galway flooding
Sinn Fein MEP Matt Carthy has called for action to address continued flooding fears in South Galway. It follows a meeting with the South Galway Flooding Committee in Gort this week. Members of the...
View ArticleCity Council rejects proposed amalgamation of local authorities
Galway City Council is to write to the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government rejecting a report which recommends the merging of the City and Council Council. It follows the...
View Article10 per cent drop in Galway unemployment last month
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Unemployment figures for Galway city and county fell dramatically last month. According to the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office, there was a 10 per cent drop...
View ArticleMonivea/Abbey win completes unique sporting triple crown
SUCCESS tends to come in cycles and for a couple of members of the Monivea-Abbeyknockmoy football squad that took the county intermediate title last weekend, it completed a remarkable treble over the...
View ArticleHayden’s closure marks the end of an era
In the days before motorways, there were two traditional stop-off points for drivers between Galway and Dublin – Harry’s in Kinnegad on the way up and Hayden’s in Ballinasloe on the journey home. So...
View ArticleConnacht are green for go!
Galway has been encouraged to ‘go green’ to back Connacht Rugby in its opening Champions Cup pool game of the season against French giants, Toulouse. The clash of reigning PRO 12 champions and...
View ArticleFlood relief works will just make it worse
A committee made up of residents affected by successive chronic floods in South Galway has predicted there will be worse damage to come in areas which previously escaped – because of minor works...
View ArticleNurses say patients at risk due to trolley crisis at UHG
Nurses at UHG say patients are at risk due to the ongoing trolley crisis. There were 24 patients waiting on trolleys at the hospital’s Emergency Department this morning, and the INMO says that many of...
View ArticlePlan for Barna residential development moves forward
Plans for a housing development in Barna have moved forward. The project is led by Tribal Investments Limited – headed up by corporate financier Ronan Barrett – and will be located at Rinn na Mara. The...
View ArticleWild Atlantic Way designation sought for Salthill
Fáilte Ireland is to be asked to designate Salthill as a major landmark on the Wild Atlantic Way. This week’s meeting of Galway City Council heard that the seaside area has previously been identified...
View ArticleMuseum expansion encompasses Spanish Arch area
The director of Galway City Museum has defended the institution as a well-functioning museum which punches above its weight in terms of visitor numbers and exhibitions, in spite of the building’s...
View ArticleCity centre fan zone for Connacht’s Champions Cup opener
Galway City has been encouraged to ‘go green’ to back Connacht Rugby in its opening Champions Cup pool game of the season against French giants, Toulouse. The clash of reigning PRO 12 champions and...
View ArticleGalway set for €10m bonanza after winning back SeaFest event
The city is set for an early season bonanza of an estimated €10 million for the next two years, with the return of SeaFest following record-breaking crowds on its inaugural staging in the West. Some...
View ArticleMajor crackdown on welfare and tax fraud in Galway
Officials from Revenue and the Department of Social Protection are carrying out roadside checkpoints in Galway City in a crackdown on welfare and tax cheats. The multi-agency checkpoints – which are...
View ArticleMore than a third of Athenry house sales to first time buyers
More than a third of Athenry house sales this year were first time buyer transactions. A new CSO interactive tool released today uses Eircodes to provide average house prices and statistics on...
View ArticleResidents to draw up action plan amid windfarm concerns
Residents in Doon East, Rosscahill are to put together an action plan amid concerns over the Galway Windfarm Development. Up to 30 locals met with Galway Senator Trevor O’Clochartaigh in the village...
View ArticlePortumna shorelines in sculpture wonderland
Visitors to Portumna for the recent Shorelines Arts Festival may be forgiven for thinking they had slipped down the rabbit hole into Alice’s Wonderland. For nearly every which way they turned at some...
View ArticleGalway adventurer aims to navigate the world
The Galway sailor who specialises in setting records on the high seas is about to embark on his toughest test yet – sailing around the world non-stop single-handedly on a 29,000-nautical-mile route....
View ArticleLoughrea shows significant drop in jobless since peak
The biggest drop in unemployment in Galway over the past year has been in the Loughrea social welfare area, where the numbers ‘signing on’ have fallen by one-fifth. Latest figures continue a trend...
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