One-way traffic pilot project urged for Galway City
An extensive one-way traffic system through the city centre is a key solution to alleviate congestion in Galway, a local councillor has claimed. Cllr Michael Crowe made the claim during a presentation...
View ArticleCouncil chief emergency powers may be used for hardstands
City Council Chief Executive Brendan McGrath has said he will use his emergency powers if necessary to build two controversial new Traveller halting sites on the western side of the city next year. One...
View ArticleCouncillors allow change of house use to mosque
City councillors have paved the way for a house on the outskirts of the city to be used as a Muslim place of worship and congregation, despite strong objections from the Council executive and local...
View ArticleINMO slams ‘lack of government priority’ for UHG
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation says the cancellation of a visit by the Health Minister to University Hospital Galway today is a terrible indictment of the Government’s policy on healthcare....
View Article200 new homes given planning permission in 3rd quarter
Planning permission was granted for 64 houses in the city and 129 houses in the county, in the third quarter of 2016. That’s according to the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office. The CSO...
View ArticleCouncillors discuss proposals on Aran ferry service
County councillors have this evening been presented with a fresh round of proposals aimed at solving a long-running deadlock over the ferry service to Inis Mór. The service is currently operating on a...
View ArticleHalf of Aran ferry service levies debt to be written off
Half of a debt of more than €500,000 owed to the county council in respect of ferry passenger levies to the Aran Islands has now been written off. The plug was pulled on the winter ferry service to...
View ArticleFormer dairy site has problem with antisocial behaviour
The owners of the derelict Dawn Dairies premises on the Dublin Road in Renmore have sought permission to demolish some of the buildings on the site. Husband-and-wife investors Padraic and Martina...
View ArticleGalway City burglary rate halved over past year
The number of burglaries committed in the city has halved, which has helped to drive down Galway’s crime rate. Garda Chief Superintendent Tom Curley brought good tidings to the pre-Christmas meeting of...
View Article12 years on and Salmon Weir plan has made little progress
Galway City Council has sought €200,000 in Government funding to progress plans for a new pedestrian bridge beside the Salmon Weir Bridge. During a discussion in the Council chamber on the new €250...
View ArticleTop cop says alcohol and drugs a factor in nearly all street crime
Alcohol and drugs is a factor in nearly all public order offences and assaults committed in the city, according to Galway’s top Garda. Chief Superintendent Tom Curley, confirmed the correlation between...
View ArticleCouncil to abandon road over antisocial behaviour
The county council is pressing ahead with its plan to abandon a public road in Oranmore in an effort to combat extreme antisocial behaviour. The road, known locally as ‘farmers road’, is an access road...
View ArticleMinister disputes claim rural Galway neglected in flood plan
OPW Minister and Galway East TD Sean Canney says rural Galway is high on the agenda under the government’s €430 million flood defence scheme. It’s after Fianna Fáil deputy Eamon O’Cuiv expressed...
View ArticleConditions at Portiuncula described as ‘absolutely shocking’
Nurses at Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe are coming under severe pressure today as the hospital struggles to deal with admissions. There are 19 patients on trolleys at the facility. The INMO says...
View ArticleStorm Barbara warning for Galway on Friday
Met Éireann has issued a weather warning for Galway for Friday. Storm Barbara is set to pass over Ireland and the forecaster has issued a Status Orange wind warning for coastal regions and high ground...
View ArticleFinance committee proposed to manage county budget
Galway Bay fm newsroom – County councillors have unanimously backed a proposal to set up a finance committee to manage the local authority’s budget on an ongoing basis. It follows concerns over the...
View Article1,100 Galway households experienced homelessness this year
Several Galway families will be spending Christmas in refuges and emergency homeless accommodation this year. Over 1,100 households across the city and county have worked with COPE Galway and the...
View ArticleChristmas card causes festive storm!
A Christmas card with an unusually-addressed envelope plunged a County Galway woman into the centre of a social media storm this week. Instead of including a name and address on the envelope for Nicole...
View ArticleKeeping the peace for Christmas
While you’re tucking into your Christmas dinner, wine chilling in the fridge and a fire blazing in the sitting room, spare a thought for the troops of 54th Infantry Group from Dún Uí Mhaoilíosa in...
View ArticleFire family back in their home in time for Christmas
A retired North Galway couple whose house went up in flames last April are now back and looking forward to Christmas in their totally renovated home. Billy and Marian Staunton from Moylough were...
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