County Council urged to take action following fatal crash on N17
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Galway County Council is being urged to contact the NRA to push for road safety improvements on the N17 following a fatal crash at the weekend. Mike Ward from Lissadyra, Tuam...
View ArticleYoung man rescued from water at Lough Atalia
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The RNLI and search and rescue helicopter came to the rescue of a young man at Lough Atalia last evening. A rescue operation got underway at around 7.15pm after reports that a...
View ArticleIrish Water urged to postpone Oranmore traffic plan
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Irish Water is being urged to postpone roadworks in Oranmore until September to avoid causing disruption during the summer months. It follows a second consultation meeting in...
View ArticleCasting to be held on Shop Street for catwalk stars
Anyone with aspirations to make their catwalk debut can get a taste for it next month, as Sheer Model Management celebrates its first birthday with a series of events in the city. The agency will be...
View ArticleNieces’ tribute to war hero uncle on green fields of France
Two Galway sisters paid an emotional tribute to their late uncle by visiting the memorial to himself and his fallen comrades on the green fields of France. A short while before his death late last...
View ArticleRazed city clinic will not be rebuilt
The Galway city alcohol and drug addiction clinic that was burned down in a fire that was started deliberately in 2013 will not be rebuilt. The Health Service Executive (HSE) West has confirmed that...
View ArticleTuam may get new NCT Centre
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The National Car Testing body is examining the option of creating a new centre in Tuam. The plan would greatly benefit drivers from North Galway who have to travel to Galway...
View ArticleIrish Water steadfast on urgency of Oranmore works
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Irish Water says postponing roadworks planned for Oranmore would have huge repercussions for the area. A second consultation meeting in the village to discuss the planned...
View ArticleDetailed bypass route selection report to be published this month
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The detailed route selection report for the controversial city bypass corridor will be published in six weeks time. The extensive document will detail how the decision to...
View ArticleGalway has one of the highest uptakes on GPs under 6s scheme
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Galway has one of the highest uptakes on contracts to provide free GP care for children under the age of 6. 77 per cent of Galway GPs have signed up compared to the national...
View ArticleResidents’ living hell in unfinished Galway housing estate
Residents of an unfinished Co Galway housing estate in Craughwell are living with raw sewage flowing out of their toilets, and rats ‘the size of cats’ in their gardens. And a HSE public health worker...
View ArticleFranciscans bring it all back home to Galway – after 170 years
It was a homecoming for sure, even though they’d never been here before – but the priests and alumni of one of America’s oldest universities know that their roots are deeply embedded in the rocks and...
View ArticleSuicidal woman is turned away twice from University Hospital Galway
Carers for a suicidal woman with special needs have claimed she was repeatedly refused admission to the psychiatric unit at University Hospital Galway. When the city woman (47) was turned away from the...
View ArticleThree people hospitalised following crash in Connemara
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Three people have been hospitalised following a crash in Connemara last night. The two vehicle collision happened at around ten to nine in Casla. Gardaí and emergency services...
View ArticleCity councillors clash over use of derogatory term in email
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Two city councillors have become embroiled in a row over the use of a derogatory term in an email circulated earlier this month. The matter was raised at City Hall where Fine...
View ArticleConstruction of Clifden Community School to commence before year end
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Construction is set to begin before the end of the year on a long awaited new building for Clifden Community School. The project has now been retendered by the Department of...
View ArticleMajor emergency training exercise in Ballinasloe
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Over a hundred volunteers will be taking part in a simulated incident in Ballinasloe from 2 to 6pm today. This is part of a formal training requirement for the HSE National...
View ArticleMan found naked in Ballybrit remanded on bail
Galway Bay fm newsroom – A 29-year-old man has been remanded on bail, having been found walking, naked from the waist down, near the city centre. 29-year-old, Edgar Mackevic of Teach Briota, Ballybrit,...
View ArticlePrivate meeting to discuss possible compromise on Oranmore traffic plan
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Irish Water is to hold a private meeting with business owners and public represenatives in Oranmore tomorrow to try to reach a compromise on roadworks planned for the village....
View ArticleLimerick trio remanded on bail over Galway thefts
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Three people from Limerick have been remanded on continuing bail in connection with a spate of break-ins and thefts from cars around the city and county last February....
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