Gallery – Traveller Blockade of City Hall
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Images from this evenings blockade of City Hall by Traveller families moved from Galway Airport at lunch-time. Full story here. The post Gallery – Traveller Blockade of City...
View ArticleQUICKFIRE #GE16 Challenge: Sean Canney and Trevor O’Clochartaigh
FYI Galway’s brand new Election Quickfire quiz sees your election candidates take on a series of random quickfire questions designed to help you to get to know them better. The questions have been...
View ArticleLabour Party under fire over use of JJ Rhatigan site for policy launch
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The Labour Party is coming under fire for it’s decision to use a site owned by Galway firm JJ Rhatigan to launch a new housing policy. The party launched it’s ‘Making Homes...
View ArticleSummer concerts on the way for Esker orchestra
The Esker Festival Orchestra has managed to raise over €8,000 in crowd funding for its series of summer concerts around the country featuring young musicians and a new tutoring collaboration with the...
View ArticleLoughrea faces two months of boiling water
Loughrea residents face the hardship of boiling their tap water for up to two months after Irish Water admitted the treatment plant is not equipped to remove the potentially lethal bug cryptosporidium....
View ArticleConcern over planning restrictions in South Connemara
Galway Bay fm newsroom – People wishing to build new houses on family lands in South Connemara may be hindered from doing so for years as areas set aside for possible new roads are blocked out from...
View ArticleSyrian aid worker presents special prize to student
A young Galway student who wrote to President Michael D Higgins to implore him to do his bit to solve the Syrian refugee crisis was presented with a special award last week – by a Syrian woman who...
View ArticleNo nominees for position of IFA Connacht Regional Chairperson
Galway Bay fm newsroom – IFA National Returning Officer Jer Bergin has announced that no candidate had been validly nominated for the position of Connacht Regional Chairman at the close of nominations...
View ArticleA&E overcrowding at maximum despite extra beds
The Emergency Department at Galway University Hospital has been on Code Red or Black – the highest status in its new escalation policy – continuously for five weeks due to overcrowding. On Tuesday,...
View ArticleCouncil to seek injunction against Travellers at City Hall
Galway City Council says Travellers who remain illegally encamped at City Hall this morning will be served with an injunction if they refuse to move on. Nine families set up home at the City Hall...
View ArticleLetters issued to Travellers at City Hall as council prepares to take legal...
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Letters have been issued to Travellers who are illegally encamped at City Hall informing them that the council will initiate legal action on Monday morning if they don’t move...
View Article€300,000 to be spent on road safety works
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Galway County Council has ringfenced €295,000 for road safety works across the county this year. The money will used for Low Cost Safety Improvement Works. The projects have...
View ArticleGalway schools take part in Tran Year food initiative
Thirteen Galway schools are among 200 across the country taking part in a special Transition Year project to increase their knowledge of the artisan food industry on their doorstep. The Future is Food...
View ArticleParents’ shock as pupils miss out on new school
An estimated 20 children have been refused a place in the new secondary school in Claregalway with capacity full before it even opens its doors on a new permanent facility. Coláiste Bhaile Chláir (CBC)...
View ArticleMystery donor’s diamond smiles for charity shop
While many a Galway girl will hoping for a diamond ring this Valentine’s Day, one with a mystery provenance has turned up at a city charity shop – just in time for the most romantic day of the year....
View ArticleCraftsman’s labour of love creates mini Cathedral
He worked on the actual construction of Galway Cathedral all of fifty years ago – and for its Golden Jubilee, Harry Lawton decided to do it all again….only this time in miniature and all on his own....
View ArticleTravellers still illegally encamped at City Hall today
Galway Bay Fm – Travellers who are illegally encamped at City Hall are still there this Sunday morning despite Galway City Council informing them that they will initiate legal action tomorrow (Monday...
View ArticleTraffic lights out of order on Quincentenary Bridge
Galway Bay Fm newsroom- As the traffic lights are out of order on the Newcastle side of Quincentenary Bridge motorists are asked to avoid this route if possible today. A spokesperson for Galway City...
View ArticleThousands expected at annual city Novena which starts tomorrow
Galway Bay Fm newsroom- Thousands of people are expected to flock into the city over the next 9 days for the annual Novena. The novena begins tomorrow (Mon 15/2) and will co-incide with the launch of...
View ArticleTraffic tailback warning over lights outage
The City Council has warned motorists that the traffic lights at the Newcastle junction with Quincentenary Bridge are likely to be out of action for several days. It’s expected to lead to serious...
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