Trawl to value angling sector
Galway’s avid anglers are being asked for their help in compiling research on a multi-million euro industry – with the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) developing a first in its kind study...
View ArticleBroadband roll-out starts to speed up
High-speed broadband will be rolled-out to almost 13,000 homes and businesses across County Galway in the next seven months. Broadband provider, eir says a further 20,000 premises in the county by 2020...
View ArticleSadness at death of GAA legend Joe McDonagh
There’s sadness across Galway at the death of GAA legend Joe McDonagh at the age of 63. The former President of the GAA and Galway county hurling star passed away yesterday after battling illness for a...
View ArticleMan who died in Loughrea accident named locally
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The man who died in a road traffic crash on the N65 near Loughrea has been named locally as Kieran Flannery. The single vehicle incident occurred at Ballydoogan, near the...
View ArticleWarm tributes pour in for late Joe McDonagh
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Warm tributes are being paid to GAA legend Joe McDonagh following his passing at the age of 63. The former President of the GAA and Galway county hurling star passed away...
View ArticleIll fisherman airlifted from west coast to UHG
Galway Bay fm newsroom – A Spanish fisherman has been airlifted to University Hospital Galway after taking ill on board a boat in the Atlantic this afternoon. The trawler was about 150kms west of the...
View ArticleNUIG wants to bring the native Irish honey bee back
The bee is a most underrated species; without it our food sources would disappear and we would starve – and yet no native Irish honey bees survive in the wild, due to foreign viruses being brought in...
View ArticleTaking the stress from exams
It’s the exam that still brings adults out in a cold sweat, years after they sat their final subject – and in less than two weeks, it is the turn of another generation of second-level graduates to sit...
View ArticlePi-Bot takes NUIG campus by storm
Those walking around the NUI Galway campus over the last week may have encountered a cute little fella familiarising himself with his academic surrounds. Standing at just 15 cm tall, Pi-Bot 2.0 left...
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Galway set to host National Hot Air Balloon Championships
The sun couldn’t have shone at a more appropriate time as a host of hot air balloons took to the skies over Loughrea to officially launch the 2016 National Championships which will be held over the...
View ArticleKiltiernan set for three weeks of traffic disruption
Roadworks on the N18 beside Kiltiernan National School are due to get underway tomorrow – and will see traffic reduced to a single lane over the coming weeks. The planned works are part of the Gort to...
View ArticleConstructive meeting over concerns at UHG psychiatric unit
Galway Bay Fm newsroom- A meeting between management and nurses at UHG over ongoing issues at the hospital’s psychiatric unit is being described as ‘constructive’. The meeting was held to discuss the...
View ArticleNo pet owner ever fined for breaching dogs on beach ban
The councillor behind the summer ban for dogs on city beaches has called for the restrictions to be year-round and extended to public parks except in cordoned-off areas. Independent Councillor Colette...
View ArticleControversial Mervue plaque set to stay in place
Galway Bay fm newsroom – A controversial 1916 monument which was erected at Mervue in the city in March looks set to stay. The Mervue 1916-2016 stone at Connolly Avenue was previously described as...
View ArticleOver 300 patients a month walk out of UHG before discharge
Galway Bay fm newsroom – An average of over 300 patients walk out of the emergency department at UHG before they’re discharged every month. HSE figures for 2015 obtained by the Irish Independent show...
View ArticleLack of rental properties making students avoid Galway colleges
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The Union of Students in Ireland says school leavers are changing their choice of university course, over fears that they wont be able to find accommodation in Galway. NUI...
View ArticleCouncillors pay tribute to Joe McDonagh describing him as one of Galway’s...
Galway Bay fm newsroom – A minute’s silence has been observed by Galway County Council at its meeting in Abbeyknockmoy today for former GAA president Joe McDonagh. Councillors from across the political...
View ArticleGalway Simon warns housing crisis ‘trapping’ people in homeless services
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Galway Simon Community is warning that the spiralling housing crisis is leading to people becoming ‘trapped’ in homeless services. The city-based charity says that over 30 of...
View ArticleCity oral hearing tomorrow on Apple Data Centre in Athenry
Galway Bay fm newsroom – On oral hearing on the planned 850 million euro Apple Data Centre in Athenry will begin tomorrow. The county council granted planning permission for the centre at Palmerstown,...
View ArticleGalway International Arts Festival to launch 2016 programme
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The programme for this year’s Galway International Arts Festival will be launched in Dublin this evening. The annual Festival has been connecting audiences and artists for over...
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