Housing Minister to visit city social housing construction project
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The Housing Minister will visit a social housing construction project in the city today. Minister Simon Coveney is in Galway this afternoon as part of the government’s...
View ArticleCounty Development Committee unsuccessful in appeal over LEADER programme
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The decision to appoint the Forum organisation in Letterfrack to administer the Leader programme in all of west Galway – and the Aran Islands included – has been confirmed by...
View ArticleGalway Travellers call on Housing Minister to explain ‘broken promises’
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Galway Traveller Movement is calling on the Housing Minister to explain what’s its calling a ‘decade of broken promises’ on Traveller accommodation. Minister Coveney is in...
View ArticleGalway Travellers say councils must act as minister commits to funding...
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Galway Traveller Movement says the city and county councils must act, after the Housing Minister committed to offering increased funding. Minister Coveney is in Galway today as...
View ArticleN59 campaigners say ‘tar and chips’ plan is not enough
Any suggestion that a ‘watered down job’ will be sufficient on the road from Oughterard to Clifden has been firmly rejected by the N59 Campaign Group. The Group, which has now gathered thousands of...
View ArticlePensioner left to die on trolley in Emergency Department at UHG
An investigation has been launched into the case of a woman in her late 80s who was left to die on a trolley while waiting to be seen at the Emergency Department in University Hospital Galway. The...
View ArticleTuam’s Fintan Monahan to be installed as Bishop of Killaloe tomorrow
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Tuam’s Fintan Monahan will be installed as the new Bishop of Killaloe tomorrow. (Sun 25/9) The former Tuam schoolteacher, who’s 49, will be Ireland’s youngest bishop. Fintan...
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Enable Ireland helps brave Galway girl achieve her ambitions
This is No Limits Week, Enable Ireland’s annual effort to highlight the work the organisation does to make life so much better for those who use its services – like nine year old Lucy MacConnell from...
View ArticleCllrs demand free TV access to all championship matches
Galway County Council will send a unanimous motion to the central council of the GAA urging it to return championship matches to free to air channels next season. Tabled by Tuam Independent Councillor...
View ArticleCounty to decide on Local Property Tax next week
A decision by Galway County Councillors on whether or not to vary the Local Property Tax (LPT) rate has been deferred until after a meeting with various Ministers about the possibility of securing...
View ArticleStudy pinpoints 240 flood risk homes in Co Galway
Some 240 homes in towns around the county are at risk of significant flooding in the next big flood according to the most extensive flood risk maps ever drawn up. The Catchment Flood Risk Assessment...
View ArticleMinister urged to intervene as wet summer severely impacts Galway farmers
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The IFA is calling on the Minister for Agriculture to urgently address the difficulties faced by Galway farmers as a result of poor weather conditions. Members of the...
View ArticleNational hot air balloon championships to give 100 thousand euro boost to...
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Businesses in Loughrea town will benefit from a 100 thousand euro boost as gears up to host the National Hot Air Balloon Championships. (Sunday 25th Sept) Up to 40 balloons...
View ArticleGardaí concerned over man missing from Claregalway
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Gardaí are seeking the public’s assistance in tracing a man missing from Claregalway. 40 year old Eamon O’Connell went missing from his home in the village on Thursday. Eamon...
View ArticleNew Killaloe Bishop says he will miss Galway
The new Bishop of Killaloe, former Tuam priest Fr Fintan Monahan, said in the homily at his episcopal ordination Mass this afternoon (Sunday), that having worked so closely over the past twenty-five...
View ArticleDelegation go to former prison camp in Wales to remember Galway men of 1916
Galway Bay Fm newsroom-The Galway men who were deported following the 1916 Rising will be remembered at a special event in Wales today. (Sunday 25/9) Over three hundred men were deported from Galway to...
View ArticleMissing Claregalway man found safe and well
Galway Bay Fm newsroom-Eamon O’Connell who was missing from his home at Claregalway, since last Thursday 22nd September, 2016 has been located safe and well. Gardaí have thanked the public and the...
View ArticleMotorist urged to be careful following three crashes
Gardai across Galway are urging motorists to drive with care due to wet roads and blustery conditions following three crashes this afternoon, one involving 5 vehicles in the city and two on the N17. In...
View ArticleOld friends get back together classmate’s Golden Jubilee
Old schoolmates from Killimor took a trip down memory lane at the weekend for a celebration on the double. For the first time in 56 years, the 1960 class of Raheen National School gathered for a...
View ArticleJapanese knotweed will take years to conquer
Galway County Council has promised to tackle the dreaded Japanese knotweed – most critically in areas where it is obstructing visibility on roads – but it could take years, and a small fortune, to rid...
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