City officials urged to fast-track employment of Irish Language Officer
Galway Bay fm newsroom – City officials are being urged to push forward with efforts to hire an Irish Language Officer. The matter was raised at this week’s meeting of the local authority by...
View ArticleFour people to receive NUIG honorary degrees
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Four people will receive Honorary Degrees from NUI Galway this afternoon. (12pm) Among those who will receive a degree is businessman Billy Lawless who received Freedom of the...
View ArticleNUIG hosts conference on child to parent violence
Galway Bay fm newsroom – A conference on child-to-parent violence is getting underway in the city today. The event aims to discuss policy and research, raise awareness and share information about the...
View ArticleNUIG hosts conference on child to parent violence
Galway Bay fm newsroom – A conference on child-to-parent violence is getting underway in the city today. The event aims to discuss policy and research, raise awareness and share information about the...
View ArticleConstruction to begin next year on Athenry Sewerage Plant
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Construction will begin next year on a new sewerage plant in Athenry. Consulting engineers have been appointed to progress the plans for the plant after the government...
View ArticleIrish Water to delay Oranmore works on Main Street following compromise
Galway Bay fm newsroom – A controversial works schedule due to take place on Main Street in Oranmore has now been postponed after a compromise was reached with Irish Water. Around 25 people including...
View ArticleMinister says department will work with Annaghdown group over cemetery crisis
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The Minister for Foreign Affairs says the relevant departments will continue to work with locals in Annaghdown to resolve the situation regarding the cemetery. There is only...
View ArticleMinister says department will work with Annaghdown group over cemetery crisis
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The Minister for Foreign Affairs says the relevant departments will continue to work with locals in Annaghdown to resolve the situation regarding the cemetery. There is only...
View Article10 children admitted to adult mental health services in the West
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Ten children were admitted to adult mental health services in Galway and the west last year. The Mental Health Commission’s annual report reveals that 68 children were admitted...
View ArticleLabour to hold selection convention for Galway East
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The Labour party is to hold its selection convention for Galway East this evening As the only candidate Senator Lorraine Higgins will be officially selected to run in the...
View ArticleIrish water accused of scaremongering about lead pipes in Galway
Galway Bay fm newsroom – A county councillor has accused Irish Water of scaremongering over the recent lead piping controversy. Ballinasloe area councillor Michael Connolly says Irish Water’s estimate...
View ArticleSouth Galway to celebrate Yeats’ 150th anniversary tomorrow
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The 150th anniversary of the birth of William Butler Yeats will be celebrated at Coole Park in Gort tomorrow. Yeats spent more than 20 summers in Coole and celebrated its...
View ArticleGardaí reopen thirty year old investigation
The mysterious disappearance of a Carna woman 30 years ago this month is now being actively investigated by Gardaí in Connemara again. Mrs. Barbara Walsh vanished from her home in Rusheenamanagh in...
View ArticleFans urged to ‘make a day of it’ in Salthill
Come early . . . stay late . . . and enjoy a carnival atmosphere through the day for Sunday’s Galway/Mayo clash in Pearse Stadium – that’s the message this week from the Salthill business community....
View ArticleUnemployment levels continue to fall
The number of people on the Live Register across Galway is continuing to fall, with almost 13% fewer on the ‘dole’ since a year ago. And unemployment figures have dropped by almost 32% since their peak...
View ArticleStatistics show one suicide every fortnight in Galway
There was one suicide recorded in Galway every fortnight last year, according to new figures that prove the problem persists. The Central Statistics Office (CSO) Vital Statistics yearly summary for...
View ArticleRent increases in Galway amongst highest nationwide
A new report into the cost of renting in Ireland has revealed that Galway has seen some of the largest increases nationwide over the past five years. Outside of Dublin, locations in Galway City and...
View ArticleLabour selects Senator Lorraine Higgins to contest Galway East
Galway Bay FM Newsroom – The Labour Party has selected Lorraine Higgins to contest the Galway East area in the upcoming general election. The senator was the only candidate going before the convention...
View ArticleGalway politicians amongst highest costing senators and TDs
Two Galway politicians are amongst the highest-costing senators and TDs over the lifetime of the current government. That’s according to a new report which shows that Dail and Seanad politicians have...
View ArticleFootballers get behind mental health initiative
The footballers of Galway and Mayo may have been preoccupied with the Connacht semi-final at the weekend – but they found time do their bit to help promote positive mental health. They have endorsed...
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