Cops believe bags contained heroin deals
A Lithuanian man has been fined €300 for swallowing two small bags, believed to contain heroin deals, when Gardai went to search him at a known heroin dealing site. Alberta Navickas (25), 7 Snipe Lawn,...
View ArticleQuarter of a million euro sanctioned for South Galway motorway flood works
Galway Bay fm newsroom – A quarter of a million euro has been sanctioned towards flood mitigation works in South Galway as the Gort to Tuam motorway progresses. Minister Simon Harris confirmed the...
View ArticleKiltiernan principal says flood works will end years of worry
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The principal of Kiltiernan National School says she’s hopeful that years of stress and worry can be brought to an end following the announcement of funding for flood works. A...
View ArticleCity and County Councils asked to explain where property tax is spent
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Galway City and County Councils are being asked to outline how homeowners’ property tax is being spent. Galway Senator Fidelma Healy-Eames says full transparency is needed in...
View ArticlePlans lodged for new access road to Claregalway secondary school
Galway Bay fm newsroom – There are plans to build a new access road into Claregalway secondary school. The application seeks to construct the access road from Lakeview Road to the Coláiste Baile Chláir...
View ArticleUnion officials to meet HSE over controversial plan to expand UHG emergency...
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Senior management from UHG are to meet with Impact trade union representatives on Thursday in a bid to lift the threat of strike action at the University Road campus. It’s over...
View ArticleGort man remanded in custody over threatening to kill pyschiatric staff
Galway Bay fm newsroom – A man has been remanded in custody charged with threatening to kill staff at two psychiatric units in the city. Mark Condon, of 37 Slieve Carron, Gort, appeared by video link...
View ArticleHydrogeology halts motorway blasting in Kiltiernan
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Blasting as part of the construction of the M18 near Kiltiernan has been postponed pending the completion of a hydrogeology report. Over 400 households are served by the...
View ArticleESB moves to allay fears regarding electricity supply issues in Connemara
Galway Bay fm newsroom – ESB Networks has moved to allay fears regarding electricity supply issues in the Connemara area. It’s after Galway Sinn Fein Senator Trevor O’Clochartaigh received...
View ArticleDays Gone By – 1965 – Bomb shelter proposal for new school
Days Gone By – Stories from our archives 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago 1965 – Females needed to ‘decorate the mahogany’ Dear Sir, It must be a source of consolation to the ratepayers of Galway that the...
View ArticleDate set for appeal against FORUM Connemara legal challenge
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The long-running dispute about the administration of a social and community assistance programme in County Galway is unlikely to be resolved this year. The High Court has set...
View ArticleGalway anti-war group to celebrate city’s nuclear-free status
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The city’s nuclear free status is to be celebrated on Sunday. The event is being led by Galway Alliance Against War. It aims to mark the 70th anniversary of the dropping of a...
View ArticleBathing ban issued for five County Galway beaches
Galway Bay fm newsroom – A temporary bathing water ban has been implemented for parts of the county. The public is banned from bathing at Traught in Kinvara, An Trá Mhór, Indreabhán, Ceibh an Spidéil,...
View ArticleFood Safety Authority issues prohibition order to Menlo wholesaler
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The Food Safety Authority of Ireland imposed a prohibition order on a city-based fish wholesaler last month. The order was issued to Gary Creaven Fish Sales in Menlo for...
View ArticleCyclist airlifted to UHG following serious road collision outside Kinvara
Galway Bay fm newsroom – A cyclist has been airlifted to hospital following a serious road collision outside Kinvara. The incident occurred at around 1.30 this afternoon on the road between Kinvara and...
View ArticleGarda appeal for missing city man
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Gardaí are seeking the public’s assistance in tracing the whereabouts of 40 year old city man Raymond Walsh. Raymond, better known as ‘hopper’, is missing from the city since...
View Article324 cars clamped at UHG last year
Galway Bay fm newsroom – 324 vehicles were clamped at University Hospital Galway last year. According to a survey carried out by the Irish Daily Mail, it was the highest number of clamps at a hospital...
View ArticleMan charged with selling bogus concert tickets in city
Galway Bay fm newsroom – A man charged with selling bogus concert tickets has been remanded in custody until October. John Tomkins(44), of no fixed abode, appeared before Galway District Court this...
View ArticlePlan for fitness studios in city turned down
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Plans for new fitness studios in the city have been turned down. Edward and Tracy Dunbar have been refused planning permission by the City Council for the studios at Joyce’s...
View ArticleBench warrant issued for Claddagh man’s arrest
Galway Bay fm newsroom – A bench warrant has been issued for the arrest of a Claddagh man who he failed to appear before Galway District Court this week. 33 year old Wayne Donnellan, 3 Beattystown,...
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