Planners raise serious concerns over Apple site
County planners have expressed numerous serious concerns over the proposed Apple data centre in Athenry – including the impact on the environment, the national power, the road network grid and flood...
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Cancer survivor celebrates Father’s Day with fundraising run
A cancer survivor is running alongside her two boys and husband at Galway’s first ever ‘colour dash’ next Sunday to raise money for the Irish Cancer Society. Lisa McCormack was just 34 when she found a...
View ArticleFilming wraps on new action thriller in Connemara
Filming of a new action thriller set in the 13th Century – much of which was shot in Leenane – has been completed. Award-winning Irish director Brendan Muldowney and up-and-coming British TV and movies...
View ArticleRostering of Galway gardai raised in the Seanad
Galway Bay FM Newsroom – A Government T.D says the rostering of Gardaí in Galway is not a matter for the Minister for Justice. Speaking in the Seanad this week, the house’s Government leader, Maurice...
View ArticleConnacht Rugby sent to Siberia
Russian rugby club Enisei-STM will become familiar with Oliver Cromwell’s ‘To hell or to Connacht’ threat next season, as Connacht Rugby has been ‘sent to Siberia’ in the European Challenge Cup....
View ArticleBook aims to help kids rediscover simple games of the past
A new children’s book penned by a woman based in Oranmore aims to peel children away from screens, tablets and consoles and help them rediscover the joys of their imaginations. Mary Rose Keane – the...
View ArticleHalf of Kinvara’s houses excluded from new sewerage scheme
The completion of the Kinvara sewerage scheme will end the stench of raw sewage entering the local bay – but it now emerges there’s a sting, or stink, in the tail. Because 85 houses, half the houses,...
View Article94 kids on city’s homeless risk list
The first six months of the year have seen a marked increase in homelessness being experienced in Galway City, according to statistics released by COPE Galway. On one night at the start of June COPE...
View ArticleConnemara pony project to feature at conference in Taiwan
Galway Bay Fm newsroom – A therapeutic riding project involving Connemara ponies is to be featured at an international conference in Taiwan next week. The conference, which deals with the benefit that...
View ArticleMayors plan greater cooperation between County and city
Galway Bay Fm newsroom- The first citizens of Galway county and the city say they will work closer together to ensure that many projects, including Galway’s bid to become European Capital of Culture,...
View ArticleFlood management meetings in four Galway areas
Galway Bay Fm newsroom – Four areas of County Galway that suffered severe damage during heavy flooding in recent years will have public consultation days hosted by the Office of Public Works (the OPW)...
View ArticleChain saw carver was ‘half cut’ in hospital
A festival chain saw carver believes he stripped to the waist and became aggressive to staff at A&E because he got a blow to the head when assaulted on the way home after a drink-fuelled night out....
View ArticleAlmost 2 thousand Galway drivers avoid penalty points through loophole
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Almost 2 thousand drivers convicted of penalty point offences in Galway avoided having the points endorsed on their licences by failing to provide the courts service with...
View ArticleGalway Bay fish farm could be in doubt due to new guidelines
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Plans for a 15 thousand tonne deep sea fish farm in Galway Bay could be in doubt due to new guidelines published by the Government. According to today’s Irish Times, the Marine...
View ArticleScoping work begins on Inishbofin Health Centre
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Preliminary scoping work is being carried out at Inishbofin Health Centre. The HSE has appointed an architect who is now assessing the site. Funding of over one million euro...
View ArticleGalway penalty points ‘dodgers’ could lose out on insurance claims
Galway Bay fm newsroom – AA Ireland says almost 2 thousand Galway drivers convicted of penalty point offences but who didn’t have the points endorsed on their licences, could lose out on insurance...
View ArticleGalway West TD in plea to Marine Minister
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Fianna Fáil TD Eamon O Cuív has hit out at the continuing delay in finalising the 2015 Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Plan. Under the scheme councils...
View ArticleHearing underway in dispute over pay for Galway care workers
Galway Bay fm newsroom – An hearing is underway at the Labour Relations Commission this afternoon over a pay dispute involving Brothers of Charity and Ability West staff in Galway and Roscommon. IMPACT...
View ArticleReports finds over 320 Galway children await social worker allocation
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Over 320 children across Galway were awaiting allocation to a social worker when services were inspected by HIQA last year. The health watchdog has published an overview of its...
View ArticleCroi wins top European award for obesity programme
Galway Bay fm newsroom – A team from the Galway city based Croí Heart and Stroke Centre has won a top European award with its CLANN Programme. CLANN stands for Changing lifestyle through activity and...
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