NUI Galway receives EPA funding to tackle climate change
Galway Bay fm newsroom – NUI Galway’s Ryan Institute has received funding from the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct research on Irish environmental policy. The research project will identify...
View ArticleAlmost 10 thousand patients waiting over a year for appointments at UHG and...
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Almost 50 thousand patients are waiting for inpatient and outpatient appointments at UHG and Portiuncula – with almost 10 thousand of those waiting more than 12 months. Of the...
View ArticleConcerns about delay in clearing up drugs sites in city
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Questions have been raised about the delay in collection of drug paraphernalia in the city. At a meeting of the City Joint Policing Committee, Councillor Niall McNelis said...
View ArticleOfficial opening for upgraded secondary school in Castleblakney
Galway Bay fm newsroom – An official opening of new sports facilities and a major expansion at St Cuan’s College in Castleblakney gets underway in the next hour. (11am) The school, which has over 300...
View ArticleGo ahead for new housing development in Loughrea
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Planners have given the green light for a new housing development in Loughrea. Traful Ltd has been granted permission for 8 semi-detached homes and 2 detached homes at the...
View ArticleGalway project aims to improve care for young people with Diabetes
Galway Bay fm newsroom – NUI Galway and Galway University Hospitals have teamed up in a bid to improve the standard of care delivered to young people with Type 1 Diabetes. A research team has carried...
View ArticleDepartment officially acquires site for new Knocknacarra Gaelscoil building
Galway Bay fm newsroom– The Department of Education has today announced that the obstacles facing the construction of a new school for Gaelscoil Mhic Amhlaigh have been overcome. The department has...
View ArticleGalway East TD calls for reversal in changes to Rural Social Scheme
Galway Bay fm newsroom – A Galway East TD is calling on the Social Protection Minister to reverse what are being billed ‘extremely divisive’ changes being made to the Rural Social Scheme. Deputy Anne...
View ArticleRoad still closed following Brownsgrove Crash
Galway Bay Fm newsroom:- A section of the Tuam-Dunmore Road is still closed following a crash in the early hours of today in which one local man was seriously injured and several other were also...
View ArticleDunmore-Tuam Road reopened after Brownsgrove crash
Galway Bay Fm newsroom:-A section of the Tuam-Dunmore Road has reopened following a crash in the early hours of today in which one local man was seriously injured and several other were also...
View ArticleLoughrea has one of the highest driving test pass rates in Ireland
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Loughrea has one of the best driving test pass rates in the country. Figures from the Road Safety Authority reveal that 65.5 percent of drivers who took their driving test in...
View ArticleGalway study detects arsenic in private wells across Ireland
Galway Bay fm newsroom – A team of Galway researchers has detected arsenic in a number of private wells across Ireland. The study found that ‘elevated’ levels of naturally-ocurring arsenic is present...
View ArticleDeveloper calls off plan for new NCT centre in Tuam
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Plans for a new NCT centre in Tuam have been withdrawn. Gary McTigue had applied for planning permission for the new facility at Carrowpeter. It would have involved the change...
View ArticlePlan for cancer retreat at Corofin Castle
Galway Bay fm newsroom – There are plans for a cancer retreat centre near Corofin Castle. Corofin Castle Heritage Park has applied for planning permission to build 4 traditional three-room thatched...
View ArticleSeveral units of the fire brigade attending a fire in Ballinasloe town
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Several units of the fire brigade are attending a fire in Ballinasloe town It’s understood the fire is at a commercial premises on Main Street The cause of the fire nor the...
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Galway Bay fm newsroom – NUI Galway has been named as a member of a new university collaboration which aims to develop better leadership in schools. The Education Minister has today announced that...
View ArticleDeported husband of Ballinasloe woman allowed to return to Ireland
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The deported husband of a Ballinasloe woman is to be allowed to return home to Ireland from Brazil. Harriet Bruce met Kleber Medeiros in the town in 2013, and after two years...
View ArticleSimon Harris urged to acknowledge damage done at UHG by recruitment moratorium
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The INMO says Simon Harris must acknowledge the damage the recruitment moratorium has inflicted at UHG. There are 60 patients on trolleys or in over-capacity wards at the...
View ArticleUHG in crisis as patients wait up to 5 days on trolleys
Galway Bay fm newsroom – One patient at UHG’s overcrowded emergency department has been on a trolley for almost 5 days. There are 60 patients on trolleys or in over-capacity wards at the hospital today...
View ArticleHeartless thief steals Christmas toys from car in city
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Gardaí are investigating the theft of children’s toys from a car in the city yesterday. (12/12) The heartless culprit stole the selection of toys from the boot of a car at...
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