Primary Religious Education in Tuam archdiocese set for major overhaul
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The face of religious education in schools across the Tuam archdiocese is set to change significantly over the next few months. The diocese is launching a new Catholic...
View ArticleApplication to set date for Savita medical negligence case postponed
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The application to the High Court to set a date to hear Savita Halappanavar’s medical negligence case has been postponed by a week. The application was expected to be handed...
View ArticleTuam Center to allow Galway farmers to dispose of hazardous waste
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Galway farmers will have the opportunity to dispose of their hazardous farm waste at a temporary bring center in Tuam on Friday. The Department of Agriculture says the center...
View ArticleCounty Council slammed over unannounced rent increases
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The County Council’s housing department is coming under fire after it sent out bills to council tenants as part of an unannounced rent hike. Loughrea area councillor Michael...
View ArticleWoman who died in Oughterard fire named locally
The scene of a house fire in Oughterard town which claimed the life of a woman in her 70s yesterday remains sealed off this morning. Gardaí were alerted to a blaze at the terraced house at Camp Street...
View ArticleAnger at city council contracts going over budget
Galway Bay fm newsroom – City officials are to supply councillors with a list of the contracts which went over their tender prices last year The list was requested at this week’s meeting when the 2014...
View ArticleC-diff outbreak at Portiuncula Hospital contained
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Visiting restrictions which were put in place at Portiuncula Hospital due to a small outbreak of a potentially fatal infection have now been scaled back. The restrictions were...
View ArticleHome and school improvement schemes in Galway extended
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Almost 17 hundred home improvements have been carried out in Galway under the Home Renovation Incentive Scheme. That’s according to Galway West T.D, Seán Kyne, who says the...
View ArticleMixed fortunes for Athenry retail landscape
Galway Bay fm newsroom – There’s been mixed fortunes for Athenry retailers this week after permission was granted for one discount retailer, and refused for another. An Bord Pleanála has granted...
View ArticleCouncil urged to investigate morning ‘rat run’ at city estate
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The City Council is being urged to investigate claims that a city housing estate is being used as a rat-run by motorists. Councillor Mike Cubbard says before 9am each day, up...
View ArticleOranmore dual carriageway closed following very serious crash
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The Oranmore dual carriageway is closed between the Martin Roundabout and Oranmore Business Park following a very serious crash. The single vehicle incident happened on the...
View ArticleMayo woman to be sentenced for stealing from AIB accounts in Tuam
Galway Bay fm newsroom – A 59-year-old bank official has pleaded guilty to the theft of over 60 thousand euro from fourteen clients’ accounts at the Allied Irish Bank in Tuam. Sheila McLoughlin, from...
View ArticleHealth Minister criticised for ‘sitting’ on Galway A&E plans
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Galway’s trolley crisis is continuing to worsen as the Health Minister sits on plans for a new emergency department at UHG. That’s according to Tuam area councillor Mary Hoade,...
View ArticlePost mortem examination due to be carried out on body found in car at city...
Galway Bay fm newsroom – A post-mortem examination will be carried out today on a body found in a crashed car on the outskirts of the city. Gardaí say the man – who was in his late 60s and is believed...
View ArticleWorld famous astronauts to attend city public events
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Two of the world’s best known astronauts are set to visit the city next week. Former Commander of the International Space Station, Chris Hadfield and Italian astronaut Paolo...
View Article‘World class’ Kinvara treatment plant to be completed by 2017
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Kinvara will have a world class sewerage treatment plant when construction on the new facility is completed in early 2017. That’s according to Irish Water, who have in the last...
View ArticleNUI Galway launches Sexual Health and Guidance initiatives
Galway Bay fm newsroom – NUI Galway is launching an initiative called: Sexual Health and Support, as part of it’s Student’s Union Sexual Health Awareness and Guidance Week. It aims to provide...
View ArticleCounty Council defends pre-Christmas rent hikes
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Galway County Council has defended its decision to send out pre-Christmas letters to council tenants, asking for backdated rent increases. It’s after Loughrea area councillor...
View ArticlePublic meeting in city on housing crisis
Galway Bay fm newsroom – A public meeting will take place in the city tomorrow (7/11) to discuss the housing crisis in Galway. It’s being organised by the People Before Profit Alliance in an effort to...
View ArticleHeroin-dealing Galway fisherman sentenced to 9 months in prison
Galway Bay fm newsroom – A 45-year-old heroin-dealing fisherman has been sentenced to nine months in prison after a substantial quantity of the drug was found at his home in the city. Colm Joyce, a...
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