Extension plans for closed Oranmore hotel
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Galway County Council has given the go-ahead for an extension to the Galway Oyster Hotel in Oranmore. Tasbeem Ltd applied for permission to build single storey extensions to...
View ArticleParents to meet minister over Claregalway secondary school enrolement cap
Galway Bay fm newsroom – A group of parents in Claregalway are to meet with the Education Minister next week over a government cap on enrolements at Coláiste Bhaile Chláir. The group says the...
View ArticleQUICKFIRE #GE16 Challenge: Ciaran Cannon and Tommy Roddy
FYI Galway’s brand new Election Quickfire quiz sees your election candidates take on a series of random quickfire questions designed to help you to get to know them better. The questions have been...
View ArticleGalway’s unemployment figure continues to rise
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Unemployment is continuing to rise in Galway. Last month, the number of people on the Live Register increased by 117. There are now 16,177 people out of work in the city and...
View ArticleMan to appear in court following spate of burglaries in Menlough
Galway Bay fm newsroom – A man will appear before Tuam District Court this morning following a spate of burglaries in Menlough yesterday. The man in his early 20s was arrested in the Menlough area at...
View ArticleTuam based councillor begins High Court action against RTE
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Fine Gael county councillor, Tom McHugh has begun legal action against RTÉ over an alleged breach of privacy. The High Court proceedings relate to an undercover interview for...
View ArticleGarda awarded €200,000 in damages following dog attack
Galway Bay fm newsroom – A Garda has been awarded €207,000 in damages after he was attacked by two pitbull terriers during a drugs raid on a house in the city in June 2008. Detective Garda John Leahy...
View ArticleDecision delayed on new Apple Centre in Athenry
Galway Bay fm newsroom – A decision on planning permission for Apple’s new data centre in Athenry has been pushed back until May. A decision on an appeal to An Bord Pleanála was expected to be made...
View ArticleOver 1000 homes without power in East Galway
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Over 1000 homes and businesses in East Galway are without power this afternoon. ESB crews are working to repair a fault in the Skehana/Menlough area, which is affecting 1041...
View ArticleCouncillors give go ahead for loans for social housing across city
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Councillors have given the go ahead for loans of half a million euro to be secured for providing 4 units of social housing across the city The units are being provided by Cluid...
View ArticleOver 3000 homes without power in the city
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Over 3000 homes and businesses in the city are without power this afternoon. ESB crews are working to repair a fault which is currently affecting 3086 customers – mainly in the...
View ArticlePope sends prayers to flood victims of South Galway
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland has extended the prayers of Pope Francis to people affected by the recent serious flooding in South Galway. Archbishop Charles J Brown has sent...
View ArticleMountbellew to host ICSA Spring Sheep Seminar
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association will host its Spring Sheep Seminar in Mountbellew tomorrow. The event will include an outdoor session, presentations on flock...
View ArticleMock Galway West election at GMIT
Gaway Bay fm newsroom – A mock election took place at Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology at Dublin Road in the city today. Second year students from the School of Business invited all the election...
View ArticleGalway residential turnover in line with national average
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Turnover of residential property in Galway in the last three months of 2015 was over 2 per cent, in line with the national average. That’s according to the latest GeoView...
View ArticleGreening payments to Galway farmers branded ‘a travesty’
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The ‘Greening Payments’ being made to Galway farmers under the Common Agriculturical Policy are being branded ‘a travesty of justice.’ Midlands-North West MEP Marian Harkin...
View ArticleKinvara teen’s company could make 2 million euro this year
Galway Bay fm newsroom – A persuasive Kinvara teenager has managed to get his parents’ permission to quit school by using a powerpoint presentation to plead his case. Conor O’Flaherty had to go through...
View ArticleDisplaced city Travellers in bid to move on from controversial Knocknacarra site
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Displaced Traveller families who have set up a controversial encampment in Knocknacarra are working with the City Council in a bid to move to a more suitable location. The...
View ArticleCouncil rejects plans for residential bypass near Moycullen
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Galway County Council has rejected plans for a residential bypass near Moycullen. SSE Renewables Ltd had applied for permission to build a residential area bypass including a...
View ArticleFresh effort to bring the Naomh Eanna home to Galway
Galway Bay fm newsroom – A new campaign is being launched in a bid to bring the Naomh Eanna back to Galway. The ship once carried passengers between the city and the Aran Islands, before being...
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