Call for emergency road works in Connemara
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Residents of Doire Fhearta in An Cheathrú Rua are calling on the county council to carry out immediate emergency road works on a local road.
Bóthar Doire Fhearta connects the...
Lack of jobs tops the agenda in Tuam estates
Tuam’s jobs crisis was brought sharply into focus in a new survey which revealed that over one-third of those questioned said they are unemployed.
The Galway Rural Development survey was conducted in a number of...
Galway Fire Service response times published
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Galway has the highest number of cases nationally where fire crews took more than 20 minutes to attend a fire.
New figures published by the National Oversight and Audit Commission...
€60m European loan to help student accommodation crisis
Galway Bay fm newsroom – A €60 million loan from the European Investment Bank will help NUI Galway address the student accommodation crisis in the city.
Some of the projects in the pipeline at the...
Country’s largest wind farm becomes operational
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Ireland's largest wind farm, based in Connemara, has entered commercial operation.
The 169 megawatt Galway Wind Park based at Cloosh Valley in Connemara was developed by SSE and Coillte.
Galway Wind...
Lift company to stand trial on safety charges
A lift installation company is to stand trial next June for alleged breaches of health and safety regulations in relation to a lift it installed in the Hynes Building in Galway almost twenty years...