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Gardai to begin issuing fines for public drinking
Signage will be put up across the city and Salthill shortly which will enable Gardai to begin issuing on-the-spot fines to people caught drinking...
Gardaí have no notebooks to impose street drinking fines
Galway Gardaí haven’t issued any fines for breaches of new street-boozing laws – because they don’t have the proper notebooks.
Six months ago, a bye-law...
Street drinking ‘out of control’ in Galway
Drinking on the streets of Galway has spiralled out of control and the Gardaí were doing nothing to curb it despite the introduction of...
Gardai thwart teen Halloween party plans
Gardaí and City Council workers thwarted an effort by teenagers last weekend to stage a massive bonfire party at McGraths Field in Knocknacarra by...
Garda chief says street drinking ban is not enforceable
An outright ban on consumption of alcohol in public spaces in the city is “unenforceable”, according to Galway’s top cop.
Chief Superintendent Tom Curley has...
New bye-law to curb public drinking with on-spot fines
A new bye-law – giving community wardens and Gardaí the power to confiscate alcohol from people drinking in public – has been published by...