Galway Bay FM News Archives
30 GALWAY JOBS LOST WITH MFG CLOSURE
Date Published: 08-Sep-2011
130 jobs have been lost across the country, up to 30 of them in Galway, with the closure of Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta.
The company, employs 15 full time staff at its offices in Indreabhán and Rosmuc, while around 15 are employed through FÁS and work projects.
The decision to close the company, which has workers in seven Gaeltacht regions, was made at a board meeting in Claregalway yesterday.
The company came to its decision after management company MAZARS advised the board to cease trading immediately.
MFG has been in existence for more than 20 years and offers assistance to many start up companies, organisations and groups in the Gaeltacht regions.
Galway Senator Trevor O’Clochartaigh says the news is devastating for the Galway Gaeltacht region.
Date Published: 08-May-2013
Gardai are appealing for witnesses following a single vehicle crash at the Portumna bridge this morning.
The road from Nenagh to Loughrea reopened shortly after 11 this morning following the completion of a technical exam.
Four men were travelling in a van when they hit the Portumna bridge around 6:30 this morning.
Gardaí, ambulance and two units of Portumna fire services rushed to the scene, and one of the men was taken to Portiuncula hospital in Ballinasloe.
He is being treated for head injuries, which have been described by Gardaí as serious.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Portumna Garda station on 09-097-42060
Date Published: 10-May-2013
GMIT is to honour seven outstanding individuals including President Michael D Higgins with Honorary Fellowships at a special ceremony later this month.
It’s the first time in the 40 year history of the Institute the Governing Body of GMIT has decided to award honorary fellowships.
The GMIT Honorary Fellowships will be conferred at the g Hotel in the city this day two weeks Friday 24 May at 2.30pm in front of 200 invited guests.
Date Published: 13-May-2013
Galway commuters are holding their breath as there has been a potential breakthrough in the Bus Eireann dispute, as both sides have agreed to talks at the Labour Relations Commission.
The LRC intervened this afternoon, on day two of strike action that has seen 95 per cent of bus services disrupted across the country.
The LRC’s Director of Conciliation Services, Kevin Foley, says the National Bus and Rail Union and the company have agreed to meet for mediated talks at 8 this evening.
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