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ARRESTS AFTER FIRE AT HEADFORD GARAGE AND SHOP
Date Published: 02-Apr-2008
A number of people have been arrested and questioned in connection with an incident in a Headford garage earlier this week during which petrol was set alight beside pumps
After an appeal on Galway Bay fm for information regarding a car which may have been used in the incident Gardai have examined a vehicle and questioned several people.
What’s believed to be a connected incident in Clonboo is also being investigated
In the first incident a car is said to have driven up to Monaghan’s Garage, Headford and a man sprayed petrol on an area near the pumps and set it alight.
Garage owner Ger Monaghan said he saw what was happening and rushed out into the forecourt with a fire extinguisher and extinguished the blaze.
The man ran into the car which then sped off.
It’s understood that the occupants of the same car drove into Cunniffe’s Service Station a few miles away at Clonboo on the Headford Road shortly afterwards and made off with petrol without paying for it.
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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