Galway Bay FM News Archives
ATHENRY’S NEW QUARTER GETS GO AHEAD TO EXPAND
Date Published: 27-Aug-2008
Plans to increase the size of the New Quarter currently being built in Athenry have got the go-ahead.
An Bord Pleanala has upheld an approval by county planners to allow Oyster Homes Ltd expand their permitted development at Cross Street by over 500 square metres.
The amendments to the New Quarter development on the Athenry House lands include an additional 183 car parking spaces.
There will be ten extra retail units on the ground floor, 8 more offices on the first floor, new travellators at basement level and escalators between ground floor and first floor levels.
The height of the set back roof will be increased but the overall height of the pyramid roof will stay the same.
The changes were fiercely opposed by Athenry Concerned Resident Association and Ms Nora Monaghan of Riversdale House, Athenry.
Date Published: 07-May-2013
Tuam has secured it’s second import of hay from the UK this afternoon in a bid to address the ongoing fodder crisis in the west.
A load of between 40 and 50 bales arrived at the Connacht Gold store in Airglooney for distribution throughout the county.
It follows a similar load last Thursday to the Tuam outlet.
The co-op also took a load of imported hay to the mart in Maam Cross over the weekend, however most of the bales had already been pre-assigned to farmers.
Further loads of hay are expected to arrive across the west and north west tonight and tomorrow morning.
Date Published: 09-May-2013
281 offers of social housing were made by the city and county councils last year.
Figures provided by the local authorities show that 46 of these were refused.
Galway city council made 193 such offers in 2012 with 41 of these refused.
The majority didn’t like the area they were offered or disliked the property itself.
Galway county council made 88 offers of social housing last year with 83 of these accepted.
Reasons given for refusing five properties focused on the location or that the property itself did not meet their needs.
Date Published: 13-May-2013
Galway Senator Trevor O’ Clochartaigh has called on the government to provide more support for victims of domestic violence.
Figures provided to the Sinn Fein Senator show that domestic violence support group COPE accompanied over 80 women to court in Galway last year, but a further 214 women were unable to avail of such assistance.
Senator O Clochartaigh told Galway Bay fm news that more needs to be done to support victims of domestic violence.
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