Galway Bay FM News Archives
BOOK OF EVIDENCE TO BE SERVED OVER CEMETRY ORNAMENTS HANDLING CHARGES
Date Published: 26-Jul-2012
A Romanian man charged in relation to handling graveyard ornaments from cemetries in the Claregalway Loughgeorge area last year is to have a book of evidence served on him in September.
36 year old Marian Lingurar, with an address at Blackpool in Cork appeared before Galway District Court [Jul 25], where he was assisted by an interpreter.
Garda Inspector Mick Coppinger said the book of evidence was not yet ready and is expected on September 12th.
Marian Lingurar had pleaded NOT guilty to the alleged handling offences when he appeared before the court on June 18th.
He and two other defendants are charged with handling a number of graveside ornaments which were found at their former address in Loughgeorge on October 4th, 2011.
He’s to appear before Galway District Court again on Septmeber 12th for service of the book of evidence.
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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