Galway Bay FM News Archives
CALL FOR SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICE IN LOUGHREA TO RE-OPEN
Date Published: 20-Nov-2007
The Department of Social Welfare is being called on to immediately re-instate the Branch office in Loughrea
The office at King Street was closed at the beginning of this month [2/11] for health and safety reasons
Since then, new Social Welfare customers have had to travel to the Galway city office to carry out their business
It’s understood the Department is hoping to re-instate the Loughrea branch early in the New Year, although the old building will not be used
Councillor Pat Hynes says a Social Welfare office needs to re-open in Loughrea as it’s causing hardship to many people
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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