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CITY COUNCIL ADMITS VERBAL AGREEMENT AT CENTRE OF LAND DISPUTE
Date Published: 18-May-2011
The City Council has admitted it only had a verbal agreement with the property owners of a site at the centre of a dispute on the Seamus Quirke Road.
The current owners of the site at the Fort Lorenzo roundabout are disputing the City council had permission to access their lands and have forced road widening works there to stop.
Director of Services Ciaran Hayes told this week’s city council meeting that the verbal agreement was made with "those who they believed were the owners of the site".
A spokesperson for the city council says lawyers for the current owners and the council are in discussions with each other so they cannot enter into any further public discussion on the matter.
Councillor Collette Connolly says details of the agreement should be made public as it’s the taxpayer who’s footing the bill.
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Appeal for information following Portumna crash
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
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President Higgins among GMIT’s first ever honorary fellowships
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.
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Galway commuters hold their breath as LRC intervenes in bus strike
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.