Galway Bay FM News Archives
CITY COUNCIL DEFENDS MANAGEMENT OF NOXIOUS WEED
Date Published: 03-Aug-2012
Galway City Council has hit out at claims that it’s not doing enough to tackle the spread of ragwort weed.
City Cllr Padraig Conneely has reported the problem to the Department of Agriculture and says the local authority is not doing enough to comply with the Noxious Weed Act 1936.
The weed thrives on a wide range of soils, but competes best on lighter free draining soils where fertility is reasonably high and grazing not intensive.
It germinates in the autumn and spring.
A spokesperson for the local authority says Galway City Council is one of few urban councils that has a continued focus on tackling the weed through the Parks department.
The spokesperson adds that the problem is NOT being ignored and attempts are being made to manage it as the spread is particularly bad this year due to wet and warm weather conditions.
However Cllr Padraig Conneely says more needs to be done.
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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