Galway Bay FM News Archives
CITY COUNCIL TO PURSUE VENUES ADVERTISING ILLEGALY
Date Published: 16-Apr-2012
Galway City Council is to pursue venues that promote their businesses illegaly by sticking posters to lamp posts and bins.
It follows growing concern over the large number of posters for various businesses, charities and political meetings plastered at locations all over the city including tourist hotspots such as Salthill.
Some of the events still being advertised finished as far back as last Christmas.
City Councillor Niall McNeilis says the environment section of Galway city Council fine is now pursuing venues and a fine of up to 500 euro can be imposed for the offence.
Councillor McNeilis is also proposing that community groups and charites should be allowed use information boards in Salthill to display their event
Meanwhile, 62 thousand euro has been allocated to Galway city and county councils to help tackle the problem of litter and graffiti.
The funding is part of the provision of over 2 million euro in grants to local authorities nationwide.
In a statement, Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan says the supports will help raise public awareness and promote anti-litter and anti-graffiti awareness.
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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