Galway Bay FM News Archives
CITY COUNCIL WORK AGAIN HAMPERED BY ROWS
Date Published: 18-Dec-2007
The business of running the city was halted last evening as old tensions flared up at a meeting of the City Council
The meeting, which got underway at 4pm yesterday was frought with arguments among Councillors from the very start
However it was a row which erupted between two former party colleagues which prevented any further business being completed
When Mayor Tom Costello asked Councillor Catherine Connolly to apologize for insulting comments she had made about him at a previous meeting, she refused to go further than saying she withdrew them unreservedly
While several conciliatory attempts were made by other Councillors to move the meeting along, Mayor Costello and Councillor Connolly would not budge
A motion was passed by a majority vote that Councillor Connolly must leave the meeting but she refused
It was agreed by Councillors that the meeting be adjourned and all Councillors, Officials, media and members of the public who were present disbanded after just over an hour of to-ing and fro-ing with no business discussed
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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