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Coast Guard loses mannequin in Galway Bay
The Irish Coast Guard is appealing for the public’s help in locating a training mannequin which is lost in Galway Bay.
Galway Bay fm newsroom – A training exercise involving two Navy ships, two RNLI lifeboats from Inis Mór and the city, a HSE team, two helicopters and two Coast Guard boats took place off Blackhead in North Clare yesterday.
The training scenario was an enactment of a fire breaking out on a ship which had to be evacuated.
During the exercise, 5 mannequins were placed in the water to act as people who jumped overboard.
However, the Coast Guard team is unable to locate a tracker and one of the mannequins, which was wearing a lifejacket.
Anyone out on the water in Galway Bay or walking the shores along the coast today is asked to keep an eye out for the mannequin.
The Coast Guard is asking anyone who finds the mannequin to contact them.
Galway Bay fm newsroom – An Bord Pleanala is to reconsider an appeal against the refusal of 74 homes in Knocknacarra.
The project, led by Diagnostic Medical Imagine International Ltd, would be based at Rosario, Kingston.
The project would involve the demolition of two existing houses and the construction of 74 residential units, gym, and new vehicle entrance.
They’d be a mix of apartment blocks, terraced homes, semi-detached and detached units.
The plan was rejected by city planners in 2021 – and that decision was upheld by An Bord Pleanala later that year.
They found the applicant failed to provide evidence of consent, or demonstrate sufficent legal interest, for lands needed for the development.
But the board’s decision was later quashed by Order of the High Court – and the application will now be reconsidered.
A decision is due in September.
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Councillor James Charity has put housing top of his agenda as Athenry-Oranmore District Chairperson
Cllr. Charity was has been unanimously voted as Cathaoirleach for the final term of the current Council before next year’s local elections
He was nominated by fellow Independents Jim Cuddy and Gabe Cronnelly
Cathaoirleach Charity is pledging to continue the Council’s work in attracting and supporting employment to the area, as well as focusing on delivery of housing to support the jobs
Galway Bay fm newsroom – City businesses are being urged to engage with the National Valuations Office, Tailte Éireann, over inflated commercial rates.
Councillor Niall McNelis says it’s recently issued additional Proposed Valuation Certs to commerical rate customers in the city.
But he says some have not engaged with the office, and have now received significantly increased proposed demands as a result.
Councillor McNelis says in one case, a retailer is paying €30 thousand – and was told the proposed rate is now €90 thousand.
Speaking to Galway Talks, he said businesses need to urgently engage to ensure the record is corrected before official rates are set next year.
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