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Councillors urged to back plan for increased speed limit on Airport Road
Galway Bay fm newsroom – An Oranmore Area Councillor is hoping local authority members will back a bye-law to increase the speed limit on the road between Galway Airport and Ballintemple.
County Councillors are due to vote on the matter when a report on road traffic special speed limits comes before them at their monthly meeting later today.
Councillors made amendments to a number of speed limits on national and regional roads in a document supplied by the National Roads Authority last November.
This has now been approved by the NRA and is to come back before County Hall where bye-laws must be passed.
Oranmore Area Cllr Jim Cuddy says the current limit at the Airport Road is unsuitable with many motorists receiving penalty points unfairly as a result.
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Taoiseach says he “doesn’t accept” Galway Ring Road bad for environment

Galway Bay fm newsroom – The Taoiseach has said he does not accept the view that the Galway Ring Road would be bad for the environment.
Leo Varadkar was responding to questions posed by Galway West Deputy Noel Grealish in the Dáil.
It’s as An Bord Pleanala is to reconsider an application for the long-awaited project, after permission was quashed on environmental grounds.
The Taoiseach said while there are different views at cabinet, the Ring Road is part of the National Development Plan.
He gave an assurance that ultimately, if planning permission is granted, it will be funded.
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Inland Fisheries Ireland recruiting new Seasonal Fisheries Officers in Galway

Galway Bay FM newsroom – Inland Fisheries Ireland is recruiting 36 Seaonal Fisheries Officers in Galway and nationwide.
The six-month posts are divided across seven River Basin Districts, covering fifteen counties including Galway.
Seasonal Fisheries Officers from Galway will join teams over the summer months – to help protect, conserve and develop fisheries resources in Ireland’s lakes, rivers and coastlines.
Those interested in applying must apply before the deadline of Tuesday 21st of February on the Inland Fisheries Ireland website.
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Portiuncula Univeristy Hospital hosting Service of Remembrance for those who have lost a child

Galway Bay fm newsroom – Portiuncula University Hospital is hosting a Service of Remembrance on the 13th of February for those who have experienced the loss of a child.
Parents and their families who have experienced a bereavement through the death of a child or who have lost a baby through miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, still birth or after birth are invited to attend.
The service will get underway at 7.30pm in the hospital chapel with light refreshments afterwards.
Deirdre Naughton, Director of Midwifery at the hospital says the service will offer parents a chance to reflect on their journey: