Galway Bay FM News Archives
CRAUGHWELL FARMER HAS ANIMAL CRUELTY FINES REDUCED
Date Published: 05-Oct-2011
A Craughwell farmer has been given a suspended 18-month sentence and fined 5 thousand euro and for cruelty and neglect of animals.
42 year old P. J. Shiel, from Loughile, Craughwell, was successful yesterday in his appeal to the Circuit Court.
The appeal was against the severity of fines totalling 35 thousand euro along with two, three-month prison sentences which were imposed on him at Athenry District Court earlier this year.
P.J Shiel had pleaded guilty to 35 offences relating to animal cruelty at his farm in Craughwell and at rented lands near Clarenbridge in March and April of 2010.
Defence barrister, Conal McCarthy said his client was now working with his local vet, and with the Department officials to set things right.
Hearing Shiel was now working to improve animal welfare on his farm, Judge Tony Hunt said no purpose would be served by jailing him.
He slashed the fines from €35,000 to €5,000 but increased the prison sentence from six months to eighteen months.
He then suspended the sentence on condition Shiel has his animals inspected on a monthly basis for the next two years.
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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