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CUSTODY REMAND AT GALWAY COURT FOR TEENAGER CHARGED WITH ASSAULT
Date Published: 30-Aug-2007
An 18 year old girl charged with assaulting a number of people at a city school & setting fire to a HSE care facility for troubled teenagers has been further remanded in custody.
The teenager, who can’t be named because of her age, is charged with assaulting 3 people at Scoil Iognaid, Sea Road on May 9 last.
The teenager, who appeared before Galway District Court, is also charged with breaching the peace and with being drunk in public on May the 9th.
The 18 year old is further charged with committing arson at a house run by the HSE in the city, by setting fire to the front door & porch on May 18 last.
She is charged with creating a substantial risk of death or serious harm to others at the house on the same date and with breaching the peace at Sandy Road, Galway, on May 8 last.
At Galway District Court, Defence solicitor, Sean O’Carroll, said she had been in custody since she was arrested on May 19 last.
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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