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Decision to transfer ownership of field near Tuam Stadium delayed
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The delay in sorting out legal and financial issues surrounding the transfer of Browne’s Field beside Tuam Stadium to local residents and the GAA has been described as “frustrating” at a meeting of the Town council.
Council official Evan Molloy said the legal terms of a lease need to be “thrashed out” between the groups involved.
Mayor Imelda Kelly said she had been told that the delay was because County Council wanted money for it and the Tuam Stadium Committee were not coming up with this.
Mayor Kelly added that if the matter was not resolved by their April meeting it will never be done and Cllr. Eamon Kitt said he feels that money was holding it up and he heard mention of a sum of €5,000.
Cllr. Bane proposed that a 3 member sub-committee should met with the GAA and the Residents representatives on this Friday to try and resolve the matter and this was seconded by Cllr.Tom Reilly.
Evan Molloy of Galway Co. Council re-iterated that the Council and other parties would have to enter into a legal lease and there may be costs attached to this.
Breaking News
78 new COVID-19 cases in Galway, nationally 1335 cases and 54 deaths

Galway Bay newsroom – The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 54 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
50 deaths occurred in January.
The median age of those who died is 85 years and the age range is 55-96 years.
There has been a total of 3,120 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Tuesday 26th January, the HPSC has been notified of 1,335 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 191,182* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 618 are men / 711 are women
- 54% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 43 years old
- 437 in Dublin, 114 in Cork, 78 in Galway, 71 in Meath, 61 in Louth and the remaining 574 cases are spread across all other counties**
As of 2pm today, 1,670 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 217 are in ICU. 81 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, said: “The current 14 day incidence remains more than double the peak incidence experienced during previous Level 5 measures in October, therefore, now is not the time to drop your guard and start to interact with people outside your household. The risk of transmission in the community remains very high. We must continue to work towards reducing incidence of disease and preventing further hospitalisations and deaths.”
The COVID-19 Dashboard provides up-to-date information on the key indicators of COVID-19 in the community.
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*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 4 confirmed cases. The figure of 191,182 confirmed cases reflects this.
**County data should be considered provisional as the national Computerised Infectious Disease Reporting System (CIDR) is a dynamic system and case details are continually being validated and updated.
- 7 Day Incidence is 249.7
- 5-day moving average is 1,383
County | Today’s cases (to midnight 26Jan2021) | 5 day moving average (to midnight 26Jan2021) | 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population (13Jan2021 to 26Jan2021) | New Cases during last 14 days (13Jan2021 to 26Jan2021) |
Ireland | 1,335 | 1,383 | 674.2 | 32,103 |
Monaghan | 52 | 42 | 1399.3 | 859 |
Louth | 61 | 68 | 1044.3 | 1,346 |
Carlow | 30 | 24 | 913.4 | 520 |
Waterford | 49 | 49 | 885.7 | 1,029 |
Dublin | 437 | 457 | 788.3 | 10,621 |
Wexford | 22 | 50 | 759.4 | 1,137 |
Mayo | 34 | 41 | 757 | 988 |
Limerick | 61 | 55 | 728.6 | 1,420 |
Meath | 71 | 64 | 701.9 | 1,369 |
Cavan | 25 | 20 | 682.6 | 520 |
Donegal | 48 | 42 | 656.4 | 1,045 |
Offaly | 27 | 35 | 643.9 | 502 |
Cork | 114 | 137 | 634.6 | 3,445 |
Kildare | 54 | 49 | 595 | 1,324 |
Galway | 78 | 61 | 574.3 | 1,482 |
Laois | 16 | 17 | 557.3 | 472 |
Tipperary | 29 | 34 | 555.3 | 886 |
Clare | 24 | 22 | 504.1 | 599 |
Wicklow | 31 | 26 | 436 | 621 |
Sligo | 6 | 14 | 398.3 | 261 |
Kilkenny | 10 | 14 | 374.9 | 372 |
Westmeath | 22 | 18 | 367.2 | 326 |
Longford | 13 | 10 | 347.4 | 142 |
Kerry | 14 | 20 | 347.3 | 513 |
Roscommon | <5 | 6 | 336.2 | 217 |
Leitrim | 5 | 5 | 271.5 | 87 |
~The 5-day moving average of the number of new cases provides an appropriate indicator of current daily case numbers within a county. It takes account of any validation of cases for previous days and smooths out daily/weekend fluctuations in case numbers.
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Public information meeting to discuss new cross-city bus link

Galway Bay fm newsroom – A public information meeting will take place online tomorrow to discuss a proposed new cross-city bus link.
It would provide a new public transport corridor linking the west and east of the city.
Tomorrow’s meeting will provide information on the BusConnects Galway Cross-City link, which would run from University Road to the Dublin Road.
It’ll be a public transport corridor linking the western and eastern suburbs, through the city centre.
The project, funded through the NTA, aims to connect homes with places of work, study, retail and recreation, with improve public transport journey times and reliability.
It envisions the creation of high-quality public spaces, new and upgraded pedestrian and cyclist facilities, and priority for public transport, making it easier to move through the city.
Tomorrow’s meeting is organised by Galway Chamber in association with Galway City Council – and aims to provide an insight into the scheme and the outcomes it will bring for businesses in the city.
The online meeting will take place tomorrow morning between 9.30 and 11am – further information can be found at Galwaychamber.com.
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NUIG announces first university partnership in Ireland aimed at building leadership skills

Galway Bay fm newsroom – NUI Galway has announced a new partnership with LIFT Ireland that is the first of its kind in the country, aimed at building leadership skills across third level institutions.
LIFT Ireland is a non-profit initiative to raise the level of leadership nationwide through the development of key leadership qualities and skills.
It provides training to a wide range of groups – ranging from multi-national corporations to SMEs, NGOs, schools, sports organisations and individuals.
The programme is delivered through roundtable sessions, which focus on key leadership values, such as honesty, competence, accountability, empathy, respect and positive attitude.
Today’s announcement of the parternship between NUI Galway and LIFT will see more than 200 staff and students trained as facilitators by April.
These facilitators will then go on to help train a further 1,500 staff and students at NUI Galway in leadership skills throughout the year.
These students at NUI Galway who availed of the pilot scheme last year share their experience of the leadership training.
NUI Galway President Professor Ciarán Ó hOgartaigh says the new partnership will play an important role in cementing NUI Galway’s position as a leading university – for more on this, tune in to FYI Galway@5…