Galway Bay FM News Archives
EFFORTS TO CONTROL COUNTY GORSE FIRES CONTINUE
Date Published: 02-May-2011
Efforts to bring gorse fires across Galway under control are continuing this evening.
Fire fighters are battling an extensive bog fire that broke out in Looscaun along the main Portumna to Scariff road this afternoon.
Motorists are being advised to avoid the area if possible because of poor visibility.
Meanwhile, fire fighters are still at the scene of a gorse fire in the Rosmuc area that broke out this morning.
In the Mountbellew area, Gardaí say they are liasing with Fire fighters who continue to monitor an area of land that is still smouldering after a major fire last night.
The fire broke out in the Springlawn/Gurteen area yesterday afternoon.
As the winds and dry weather continued to feed the flames, the fire stretched along bog lands and posed a serious threat to homes in the area.
Fire crews from Mountbellew, Roscommon, and others areas were drafted in to fight the blaze with the help of a Helicopter, and managed to get it under control this morning.
Two houses in the area were saved from the flames, however local Gardaí say the fire claimed several hectares of forestry that belongs to Coillte.
This is the latest in a series of bog and gorse fires to take place in the Mountbellew area over the past few days.
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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