Galway Bay FM News Archives
EIRGRID TO CREATE 100 JOBS IN WEST
Date Published: 16-Jan-2012
Up to 100 jobs will be created in Galway and the West over the next three years as the first phase of the ‘Grid West’ project gets underway.
Jobs in the engineering, environmental, planning and communications services will be created as the plan for developing the electricity grid in the west comes together.
Galway based Tobin Consulting engineers has been appointed to provide its sevices for state agency Eirgrid’s 240 million euro project.
Eirgrid manages the national grid, the network that transmits electricity from power plants to the distribution system.
Speaking to Galway Bay FM News, Eirgrid project co-ordinator Alan McHugh says they hope to apply for planning permission for the development in 20-15.
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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