Galway Bay FM News Archives
FIGURES SHOW RISE IN ASSAULTS IN GALWAY
Date Published: 06-Dec-2011
The number of assaults in the city is on the increase, contrary to the national trend.
The latest City Joint Policing Committee meeting has revealed that there were 89 such assaults in the Galway Garda division over the past 11 months, a jump of almost 50percent.
Chief Superintendent Donal O’Cualáin told members that this bucked the national trend but it related to the summer months, and assaults were declining since then.
The latest crime stats also revealed that crime overall dropped by 22 per cent in the city, with burglaries down by a quarter to 400 incidents. (24%)
Garda action on drugs remains high, with the number of growhouses detected rising by a third (30%) and the number of possession incidents dropping by almost a quarter. (23%)
Chief Superintendent O’Cualáin said this shows more drugs are being taken out of circulation in Galway.
Domestic violence incidents rose by 18 per cent, with Garda chiefs saying the recession and financial strains were contributing factors.
Sex crimes across the city are significantly reduced however, with rapes down by 9 per cent, sexual assaults down by 8 per cent, and there were no aggravated sexual assaults at all in the city over the past year, a drop of 100 per cent.
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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