Galway Bay FM News Archives
GALWAY CITY BUILDINGS TURNING BLUE FOR AUTISM
Date Published: 28-Mar-2012
A blue light will be shone on landmark buildings around Galway city next Monday to mark World Autism Awareness Day.
The initiative is part of a United Nations global plan to highlight awareness of Autism, that will illuminate towns and cities around the world in blue on April 2nd.
The Minister for Health Dr James Reilly will attend the formal blue-lighting ceremony at Hotel Meyrick in Eyre Square next Monday evening.
Other local businesses already signed up for the initiative include the Skeffington Arms Hotel, the Imperial Hotel, the Atlantiquarium, and Inkfingers tattoo parlour.
Blue lighting is being put in place by Ballybrit company Blacklight.
Newly formed charity Galway Autism Partnership has organised Monday’s event and is calling on local businesses to play their part by lighting Galway up in blue.
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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