Galway Bay fm newsroom – The OPW Minister Patrick O’Donovan is to meet with the South Galway Flood Relief Committee in Gort later this month, on June 20th

The members have raised serious concerns about the reluctance of Transport Infrastructure Ireland to fund works on the M18 which are urgently required to reduce the risk of flooding

Galway East TD Ciaran Cannon says that TII was warned of the need to construct larger culverts under the M18, but chose to ignore that advice

Deputy Cannon says the strong worry is that this could jeopardise the entire flood relief scheme.

Galway Bay fm newsroom – Mother and Baby Home survivors will gather in Galway city today to discuss their experiences and share collaborative artwork.

Trafficking, vaccine trials, and enforced disappearances will also be discussed at the conference at Menlo Park Hotel from 10:45AM until 4:30PM.

Daniel Mac Sweeney was recently appointed a director to oversee the excavation and recovery of children’s remains at the site of a former Mother and Baby Home in Tuam.

Breeda Murphy, PRO of the Tuam Mother and Baby Home Alliance, is concerned that some of the DNA in Tuam has been destroyed:

Galway Bay fm newsroom – A massive gorse fire just outside Galway city was brought under control after several hours last night.

It broke out some time between 7-8PM, near Rahoon, between the townlands of Tonabrocky and Boleybeg, and smoke is still visible in the area this morning.

A section of the Rahoon Road was closed to traffic for a time, and it’s understood fire services from the city, Athenry and An Ceathrú Rua attended the scene.

Local councillor John Connolly says it was brought under control after several hours, and fire services were there until close to midnight

Councillor Connolly describes the scene as he came across it: