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GALWAY GARDAI PURSUE NUIG DEMONSTRATION PROTAGONISTS
Date Published: 16-Apr-2012
Galway Gardaí say they are actively pursuing the protagonists behind Saturday’s security breach outside the Labour party conference in NUI Galway.
Hundreds of demonstrators pulled down barriers and forced their way pass Garda lines up to the doors of the Bailey Allen Hall.
However they did not gain access to the venue, which was locked down for a time.
Gardaí say there were no arrests and no injuries – although there are reports pepper spray was used during the incident.
Thousands of protestors took part in a march to the Labour conference on Saturday, with a minority choosing to break security lines.
The majority of participants were opponents of the household charge, while others demonstrated against septic tank charges as well as education cuts and the EU fiscal treaty.
A Labour TD has branded as thugs the protestors who broke through the Garda barriers .
Deputy Aodhan O’Riordan says the scenes were unacceptable:
However U-L-A TD Richard Boyd Barrett denies there was a thuggish element involved in Saturday’s protest at NUIG.
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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