Galway Bay FM News Archives
‘Help me’ message sent to councillor’s email contacts
Date Published: 12-May-2011
BY ENDA CUNNINGHAM
A Galway city councillor has said that no sensitive information was accessed or stolen after his private email account was hacked this week.
However, Fianna Fáil Councillor Peter Keane – who is also a practising solicitor – said he is “very concerned” that his Gmail account was hacked despite him using what was considered a ‘strong’ password.
Hundreds of people on Cllr Keane’s mailing list received a scam email on Wednesday morning claiming he was stranded in Scotland without access to money.
He said he believes his Apple iPhone may also have been compromised because the email account is synchronised with the phone.
By 10am on Wednesday morning, Cllr Keane has received numerous calls from friends and colleagues warning him his account had been compromised, while several were quite concerned.
The email read: “Apologies for having to reach out to you like this, I made a trip earlier this week to Scotland and had my bag stolen from me with my passport, mobile phone, credit cards and personal effects therein.
“The embassy is ready to assist me by letting me fly without my passport but I will have to pay for my ticket and settle the hotel bills where i am currently having my accommodation.
“Unfortunately for me, I can not access the funds without my credit card, I’ve already contacted my bank, but they need more days to get a new one. I was thinking of asking you to lend me some funds so that i can facilitate my return which i will pay back as soon as i return home.
"I can forward details on how to get the fund to me if you can help as i need to be on the next available flight,” it read, as well as supplying a ‘hotel’ phone number.
For more on this story, see the Galway City Tribune.
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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