Galway Bay FM News Archives
HIGH RATES FORCE WINTER CLOSURE OF SPIDDAL HOTEL
Date Published: 20-Nov-2011
Seven jobs are being lost at a Spiddal Hotel today, which is closing due to high rates and rising overheads.
The Crúiscín Lán Hotel will temporarily lay off its seven full time staff for the winter.
The 14 bed hotel has been operating since 2000 and has been forced to opt out of the winter trading season for the first time in its history.
Management at the family run hotel says the decision was taken due to increasing costs and rates of around 20 thousand euro a year.
The hotel will reopen for business next March.
Speaking to Galway Bay fm news, Crúiscín Lán owner John Foye says small businesses in Galway are struggling to pay rates
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.
Exhibition of boats and ships in Connemara continues over the weekend in Carna
Special Mass of Remembrance for children to be held in Barna Tomorrow afternoon
Book on Galway’s “Terrible Twins” to be launched in Tuam today.
Galway City Corpus Christi Procession to use the New Salmon Weir Pedestrian Bridge for the First Time
Jason O’Sullivan named the lawyer of the year as Galway Law Firms win big at Irish Law Awards
East Galway farm sells for €1.3 million
Detached home in Knocknacarra has host of amenities nearby
Official opening of Galway’s new pedestrian and cycle bridge
OPW Minister to meet Council engineers on ‘flawed’ motorway design
Minister branded ‘a disgrace’ for reversing land rezoning in Galway City
