Galway Bay FM News Archives
INVESTIGATORS TO LOOK INTO POSSIBLE TAMPERING OF HELICOPTER DOOR
Date Published: 25-Jun-2007
The Air Accident Investigation Unit is examining the possibility that the door of the helicopter – which fell off and injured three people in Salthill yesterday – could have been tampered with
Four separate inquiries have been launched into the accident which happened just after 6 o’clock last evening when the side door fell off the RAF Merlin Helicopter.
Britain’s Ministry of Defence, the Irish Aviation Authority, the Air Accident Investigation Unit and Gardaí are investigating the incident.
Three people who were watching the Airshow on the beach suffered back and neck injuries when the door hit them as the helicopter took off from Salthill Park & headed out over the beach near Blackrock towards Galway Bay.
The door fell about a hundred feet and the spectators – two men and a woman – were brought to hospital with minor injuries but have since been discharged
Date Published: 08-May-2013
Gardai are appealing for witnesses following a single vehicle crash at the Portumna bridge this morning.
The road from Nenagh to Loughrea reopened shortly after 11 this morning following the completion of a technical exam.
Four men were travelling in a van when they hit the Portumna bridge around 6:30 this morning.
Gardaí, ambulance and two units of Portumna fire services rushed to the scene, and one of the men was taken to Portiuncula hospital in Ballinasloe.
He is being treated for head injuries, which have been described by Gardaí as serious.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Portumna Garda station on 09-097-42060
Date Published: 10-May-2013
GMIT is to honour seven outstanding individuals including President Michael D Higgins with Honorary Fellowships at a special ceremony later this month.
It’s the first time in the 40 year history of the Institute the Governing Body of GMIT has decided to award honorary fellowships.
The GMIT Honorary Fellowships will be conferred at the g Hotel in the city this day two weeks Friday 24 May at 2.30pm in front of 200 invited guests.
Date Published: 13-May-2013
Galway commuters are holding their breath as there has been a potential breakthrough in the Bus Eireann dispute, as both sides have agreed to talks at the Labour Relations Commission.
The LRC intervened this afternoon, on day two of strike action that has seen 95 per cent of bus services disrupted across the country.
The LRC’s Director of Conciliation Services, Kevin Foley, says the National Bus and Rail Union and the company have agreed to meet for mediated talks at 8 this evening.
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