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Jury finds city man guilty of drug dealing
Galway Bay fm newsroom – A 38-year-old drug dealer has been found guilty by a jury of having almost €10,000 worth of cannabis hidden under a wall in Merlin woods.
Hubert Guinan, with a rental address at 1 Ros na Shee, Castlelawn Heights, had denied having cannabis in his possession and having the drug for sale or supply at Merlin Woods on February 23rd last year, during a two-day trial at Galway Circuit Criminal Court.
Hubert Guinan had also denied impeding or obstructing Garda PJ Noone by running from him, discarding items as he ran and behaving in an aggressive manner when approached by Garda Noone on the same date.
Garda Noone told the jury that he and Garda Noel McNulty were searching the woods situated at the rear of Merlin Park Hospital at 4pm on February 23rd last year.
Garda McNulty found a plastic shopping bag containing cannabis concealed at the bottom of a stone wall, covered by twigs and leaves and hidden by dense undergrowth.
The shopping bag contained almost 10 thousand euro worth of cannabis.
Both Gardai hid nearby and waited.
Two hours later they saw Guinan jog through the woods towards them on a pathway.
As Guinan located and picked up the bag both Gardai jumped out and identified themselves as Gardai.
Garda Noone said he ran and caught up with Guinan, whom he said, violently resisted arrest.
The jury returned a unanimous verdict finding Guinan guilty of all three charges.
Judge Rory McCabe remanded Guinan in custody to July 11th for sentence.
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Galway Bay fm newsroom – There’s no easy fix to repeat flooding at playing pitches at South Park.
That was the takeaway from this month’s meeting of city councillors, which heard the fact the area is built on an old landfill is a major obstacle.
It means what would be a simple remedial project elsewhere, is an extremely difficult task at South Park due to a range of environmental issues.
One suggestion put forward by engineers is that the playing pitches may have to be realigned.
Councillor Eddie Hoare says the main thing is that work is ongoing to solve the issue.
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Works in Roscam have been paused amid concerns over a potential “traffic disaster”.
Active Travel Works were taking place at the junction with Doughiska Road at Spar, which would have reduced traffic to a single lane.
Councillor Alan Cheevers says this would have been absolutely crazy, given the chaotic impact it would have on local traffic coming in and out of Roscam.
He claims the area is already a major issue because of a history of bad planning, allowing almost 800 homes but only one access road.
Councillor Cheevers says this plan needs to really go back to the drawing board.
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Demand for housing in Galway is up by 9 percent when compared to this time last year.
That’s according to the latest figures from property website Daft.ie.
Nationally, demand is up by 17 percent when compared to May 2022.
The largest increase in demand is Dublin at 34 percent, followed by 26 percent in Limerick and 13 percent in Cork.
Daft.ie Chief Commercial Officer, Adam Ferguson describes why there’s so much interest in new homes.
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