Galway Bay FM News Archives
KILCONNELL LANDFILL CONTROVERSY ESCALATES AGAIN
Date Published: 14-Feb-2008
A long running controversy over a landfill in the East of the county has reached boiling point again.
Residents in Kilconnell and its surrounds will hold an emergency meeting next Wednesday [20/2] to discuss the Greenstar landfill there.
The company has applied to Galway County Council to lift a regional restriction imposed back in 2003 so that the facility can accept waste from other waste regions.
Locals claim that the company has already been accepted waste from outside the county.
They also allege that Greenstar are in breach of come planning conditions, such as the one relating to operating times for the landfill.
They will hold an emergency meeting at the GAA Clubhouse in Kilconnell at 9pm next Wednesday [20/2] to discuss the latest planning application by Greenstar, among other issues.
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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