Galway Bay FM News Archives
Meehan’s big fitness battle for championship
Date Published: 12-May-2011
Dara Bradley
SHARPSHOOTER Michael Meehan is in a race against time to make it back to full fitness for Galway’s championship opener against either Mayo or London in late June.
Meehan, who is included in the Galway senior squad that was announced this week, has returned to light training after struggling with knee ligament and ankle injuries for two years. Galway selector Martin McNamara said he is hopeful that the Caltra man can recover in time for the Connacht Championship but it is not certain that he will.
The absence of Meehan has been keenly felt in Galway’s attack in the past two seasons and if he is not match fit in time for the opener, it will be doubly felt given that another key option in the forwards, Nicky Joyce, is not involved with the Tribesmen this year.
The Galway senior football management team are hoping to unearth a few more talented players to add to the 2011 championship panel when the county’s senior and intermediate club championships get underway this weekend.
Galway manager Tomás Ó Flátharta, and his selectors Seán Óg de Paor and McNamara, have already promoted a dozen players from Alan Mulholland’s All-Ireland U21 winning squad to the senior panel.
McNamara said reports in the national press this week that the squad would be whittled down further last night (Wednesday) were unfounded, although the squad will be assessed again in a few weeks.
And he said the trio will be hoping that several players not yet included in the senior panel will catch the eye this weekend during the first round of club championship matches.
“We’ll be looking at all the championship games of the next couple of weeks, the panel is not set in stone and we’ve left a bit of room for adding players depending how they perform in the championship. We’ve six or seven weeks now to go until Galway play (the winners of Mayo versus London) and it would be great to find a few more players in the next couple of weeks and get them embedded in the squad in time for the Connacht championship,” said McNamara.
The promotion of nine U21 players means that the senior panel now has a total of 12 U21s fresh from winning the All-Ireland. The dynamic midfield duo of Thomas Flynn (Athenry) and Fintán Ó Curraoin (Micheál Breathnach) have been drafted in to the senior squad along with defenders Tomás Fahy (Killererin), Joss Moore (Mountbellew/Moylough) and Gary Sweeney (Mountbellew/Moylough) and forwards Mark Hehir (Milltown), Peadar Ó Gríofa (Micheál Breathnach), Eric Monahan (Caherlistrane) and Micheál Boyle (Killererin).
The U21 captain Colin Forde (Killererin) had already been drafted into the senior squad during the National Football League as had Danny Cummins (Claregalway) and Johnny Duane (St James’). All three retain their place in the senior panel.
For more, read this week’s 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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