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MOYCULLEN MAN CONVICTED IN SEX ABUSE TRIAL
Date Published: 17-Nov-2011
A Moycullen man has been convicted by a jury for the sexual abuse of a child during the 1970s.
Dominic Downey of Ugool in Moycullen appeared before Galway Circuit Criminal Court this afternoon after a three day trial.
Downey had denied six charges of indecently assaulting the girl on various dates between July 1973 and July 1975 at his butcher shop in Moycullen.
The victim told a jury of seven men and five women that she was 12 years of age when the abuse started.
Downey admitted he had kissed and groped the girl but denied going any further.
The jury took over 3 hours to find him guilty of three of the charges and not guilty of the remaining three.
Judge Raymond Groarke remanded Downey in custody to appear before the court again for sentencing on December 8th.
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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