Galway Bay FM News Archives
ORANMORE TRADESMAN WINS CIVIL CASE AGAINST HUSBAND OF SENATOR HEALY EAMES
Date Published: 26-Jul-2012
The husband of Galway Senator Fidelma Healy Eames has been ordered to pay 12 thousand 400 euros to an Oranmore tradesman for non-payment of work carried out at the couple’s home in Maree after he was taken off site in November.
Oranmore tradesman Michael Allen brought a civil case against Micheal Eames and his wife Fidelma Healy Eames for which the 2 day hearing has concluded in the last hour at Galway Civil Circuit Court.
Mr Allen had claimed that when additional costs were taken into account including work on the garage, he was owed just under 23 thousand.
Making his ruling this afternoon, Judge Rory McCabe said “the fact that the defendant tried to rewrite a contract and force the plaintiff to accept a new deal at less than the agreed price speaks for itself”.
He ordered that Michael Eames pay 12 thousand 400 euro to Mr Allen and said while it was reasonable to sue Fidelma Healy Eames, he dismissed the action against her as the second named defendant in the case as he was satisfied she wasn’t “intimately involved or even peripherally involved”.
He also dismissed a counter claim that the work carried out was not up to standard.
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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