Galway Bay FM News Archives
OUTRAGE AT UK’S ‘THE TELEGRAPH’ OVER FAKE STORY RIDICULING CONNEMARA
Date Published: 29-Nov-2011
A Connemara Councillor is seeking a full public apology from the UK’s The Telegraph Newspaper after it published a fake story on its website which ridiculed Galway
The respected English broadsheet this week published the article ‘Councillor thought cloud computing depended on rainy weather’
The article describes how a Councillor Seamus Tiernan told an infrastructure meeting that his native Connemara would be ideal for cloud computing because it has heavy cloud for nine months of the year
It goes on to say that the meeting descended into a foul-mouthed slanging match with another Galway councillor Martin Shiels branding the other a ‘feckin eejit’
The article is wrong in that in the Connemara electoral area, there are no elected councillors of these names and no infrastucture committee exists
The article was published on the technology section of the Telegraph website, which gets thousands of hits
It was also tweeted by the TelegraphTech which has 15 thousand followers
Galway Bay fm news contacted the Telegraph by email, tweet and phone and was told they were very busy and could not deal with this issue at present
There was also no explanation as to how such a fabricated piece made it onto the website
The article was taken down after Galway Bay fm news contacted The Telegraph
Connemara Councillor Thomas Welby says the Telegraph has a lot to answer for
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.
Sean Canney says modular homes not magic solution to housing crisis
Corrandulla NS wins trophy at national science competition
Significant step forward in plans for new pedestrian footbridge in Oughterard
Initiative to keep over 65s out of Emergency Department launched in Galway
Thieves branded “despicable” over theft from grave at Rahoon Cemetery
‘Peeping Tom’ Garda spied on female colleagues
Burkes return home to revel in their local roots
Man prosecuted for building house instead of agricultural storage unit
East Galway farm sells for €1.3 million
Boasting uninterrupted bay views
