Galway Bay FM News Archives
PILOT AND LOUGHREA BUSINESSMAN WHO DIED IN PLANE CRASH NAMED
Date Published: 06-Jul-2007
The two men killed in yesterday afternoon’s plane crash in Inverin have been named locally.
Well known businessman & accountant Paul McNamee, of Lake Road in Loughrea lost his life when the Cessna Caravan plane came down in an airfield near the landing strip.
Pilot of the plane Matt Masterson, from Dublin was also killed in the plane crash which happened shortly after 3 o’clock when it missed the runway & nosedived into a nearby field.
8 men and the pilot were on the plane which was en route from Inis Meáin to Inverin when it came down near the end of the 6 mile journey.
3 people are in a critical condition in hospital this morning, one of whom is said to be fighting for his life.
2 others remain in a serious condition and two men are said to be comfortable at UCHG
Paul McNamee, a married father of 2 was in his mid 50s and operated an accountancy firm on Barrack Street in the town.
Others on board were 3 well known Clifden hoteliers, Brian Hughes of the Abbeyglen Hotel and his father in law Kevin Barry Senior and Brian’s brother in law Kevin Barry Junior.
Builder and developer Martin Acton from Clifden was on board, while Eugene Hollihan from Masonbrook and David Hennessy, who’s operations director for the John Sweeney group of hotels was also on the plane.
Alan Smith from Dublin was the 8th passenger
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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