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POST MORTEMS DUE ON MEN WHO DROWNED AT ROSAVEAL

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Date Published: 03-Dec-2007

Post mortems examinations are due to be carried out today on the bodies of two fishermen, who were Latvian and Lithuanian, who died when their car sank off Ros a Mhil Harbour last night [2/11]

A third man, from Lithuania, who was in the car when it went off the pier managed to escape and is being treated for shock

The three men in their 30s, from Lithuania and Latvia, worked as fishermen on a boat out of Ros a Mhil [Rus-a-Veel] for the past few months

They were driving on the pier in Ros a Mhil [Rus-a-veel] around half nine last night when their car went over a 6 inch barrier and into the sea

The car landed on its roof in 10 metres of water and the driver and front seat passenger tragically drowned

A third man, who was in the back of the car made a miraculous escape through the sunroof and is now being treated for shock

The Garda Water Unit and the Coastguard recovered the bodies of the drown victims from the water

They were removed to University Hospital Galway for post mortem examinations later today

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Tuam receives second UK hay import as fodder crisis continues

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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.

 

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46 social housing offers refused across city and county

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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.

 

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Galway Senator calls for more action on combatting domestic violence

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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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