Galway Bay FM News Archives
REMAND FOR CONNEMARA MAN IN INDECENT EXPOSURE CASE
Date Published: 09-Feb-2012
A Connemara man charged with indecently exposing himself to children at an Irish school last year has been remanded in custody.
70 year old Joe Finnerty, with an address in Rosmuc, appeared before Galway District Court where he was deemed fit to plea following the submission of a psychiatric assessment.
Garda Brendan Kineavy gave evidence of complaints from witnesses that Finnerty had exposed himself to children aged 10 to 13 and offered them money for sexual acts on dates between 14th and 27th July last year.
Finnerty also pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a nurse at Merlin Park Hospital where he was convalescing as a patient in September last year and to a theft offence at Penneys in Eyre Square on 2nd August last year.
Defence solicitor Sarah O’ Dowd referred to the psychiatric report which stated that a fall in June last year resulted in brain injury which may have impacted on her client’s behaviour.
Judge Mary Fahy adjourned what she described as "a complex case" to Monday February 20th pending an update on the man’s future living arrangements and a report from the probation service.
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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