Galway Bay FM News Archives
TAOISEACH LOSES PART OF HIS CONSTITUENCY TO GAL WEST BUT SAYS BOUNDARY CHANGES WILL BE IMPLEMENTED
Date Published: 21-Jun-2012
The Taoiseach says the Government will implement in full the recommendations in the Constituency Commission’s report.
Enda Kenny’s own constituency of Mayo is a major casualty going from 5 seats to 4, and part of it – Ballinrobe and its hinterland – is going into Galway West
From a national perspective the report says there should be a reduction in the number of electoral divisions from 43 to 40 – along with a shake-up in all but eight constituencies.
Galway West isn’t being shook up too much apart from the addition of part of south Mayo but the existing Galway East is being hit with major change
It’s to be reduced from 4 seats to 3 seat and as a result will lose part of its population to Roscommon and be part of the new 3 seat constituency of Galway/Roscommon
We’ll be looking at this in more detail in just a few minutes
Nationally, the Commission is also calling for the number of TDs to be cut by eight before the next General Election – from 166 Dail members to 158.
Enda Kenny says the recommendations will form part of the Goverment’s plan to reduce the size of the Oireachtas.
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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