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Wave topping warning for Salthill ahead of Storm Ali
Galway Bay fm newsroom:
Galway City Council has issued a warning about possible wave overtopping in Salthill as a result of forecast severe winds.
Earlier, Met Eireann issued a Status Orange wind warning for Galway and 12 other counties, with gusts of up to 120 km/h predicted as a result of Storm Ali.
The wind warning comes into effect at 5a.m tomorrow until 1p.m. (Wed)
The city council’s weather assessment team met today (Tue) to review the warning and says that due to wind speed and direction, there is a chance of overtopping in Salthill.
Road crews will be on standby from early tomorrow morning to close the road along the Prom as dictacted by the weather conditions.
The car parks in Salthill will be closed this evening as a precaution.
Galway Bay fm newsroom – UHG remains under significant pressure today with 67 patients on trolleys
This is one of the highest ever figures at the city public hospital
It’s the third highest number in the country behind Cork with 70 patients on trolleys and Limerick with 107
Yesterday at UHG, elective day case and inpatient adult procedures were postooned due to pressure on beds.
In Portiuncula in Ballinasloe there are a further 8 people waiting on trolleys
Nationally, 647 people are waiting on trolleys in Irish hospitals today
From Galway Bay fm newsroom- There has been a slight increase in reported incidents of hate crime in Galway.
Last year, 22 cases of hate crime and hate related incidents were reported in the county Garda Division – an increase on the 17 reported in 2021.
Half of last year’s incidents in Galway related to race.
Across the country there were 582 reported incidents of such crimes, an increase of almost a third compared to 2021.
Stephanie Rohan gives some examples of the incidents reported nationally last year:
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Thousands of students are expected to attend open days at University of Galway and Atlantic Technological University Galway this Saturday (25/03).
There are over 100 talks organised for the University of Galway’s open day from 9am to 3pm.
Student Recruitment Officer, Caroline Duggan says there will be a range of different talks:
Meanwhile, ATU Galway is welcoming prospective students to its Dublin Road, Wellpark Road cand Connemara campuses until 1PM.
ATU School Liaison Officer, Lorraine Cunningham describes some of what ATU has to offer as it approaches its first anniversary of becoming a university:
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Incidents of hate crime increased in Galway last year
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City seeks to annex Oranmore, Claregalway, Moycullen and Barna in boundary extension
Tech consultants open Galway hub
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