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WOMAN REMANDED IN CUSTODY OVER SALTHILL MURDER
Date Published: 02-Aug-2011
A 30 year old woman has been remanded in custody in connection with the murder of Kevin Joyce in Salthill over the bank holiday weekend.
Maura Thornton of Apartment 1, 183 Upper Salthill was remanded to the Courts of Criminal Justice next Tuesday August the 9th at Galway District Court this morning.
The victim of Sunday night’s murder has been named locally as 59 year old Kevin Joyce, understood to be at native of county Mayo.
He was stabbed to death in an apartment complex close to the Seapoint Amusement Centre.
Garda Greg Flemming of Salthill Garda station gave evidence of her arrest, charge and caution at 10.50 last night at Galway Garda station.
In reply to the charge, Thornton said ‘May he rest in peace’.
Judge Gerard Furlong granted Maura Thornton free legal aid and directed that all appropriate medical and psychiatric assessment and/or treatment be given to her on arrival at Mountjoy women’s prison.
He remanded the accused in custody to appear before the Courts of Criminal Justice court number 2 at 10.30 next Tuesday morning.
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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