Galway Bay fm newsroom – A Glenamaddy student has won the prestigious national Seamus Heaney Poetry Aloud Award. Luke Dolan, who attends Glenamaddy Community School, was named the overall winner at this years awards, as well as the winner of the senior category. The annual competition aims to celebrate the art of poetry speaking, and […] Galway Bay FM …
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The trial of a Galway farmer accused of murdering his aunt has heard a care worker had concerns of difficulties between the two – weeks before her death. Michael Scott, of Gortanumera, Portumna, Co Galway, denies murdering Chrissie Treacy in April 2018; claiming it was a tragic farm accident. Ms […] Galway Bay FM …
University of Galway go in search of a first Purcell Cup crown in five years this weekend when they take part in the Electric Ireland Third Level Camogie Finals. They take on SETU Carlow on Saturday (11th February) in the semi-final in UCD, with the winners advancing to Sunday’s showpiece against eithe MTU Galway or […] Galway Bay FM …
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The Taoiseach says Government will “consider” a minor injury unit for Galway. But Leo Varadkar told Deputy Noel Grealish in the Dáil that he cannot give any firm commitment at this time. He acknowledged that minor injury units have proved very important in other regions, in taking pressure off hospitals […] Galway Bay FM …
Irish Water and Galway County Council wish to notify all consumers on the Gort Public Water Scheme that following advice from the Health Service Executive the boil water notice imposed on the supply on the 12th of December 2022, is now lifted with immediate effect. This notice only applies to consumers served by the Gort Public Water Supply. Customers can […] Galway Bay FM …
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Motorists across Galway are being warned to take extra care this morning, due to localised flooding Both main and rural roads are affected, as the status yellow rain warning in place for all of Connacht, Cavan, Donegal and Longford since 10 last night, is just now expiring In Galway, major […] Galway Bay FM …
Galway Bay fm newsroom – There’s a renewed call for a Park and Ride facility to be established at the former Galway Airport site in Carnmore. Deputy Sean Canney says people are tired of hearing about the Outer Bypass as a solution to traffic chaos, when it won’t be realistically built for at least a […] Galway Bay FM …
Members of the Mountbellew Ambers Active Retirement bowls team have taken home one of the top prizes at the 2022 Active Retirement Ireland national indoor mats bowling competition, which took place at the Gleneagle INEC Arena in Killarney, Co. Kerry this week. Mountbellew Ambers team members Mary Rooney, Noreen Gayle, Dominic Rooney and team skip […] Galway Bay FM …
5,000 premises in Athenry and Gort are now available to order or pre-order broadband on the National Broadband Ireland network. This has been announced by National Broadband Ireland, the company delivering the new future-proofed, high-speed Fibre-to-the-Home network under the National Broadband Plan on behalf of the Government. The National Broadband Ireland network is now live […] Galway Bay FM …
Oranmore-Maree are the County Minor A Hurling Champions for 2022 following their 2-13 to 1-12 win over Clarinbridge in the final played in Kenny Park on Saturday afternoon. Here is another opportunity to hear the coverage as broadcast on galwaybayfm.ie Commentary from Niall Canavan and Cyril Farrell with comments from Sean Walsh. We also hear […] Galway Bay FM …