Galway Bay fm newsroom – Irish fans of Taylor Swift were left sweating today as they anxiously tried to get tickets for gigs in the Aviva Stadium next year. There were three rounds of ticket sales this morning and afternoon – with 70 thousand people in the queue at one point. City woman Una Murphy […] Galway Bay FM …

Galway Bay FM Newsroom – Plans have been lodged for a development of 28 homes at Letteragh Road on the west side of the city. The project is led by Callanan & Walsh Construction Co. Limited and would be based at a site near existing estates along the road. It would be a mix of […] Galway Bay FM …

Gardai investigations are ongoing following a serious road traffic collision outside Craughwell this afternoon. Emergency services attended the scene of a collision between a car and a motorcycle on the N6 on the Galway side of Craughwell this afternoon at approximately 3pm. A male motorcyclist was seriously injured and removed from the scene to University […] Galway Bay FM …

Galway Bay fm newsroom – A Galway County Councillor says a national debate is needed about what he describes as the exortorinate price of alcohol. Councillor Peter Roche told todays meeting of the County Galway Joint Policing Authority that he fear the cost of alcoholic beverages is driving people to use illegal drugs instead. Our […] Galway Bay FM …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …