Galway Bay fm newsroom – A decision is due next week on plans for a new residential development in South Galway.
Martin Corless is seeking planning permission to develop 28 new homes with garden sheds and associated site works in Kinvara.
A decision is due from the county council shortly.
On Monday’s show Keith spoke about Brexit; child safety online; the first Galway History Festival and GRET open day
On Wednesday’s show Keith spoke about the clocks going back; the Emerald Leadership Programme for Women; Motoring; and did a special hour live from Irish Water to celebrate Engineer’s Week
Galway Bay fm newsroom – NUI Galway is teaming up with a Dublin based charity tomorrow to promote gender equality in the workplace, ahead of International Women’s day this Friday.
Dress for Success Dublin is a charity that promotes economic independence for women, and campaigns for equality in the workplace across the country.
Through the partnership, the charity will provide advice on CV preparation, interview skills and tips on professional clothing and styling.
Tomorrow’s Galway events include a round table discussion at noon tomorrow on ‘Equality in the Workplace’ which will take place at the Aula Maxima at NUIG.
At 4 pm at the Human Biology Building Founder of Dress to Success Dublin, Sonya Lennon will address students on how to develop their personal brand and understand their worth
Vice-President for Equality and Diversity at NUI Galway Anne Scott says the university will also hold a community outreach programme later this year. For more on this story tune in to Galway Bay fm news on the hour…
Fri 08 Mar
U21A1 Hurling Championship, Venue: Killimor, (Round
1), Killimor V Killimordaly 19:00, Ref: Brian Keon
Sat 09 Mar
U16 A1 hurling, Venue: Carnmore GAA
U16 A1 hurling, Venue: Castlegar Pitch, (Round 1), Castlegar V Killimordaly 11:00, Ref: Paul Fahy
U16 A1 hurling, Venue: New Inn, (Round 1), Sarsfields V Abbeyknockmoy 11:00, Ref: James Lundon
U16 A1 hurling, Venue: Páirc na bhForbacha, (Round 1), Cois Fharraige V Kinvara 11:00, Ref: John Keane
U16 B1 Hurling, Venue: Mullagh, (Round 1), Mullagh/Kiltormer V Pádraig Pearses 11:00, Ref: Vincent Earls
U16 B1 Hurling, Venue: Killimor, (Round 1), Killimor V Ballygar 11:00, Ref: Peter Campbell
U16 B1 Hurling, Venue: Cregg, (Round 1), Annaghdown V Sylane 11:00, Ref: Michael Connolly
U16 B1 Hurling, Venue: St Thomas, (Round 1), St Thomas V Salthill-Knocknacarra 11:00, Ref: Ronan Stankard
Under 16 A Hurling, Venue: Turloughmore, (Round 1), Turloughmore V Craughwell GAA Club 11:00, Ref: Shane Hynes
Under 16 A Hurling, Venue: Oranmore-Maree, (Round 1), Oranmore-Maree V Clarinbridge 11:00, Ref: Pat Burke
Under 16 A Hurling, Venue: St Brendan’s Loughrea, (Round 1), Loughrea V Kilnadeema-Leitrim 11:00, Ref: Brian Keon
Under 16 B Hurling, Venue: Tynagh/Abbey-Duniry, (Round 1), Tynagh/Abbey-Duniry V Kilconieron 11:00, Ref: John
Under 16 B Hurling, Venue: Tommy Larkins Park, (Round 1), Tommy Larkins V Ardrahan 11:00, Ref: Kevin Egan
Under 16 B Hurling, Venue: Skehana, (Round 1), Skehana-Mountbellew/Moylough V Gort 11:00, Ref: David Staunton
Under 16 C hurling, Venue: Tonabrucky, (Round 1), Rahoon-Newcastle V Four Roads 11:00, Ref: Conor Quinlan
Under 16 C hurling, Venue: Ahascragh Sportsfield, (Round 1), Ahascragh/Fohenagh V Liam Mellows 11:00, Ref: Gerard Dwyer
Under 16 C hurling, Venue: Ballinderreen, (Round 1), Ballinderreen V Portumna 11:00, Ref: John Mc Donagh
Division 1 Football League, Venue: Westside, (Round 1), St Michael’s V Annaghdown 11:00, Ref: Christopher Ryan U21A Hurling Championship Group 1, Venue: Ballinderreen, (Round 1), St Mary’s GAA Athenry V Castlegar 15:30, Ref: David Earls
U21A Hurling Championship Group 2, Venue: Carnmore, (Round 1), Turloughmore V Liam Mellows 15:30, Ref: David Staunton
U21A1 Hurling Championship, Venue: Oranmore-Maree, (Round 2B), Oranmore-Maree V Michael Cusacks 15:30, Ref: Paul Fahy
U21B Hurling Championship, Venue: Padraig Pearses GAA Ground, (Round 1), Pádraig Pearses V Ballinderreen 15:30, Ref: Mike Tarpey
U21B Hurling Championship, Venue: Portumna, (Round 1), Portumna V Ballygar 15:30, Ref: John
U21B Hurling Championship, Venue: Baile Doite Pitch & Clubhouse, (Round 1), Moycullen V Annaghdown 15:30, Ref: Murt Cualin
U21B Hurling Championship Group 2, Venue: Salthill-Knocknacarra, (Round 1), Salthill-Knocknacarra V Skehana-Mountbellew/Moylough 15:30, Ref: Liam Conghaile
U21B Hurling Championship Group 2, Venue: Ballinasloe, (Round 1), Ballinasloe V Rahoon-Newcastle 15:30, Ref: Peter Campbell
U21B1 Hurling Championship Group 1, Venue: An Spideal, (Round 1), Cois Fharraige V Gort 15:30, Ref: Fergal Bermingham
U21B1 Hurling Championship Group 3, Venue: Abbeyknockmoy, (Round 1), Abbeyknockmoy V Sylane 15:30, Ref: James Lundon
Sun 10 Mar
Under 16 A Hurling, Venue: Cappataggle, (Round 1), Cappataggle V St Mary’s GAA Athenry 16:30, Ref: Brian Keon
Under 16 B Hurling, Venue: Kilbeacanty, (Round 1), Michael Cusacks V Ballinasloe 11:00, Ref: Brian Keon
Division 4 Football League, Venue: Kilconnell, (Round 1), St Gabriel’s V Mountbellew/Moylough 14:00, Ref: Gerry Moore
Intermediate Hurling League, Venue: TBC, (Final 2018), Sylane V Meelick-Eyrecourt 12:00, Ref: Paschal Sheehan
U21A Hurling Championship Group 1, Venue: Kinvara,
(Round 1), Kilnadeema-Leitrim V Clarinbridge 11:00, Ref: Conor Quinlan
Tue 12 Mar
U21B Hurling Championship, Venue: Duggan Park, (Round 1), Sarsfields V Mullagh/Kiltormer 19:30, Ref: Trevor Lohan
U21B1 Hurling Championship Group 1, Venue: Killimor,
(Round 1), Kinvara V Ahascragh/Fohenagh 19:30, Ref: Liam Gordon
Galway Bay fm newsroom- The regulations now in force for community groups who want to organise litter clean-ups are becoming prohibitive.
That was the message from several councillors at a meeting of Conamara Municipal District Council.
Mary McGann from the Community & Enterprise Department in the council says a tidy towns workshop was held and revealed that not all groups are aware of the procedure in terms of organising clean ups.
She told councillors that there is no problem with insurance but groups need a template to work off which could be distributed through the Public Participation Network.
For more on this story tune into Galway Bay fm news at 4
Galway Bay fm newsroom – University Hospital Galway has been announced as one of six hospitals set to receive the services of an additional end-of-life care coordinator.
The HSE has announced the additional end-of-life care coordinators and it’s understood it will also fund training for 90 staff as ‘Final Journey Facilitators.’
The ‘Final Journey’ programme is a major part of the of the Hospice Friendly initiative which supports staff in delivering end-of-life care.
The Office of the Ombudsman has received a number of complaints over the years nationally over poor end-of-life treatment.
Head of Communications at the Office of the Ombudsman, Dave Nutley, says the additional staff will ensure hospitals have the necessary resources and support. For more on this story tune in to FYI Galway@5…
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The Galway Roscommon areas were found to be moderately non-compliant in four categories in the latest report on Tusla’s national standards for foster care.
The report summarises the overall findings from all 17 service area inspections, conducted throughout 2017 and 2018, and the follow-up inspections and desktop reviews carried out in all four regions in 2018.
In the Galway/Roscommon Service Area, the 2017 themed inspection found moderate non-compliance in relation to safeguarding and child protection.
In the 2017 judgement, the Galway/Roscommon region was found to be compliant in the area of general foster carers assesment.
The group was found to be substantially compliant in relative foster carers assesment.
It was also found to be substantially compliant in the areas of training, recruitment and retention.
However, moderate non-conpliance was noted in the four categories of safeguarding and child protection, support and supervision, reviews and foster care committee.
The areas for improvement related to allegations not always being notified to the Foster Care Committees and inconsistent classification of complaints, concerns and allegations to ensure the correct response.
In 2017, over half of the 220 general foster carers in the Galway/Roscommon Service Area did not have up-to-date Garda vetting.
Not all staff were clear about the provisions of the protected disclosures policy and not all foster carers were trained in Children First.
The follow-up inspection in 2018 found that some progress had been made which led to improvements in the service area.
The statement of progress returned by the area outlined that all the identified actions to ensure that staff were familiar with protected disclosures, and that all allegations were classified correctly, had now been completed.
HIQA carried out follow-up monitoring of the foster care services in four out of five service areas in the West Region between February and March 2018.
Based on the findings of the 2017 themed inspections, which focused on eight standards, and the resulting action plans, a statement of progress in the form of a self-assessment was completed by each service area.
Desktop reviews were carried out for Galway/Roscommon and Mayo.
The report recorded 216 general foster carers at the time of follow up in the Galway Roscommon region, with 69 relative foster carers and 403 children in care.
Galway Bay fm newsroom – A design team has been appointed to build a new 50-bed unit to replace Clifden District Hospital and St. Anne’s Community Nursing Home.
Galway West T.D Éamon Ó Cuív says the design team is currently drafting the design of the new unit, which includes a 10-bed dementia-specific area.
The Fianna Fáil deputy says IV antibiotics will also be administered by nurses at the unit in order to facilitate clients remaining in their own homes for as long as possible and avoid being admitted to the hospital in Galway.
Deputy Ó Cuív says the new facility will be located at the current health campus in Clifden. For more on this story tune in to Galway Bay fm news on the hour…
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Hundreds of people are expected to attend an energy summit in the city next week. (
It’s being organised by NUI Galway’s Energy Society – the only student-run energy summit in Ireland.
The aim of the society is to provide information about the needs, challenges and successes in the field of energy today.
Galway Energy Summit will take place at the Bailey Allen Hall at NUI Galway from noon next Tuesday.
It will include panel discussions on technology and changing our climate and an ‘Innovation, Energy and Careers Fair.’
Caoimhe Culhane from NUI Galway Energy Society says the change in our climate is worrying, to hear her tune in to Galway Bay fm news on the hour…
The 2019 Women’s National League will be sponsored by Só Hotels, which is owned by Supermac’s M.D, Pat McDonagh, as the action gets underway this weekend. The eighth season of the Women’s National League was launched on Tuesday night with Só Hotels unveiled as the new sponsors.
The launch took place in the Athlone Springs Hotel, one of the hotels in the chain owned by Mr. McDonagh with the Supermac’s M.D. in attendance to officially unveil the new sponsorship deal that he hoped would be a “long-term partnership”.
Players from all eight clubs in the League were in attendance and
“Being involved in sport is one of the greatest gifts we can give to our young people. A healthy body helps to develop a healthy mind,” said McDonagh.
“You are the beacons from which young girls all over the country will take their lead. You are a shining example to them all and of that you should be immensely proud.
“We have been involved in sport and in sponsorship in
“I would like to wish each and every one of the teams the best of luck for the coming year.”
FAI Competitions Director, Fran Gavin spoke with great positivity about the League and the hopes to expand in the coming years while paying tribute to the new sponsors.
“The League is built around the clubs, the players, the FAI and now our partners, Só Hotels,” said Gavin.
“We have had very good sponsors for the Women’s National League with Bus Éireann and Continental. We have had lengthy relationships with them and we look forward to the same with the Só Hotel Group.”
Só Hotels – ‘Só’ meaning luxury in Irish – consists of six contemporary Irish hotels, namely the Charleville Park Hotel in Cork, Lough Rea Hotel & Spa in Galway, the Killeshin Hotel in Laois, Castletroy Park Hotel and the Castle Oaks House in Limerick and the Athlone Springs Hotel & Leisure Club in Athlone, Co. Westmeath.
Series 1 Fixtures
Saturday, March 9
Peamount United v Cork City WFC, KO 18:30
Wexford Youths v DLR Waves, KO 18:30
Sunday, March 10
Kilkenny United v Shelbourne, KO 14:00
Limerick FC v Galway WFC, KO 14:00
Galway Bay fm newsroom – A local service will take place in the city tomorrow as part of The Women’s World Day of Prayer.
The special day dates back to the 19th century when Christian women in the U.S and Canada started co-operative activities in support of women’s involvement in the missions.
The first services were held in Ireland in 1934.
The local service will take place in the United Methodist & Presbyterian Church at Victoria Place in the city at 7.30 tomorrow evening.
The service has been prepared by the women of Slovenia.
GMIT’s ladies are on the verge of history when they take on Marino in the Donaghy Cup Final tomorrow at in DIT at 2.30.
GMIT have never won the Donaghy Cup but go into this game off the back of big wins over UL and the UU Coleraine in the Quarter and Semi-Finals of the competition.
Team Manager Gay O’Brien spoke to John Mulligan
On Thursday’s show Keith spoke about a missing man in Galway, the Galway Energy Summit, Finance with Dave McCarthy and a book about a man who blew a 100 million euro.
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Work has begun a long awaited housing development for the elderly in Dunlo.
The project is led by Cluid Housing and involves 17 single-storey terrace houses.
The inital plan had also included a communal facilities building.
However a recent application by Cluid sought to omit the communal facilities building and add one single storey one-bedroom dwelling.
County planners have attached five conditions to the revised plan with one stating the permission will expire in May 2023 as per previous planning application approvals.
Galway Bay fm newsroom – There are plans for a major expansion at Jurys Inn hotel in the city.
Fattal Jurys Operation (Ireland) Limited has submitted an application for the extension at Quay Street.
The extension would provide for 89 additional rooms, a restaurant/bar at ground floor level and internal changes.
This would include two additional floors and an outdoor plant area at roof level.
The plan also sees the creation of a new wing facing onto the River Corrib comprising an extension to the existing four storeys at all levels.
There would also be landscaping works facing onto the River Corrib and Father Griffin Road/ Quay Street.
City planners are due to make a decision next month.
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The Bishop of Galway Brendan Kelly will headline a series of public talks for Lent at the Galway Pastoral Centre in the city.
The free events will be centred on growing your faith and will run for 5 consecutive Tuesdays beginning next week.
The first talk of the Lenten series will be held next Tuesday by Fr Eugene Barrett of the Franciscan Abbey while Bishop of Galway Brendan Kelly will speak on Tuesday week.
On March 26th, the discussion will be delivered by Patricia Ridge of Fraternity of Mary Immaculate Queen and Third Order Dominican.
On the 2nd of April, Director of Music at Tuam Cathedral, Mark Keane, will host another discussion.
The final talk will take place on the 9th of April by Ted Lynch, a Doctor of Greek philosophy.
Each one will take place at 8pm at the Galway Pastoral Centre at Newtownsmith in the city.
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Plans for a residential development of 74 homes in Castlegar have been turned down.
The project led by Altitude Distributions Ltd would have involved a mix of terraced, semi-detached, apartments and duplex units.
City planners stated the proposed development is not adequate in terms of poor layout and uniformity in unit design.
It’s also stated that it unsatisfactorily addresses the public realm and has missed opportunities for a sustainable level of density, unit mix and permeability.
In their refusal, planners also state the development contravenes the city development plan standards in relation to the prevention of overlooking of adjacent lands.
It will be the clash of the titans in Tralee Sports Complex this weekend as Garvey’s Tralee Warriors prepare for an epic showdown with league leaders, Templeogue, in a hugely-anticipated top of the table clash.
With everything at stake for both sides, there’s going to be no easy victory, and Warriors star, Kieran Donaghy admits it will come down to small margins on the day.
“We’ve a juggernaut coming down here on Saturday night,” Donaghy stated. “This is a team with four or five internationals, with one of the best Americans in the country, and they’re top of the league for a reason. We need the crowd from the first minute to the last next Saturday night. Bring drums, foghorns, whatever you can – it’s about inches on Saturday night. A win here would move us closer to winning the Super League, which, when we put this team together three years ago, we would have only dreamed of doing.”
The sides have met twice already this season, both of these clashes on Templeogue’s home turf of Oblate Hall in Inchicore, and both of these clashes seeing Tralee come out on top – including a massive Cup win that knocked the then reigning Cup champions out of contention for this year’s Cup competition. Thus, with Templeogue still smarting after losing at the hands of the Kerry men twice, there’s no doubt that this weekend’s showdown in the Kingdom will be anything but a battle royale.
“We’ll prepare and do our job,” Templeogue’s Puff Summers stated ahead of the game. “We’ve seen them a lot this year. Both teams are fairly familiar with each other. They’ve a new American so we’ll have to contain him. They’re tough. They’re Championship worthy, but we’re Championship worthy too. At this stage in the season, this is what it’s all about.”
Elsewhere, reigning league champions, UCD Marian, are also still in prime position to do a back-to-back title win, and regardless of what happens in Kerry, have a must-win clash against C and S Neptune to look forward to on Saturday. Neptune will come into the game just as hungry though, as they need a big win in Dublin in order to try to climb their way out of the relegation zone. Carrickmacross in Co. Monaghan meanwhile is preparing for a taste of Super League basketball as DCU Saints have moved their home fixture to the Monaghan town where they will welcome UCC Demons in a battle for sixth place. Elsewhere, Belfast Star hosts Keane’s SuperValu Killorglin while Pyrobel Killester face off against Maree on Sunday evening.
Over in the Women’s Super League meanwhile, the battles for top six positions are overheating, with DCU Mercy, Ambassador UCC Glanmire, Fr Mathews, Singleton SuperValu Brunell, Maxol WIT Wildcats and Pyrobel Killester all fighting for just five remaining spots. There are two crucial clashes in this battle this weekend, with DCU Mercy on the road to Glanmire, while Wildcats will host Fr Mathews in what is set to be one of the games of the weekend.
Elsewhere, Courtyard Liffey Celtics will officially be crowned Women’s Super League champions on Saturday night in their last home game against IT Carlow Basketball, Pyrobel Killester and Marble City Hawks will be foes on the court on Saturday meanwhile, but will join forces afterwards in a big celebration at the IWA in Clontarf to mark International Women’s Day. The final match up of the weekend sees Singleton SuperValu Brunell face off against Galway’s NUIG Mystics.
The Men’s Division One is also heading into to the closing stages, with one of the picks of the weekend being the top of the conferences clash between DBS Éanna and Tradehouse Central Ballincollig in Dublin on Saturday night, while the Women’s Division One sides may be finished their regular season, but have a big WNLC blitz to look forward to at the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght this coming Saturday, in a big celebration of women’s basketball.
Basketball Ireland Fixtures: March 8-10th
Friday 8th March 2019
Basketball Ireland Men’s Division One:
LIT v Bad Bobs Tolka Rovers, St Marys Sports Hall, 20:00
Saturday 9th March 2019
Basketball Ireland Men’s Super League:
Belfast Star v Keanes Supervalu Killorglin, De La Salle, 18:30
UCD Marian v CandS Neptune, UCD Sports Centre-Belfield, 19:00
DCU Saints v UCC Demons, Carrickmacross, 19:30
Garveys Tralee Warriors v Templeogue, Tralee, 19:30
Basketball Ireland Women’s Super League:
Pyrobel Killester v Marble City Hawks, IWA-Clontarf, 17:00
Courtyard Liffey Celtics v IT Carlow Basketball, Leixlip Amenities Centre, 19:30
Maxol WIT Wildcats v Fr Mathews, Mercy SS Waterford, 19:00
Basketball Ireland Men’s Division One:
Ulster University Elks v Fr Mathews, Ulster University Elks, 15:00
LYIT Donegal v LIT, LYIT, 16:00
Bad Bobs Tolka Rovers v IT Carlow Basketball, Tolka Rovers SC, 18:00
Abbey Seals Dublin Lions v UL Sports Eagles, Colaiste Bride, 18:30
DBS Eanna v Tradehouse Central Ballincollig, Colaiste Eanna, 19:00
EJ Sligo All-Stars v Waterford Vikings, Mercy College, 19:30
KUBS BC v Scotts Lakers St Pauls Killarney, Greendale, 20:00
Basketball Ireland Women’s Division One
WNLC Women’s Division One Blitz, National Basketball Arena Tallaght, From 10:00
Sunday 10th March 2019
Basketball Ireland Men’s Super League:
Pyrobel Killester v Maree, IWA-Clontarf, 19:00
Basketball Ireland Women’s Super League:
Ambassador UCC Glanmire v DCU Mercy, Mardyke Arena, 13:30
Singleton SuperValu Brunell v NUIG Mystics, Parochial Hall, 14:45
Basketball Ireland Men’s Division One:
GameFootage.net Titans v Portlaoise Panthers, The Jes, 15:30
Galway Bay fm newsroom – A meeting will take place in Oughterard this evening to discuss a court decision to block the designation of Lough Corrib as a salmonoid water.
Bye-laws were introduced by the Government late last year, which aimed to offer increased protection for the species at seven bodies of water nationwide.
However, the High Court subsequently anulled the new laws after a challenge was brought by the Irish Pike Society and Federation of Pike Angling Clubs.
Other groups who supported the new laws claim the Government’s failure to contest the legal challenge demands immediate answers.
A meeting will take place at Oughterard National School this evening at 8 and will be attended by Gaeltacht Minister and Galway West TD Sean Kyne. For more on this story tune in to The News@1 for Galway…