Booka Brass Band on the Home Run Session
Booka Brass Band joined us last Friday for our Home Run Session with Donal Mahon ahead of their Roisin Dubh gig later that evening. It was an absolute please having the lads shaking our studios here...
View ArticlePublic flag raising at County Hall in the next hour
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The tri-colour will be raised at County Hall in the next hour (1pm) kicking off a week-long programme of events to mark Galway’s military involvement in the 1916 Rising....
View ArticleConcern over recently approved Dunkellin flood relief scheme
Galway Bay fm newsroom – County Councillors have raised concerns over the recently-approved Dunkellin flood relief scheme. The matter has been raised at this morning’s meeting of the local authority....
View ArticleU.S delegation attends County Council commemorative meeting
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Visitors from the U.S state of Wisconsin are attending a special meeting at County Hall this afternoon to mark the 100th anniversary of Galway’s 1916 military action. The...
View ArticleConnacht suffer double injury blow
Connacht’s Pro12 title hopes have been rocked by a double set-back. The influential duo of Bundee Aki and Denis Buckley are both struggling to be fit for the rest of the season. Buckley appears...
View ArticleAll Ireland Handball success for Galway
Last weekend saw the conclusion of the 40×20 Adult All-Ireland Doubles Finals which took centre stage across Leinster venues. Galway had four pairs representing their county. They were Brendan McNeela...
View ArticleTrial date for man accused of Glenamaddy murder
Galway Bay fm newsroom – A trial date for March next year has been set for a 31-year-old Latvian man accused of murdering a man in Glenamaddy in 2011. Andrejs Krauze, a Latvian national with an address...
View ArticleRound 2 Hurling Championship fixtures next weekend
After a number of upsets on the first weekend of senior and intermediate hurling championship action, the second round of games next weekend have taken on even greater significance for a number of...
View ArticleTrevor O Clochartaigh set to retain Seanad seat
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Sinn Féin’s Trevor O’ Clochartaigh looks sets to retain his seat in the Seanad. The first count for the 11-seat Agricultural Panel has just been completed with a quota of 93...
View ArticleGardai appeal for witnesses to Shantalla sexual assault
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to an assault of a sexual nature that occurred in the city in the early hours of Saturday. A woman was walking to work along the Shantalla...
View ArticleSinn Fein’s O Clochartaigh delighted to be re-elected to Seanad
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Trevor O’ Clochartaigh of Sinn Féin has retained a seat in the Seanad. Senator O’ Clochartaigh from Carraroe was the second person elected to the 11- seat Agricultural Panel...
View ArticleElective surgeries cancelled at UHG today amid serious overcrowding
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Most of the elective surgeries due to be carried out at UHG today have been cancelled as a result of serious overcrowding at the hospital. The Full Capacity Protocol has been...
View ArticleR336 Connemara road closed due to gorse fire
Galway Bay fm newsroom – A road in Connemara is closed this lunchtime as a result of a major gorse fire. The blaze broke out in the past hour near the R336 Ros a Mhil to Baile na hAbhainn Road....
View ArticleWeekend Galway GAA Fixtures
Football Fixtures Fri 29 Apr Division 1 League At Brownesgrove, Cortoon Shamrocks V Mícheál Breathnach, 7.30pm, Ref: P.j. Rabbitte Division 2 League At Caltra Pitch, Caltra V Salthill-Knocknacarra,...
View ArticleGalway garda chief says city waterways need to be reviewed
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The head of An Garda Síochána in Galway says the safety of open waterways in the city needs to be reviewed. The issue was raised at a meeting of the City Joint Policing...
View ArticleGalway United , Connacht Rugby and Galway Hurling ‘keepy uppies’
Galway United defender Armin Aganovic, Connacht Rugby winger Matt Healy and Galway hurler Joe Canning all had a go at ‘keepy uppies’ in the newly refurbished Lifestyle Sports store in Galway Retail...
View ArticleIllegal Traveller encampments in the city costing taxpayer six-figure sum
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The ongoing issue of illegal Traveller encampments in the city is an expensive ‘cat and mouse game’ that’s costing the tax-payer a six figure sum. That’s according to...
View ArticleFormer Aer Arann boss and President’s daughter in race for Seanad seat
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Former Aer Arann chairman Pádraig Ó Céidigh and daughter of the President, Alice Mary Higgins are Galway locked in a tight race for a seat in the Seanad. Counting is underway...
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