Milltown has been named the winner of the SuperValu Tidy Towns competition in Galway. It scored 327 points while Abbey was highly commended following just a point behind and Monivea was commended. Galway city centre scored 310 marks, and the committee is very pleased with that result. Woodford in south Galway won the county’s Endeavour...

Galway Bay fm newsroom – Almost one million euro in funding has been announced for water services in the county. The funding from the Department of Housing and Local Government – will enable the improvement of water quality in existing and new group water schemes in rural areas. The allocation of 944 thousand euro from...

Galway Bay fm newsroom – Galway County Council has decided that the Local Property Tax will remain at the current level in the county for 2019. Councillors were advised by the Director of Finance at a meeting of the local authority today (24/9) that the council is facing a deficit in 2019 and that any...

Galway Bay fm newsroom – Professional services and consultancy firm, EY intends to double the number of employees in its Galway office by 2020. The company, which offers tax and audit services in the West – plans to take on 35 new hires and introduce additional offerings such as corporate finance and risk advisory over...

Galway Bay fm newsroom – A public meeting will take place in the city this evening to continue the discussion on a light rail system for Galway. It’s the latest in a series of meetings under a long-running campaign to promote GLUAS as a sustainable transport solution to Galway’s chronic traffic issues. Campaigners have now...

Galway Bay fm newsroom – A special public meeting will be held in Galway City this evening to discuss the introduction of a universal basic income in Ireland. The event is hosted by Basic Income Ireland as part of a national awareness campaign to highlight the benefits the universal income could bring. Basic income is...

Galway Bay fm newsroom – Historian Catherine Corless is to receive an honorary degree from NUI Galway next month. In 2014, she revealed that hundreds of babies and toddlers had been buried in unmarked graves at a former mother and baby home in Tuam. She’s also known for her advocacy work on behalf of the...

Galway Bay fm newsroom – Gaeltacht areas in Galway and other counties will be promoted as part of a new brand developed by Údarás na Gaeltachta. ‘Gaeltacht na hÉireann’ will act as a stamp of approval for everything that originates in the Gaeltacht showcasing the vibrancy, enterprise and cultural richness. It was designed to help...

Galway Bay fm newsroom – The cost of a home in the county has risen by over three percent since June of this year. According to new data from the Real Estate Alliance, the average cost of a three bed semi-detached home in the county now stands at 160 thousand euro. Tune in to Galway...

Galway Bay fm newsroom – Thousands of people attended a rally in Tuam yesterday (23/9) in support of the development of the ‘Quiet Man Greenway’ in North Galway. It comes ahead of a vote by the county council today (Mon) on whether to sanction a feasibility study for a proposed greenway between Athenry and Milltown....

Galway Bay fm newsroom – A Galway-Roscommon TD is raising concerns over delays in establishing a national flood forecasting and warning service. It’s after Storm Ali recently swept along the west coast – causing widespread damage and leading to the death of a female tourist in Clifden. Deputy Eugene Murphy says that in the wake...

Galway Bay fm newsroom – The top secondary schools across Galway have been revealed. The Sunday Times Schools Guide ranks schools nationwide based on the proportion of students who gain places at third level. The top school in Galway is Salerno Secondary School in Salthill – which is also ranked as the best school in...

Galway Bay fm newsroom – Significant road improvement works are set to get underway on two sections of the N84 from tomorrow morning. The works will take place along a 500 metre stretch at Balrickard – and a further 1 thousand metre stretch at Bunnaconeen. The project involves the evening of the road surface, road...

Galway Bay fm newsroom – Issues relating to undocumented Irish emigrants in the United States has come into focus again with the detentions of two young West of Ireland men in Boston. One of the men is from Connemara and the other from County Mayo.   The United States Emigration services reportedly picked up the...

Galway Bay fm newsroom – Two men have been released without charge and a file is to be sent to the DPP over a serious assault in the city. The incident happened at around 3 o’clock yesterday morning at Riverside, Woodquay and Gardai remained at the scene until around 10am. The victim, a man in...

Galway Bay fm newsroom – A Galway T.D has accused the Minister for Rural and Community Development of lacking imagination and creativity in developing the CLÁR programme. Fianna Fáil Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív says it has turned into a weak programme with poor financing and is hardly recognisable from the CLÁR programmes in the past....

Galway Bay fm newsroom – Preparations are building ahead of a rally in Tuam tomorrow (23/9) in support of the development of the ‘Quiet Man Greenway’ in North Galway. The event will be held ahead of a vote by the county council on Monday – on whether to sanction a feasibility study for a proposed...

Galway Bay fm newsroom – Just 31 social houses have been built across Galway over the past 3 years. All of those have been provided by the county council – with the city council failing to provide a single unit since before 2016. That’s according to new figures which claim that the real number of...

Galway Bay fm newsroom – Two men have been arrested as part of an investigation in a serious assault in the city in the early hours of this morning. The incident happened at around 3am at Riverside, Woodquay and Gardai remained at the scene until around 10 this morning. The victim, a man in his...

Galway Bay fm newsroom – A special ‘mini-census’ is taking place in Galway this weekend. Enumerators have been delivering forms to homes across Athenry, Claregalway, and Craughwell over the past number of weeks – and will continue to do so until tomorrow. The Central Statistics Office is carrying out a pilot survey to assess new...