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Galway Bay FM 16 February 2021 print Galway Bay fm newsroom – Two online public meetings are to take place this week to discuss the “Green” and “Blue” greenway route options that have been proposed for the Ballinasloe area. Fine Gael Senator Aisling Dolan will host the meetings on the routes as the public consulation on the design of the Galway to Athlone greenway continues. The greenway is the final leg of the overall Dublin to Galway greenway and at present, there are five options o...

Michael Lyons (95), late of Ballygullen, Craanford, passed away on January 27, in the loving care of family and nursing staff at Oakfield Nursing Home. Born in Clonamona, Craanford in March 1925, Michael was the third child of John and Elizabeth Lyons. He grew up with his brother, Willie, and sisters, Sadie and Susan, all of whom predeceased him. Alongside his family, Michaels uncles David and Lawrence, worked the mills at Craanford and the farms in Clonamona and Ballygullen. In an era when mec...

Image: Kayala Costello Members of the public are being encouraged to make submissions in relation to the route options for the Galway to Athlone cycleway. Senator for Roscommon-Galway, Aisling Dolan, has said she is backing two routes of the five corridor options being circulated by the Galway to Athlone project team – the green route and the blue route. According to the Fine Gael senator, both of those routes come close to Ballinasloe and will be going through Roscommon, potentially along ...

Bright ideas: colours to revive our hard-working homes Fresh and fashionable thinking in paint from colours to covet to textures worth trying Thu, Feb 4, 2021, 06:00 Updated: Thu, Feb 4, 2021, 15:24   Paint sales soared last March when Covid-19 struck, with increases ranging from between 40 and 200 per cent, depending on which supplier you talk to. There was a novelty to being at home and the weather was getting warmer. “While spring is the traditional time to celebrate new trends i...

Liam White, Durrow and London, never forgot his roots Internationally renowned photographer who made the world his home but never forgot his roots Reporter: news@kilkennypeople.ie Liam White on assignment at the Diane Fossey gorilla study project in Rwanda in the early 1980s );  ); Liam White, who has died in London at the age of 88, was a member of a well-known Durrow family with strong Kilkenny connections. Liam was an internationally-renowned photographer and photojournalist who covered m...

Gian Santiago and his friends Shelly and Manami are Wicklows latest ambassadors after successfully filling their Wicklow Passports with all 17 stamps during the months of November and December. The Wicklow Passport, which is loosely inspired by the Camino in Spain, is a initiative by Visit Wicklow which was launched last year. The idea behind the passport is to encourage locals and visitors to get outside and discover what is around them, by collecting stamps in various different places all ov...

January 30, 2021 7:00 am Two south Roscommon brothers have raised a staggering €81,150 for cancer services after organising fundraisers in memory of their beloved mother. Martin (17) and Shane (15) Glennon, students of Garbally College, Ballinasloe, raised the money for The Irish Cancer Society, The Galway Hospice and the Mayo/Roscommon Hospice. It was instinctive that Martin and Shane decided to organise a fundraiser to honour the memory of their mother, Cathy Glennon, who passed away on Oct...

While the national Tidy Towns competition was postponed in 2020 due to Covid, Wicklow County Council still decided to go ahead with its annual Tidy Towns and Environmental Awards, the winners of which have just been announced. The Local Authority wanted to recognise the work carried out by Tidy Towns groups who have remained active during the pandemic, especially those who have delivered new projects on sustainability and biodiversity. John Paul Ave in Arklow won the Local Authority Tidy Estate...

Veteran Laois full-back Mark Timmons commits to yet another inter-county campaign January 29, 2021 by Paddy Hickey Experienced defender Mark Timmons has provided Laois football boss Micheal Quirke with a major boost by agreeing to soldier on in this year’s campaign. Although he will be 35 in May, and made his senior inter-county debut as far back as 2008, the ace full-back had no hesitation in once more committing to the O’Moore County cause. “It was a very easy decision for me to make, a...

Liam White was an internationally renowned photographer from a well known Laois family Liam White, London and Durrow, 1932- 2021 Reporter: );  ); Liam White, who has died in London at the age of 88, was a member of a well-known Laois family with strong Kilkenny connections. He was also an internationally-renowned photographer and photo-journalist who covered major events and issues worldwide for several overseas publications, as well as contributing to Irish media, particularly in the tourism...