Galway Bay FM News Archives
Injury troubles for Tribesmen ahead of Leinster debut
Date Published: 01-Jun-2011
STEPHEN GLENNON
GALWAY sharpshooter Joe Canning, who has been struggling with a hamstring injury of late, will be named among the substitutes for the Tribesmen’s Leinster quarter-final clash against Westmeath in Mullingar this Saturday (7pm).
According to Galway manager John McIntyre, Canning has made significant improvement and, consequently, the Portumna ace will be listed in the match day squad for this weekend’s low key championship opener.
Unfortunately, Castlegar’s Ger Farragher (knee), Ardrahan’s Iarla Tannian (thumb) and Kilbeacanty’s Niall Donoghue (calf) are all definitely out, while Clarinbridge’s Alan Kerins is unavailable as he is out of the country.
Galway, however, should still present a formidable starting fifteen, including Liam Mellows’ David Collins, St. Thomas’ David Burke, Padraig Pearses’ Cyril Donnellan and Portumna duo Andy Smith and Damien Hayes. The Galway management team will be announcing the line out tonight (Thursday).
While there has been some pessimism regarding the Galway seniors over the past month – the lack of competitive inter-county action, perhaps, leaving the pundits with too much time to ponder the negatives – there have been shoots of life recently.
A competent performance against Division 2 champions Limerick last weekend was followed up with another encouraging display against the Galway U-21s on Tuesday evening. “Yeah, we played Limerick in Athenry on Saturday and we won that game 1-19 to 1-13. It was a useful workout and I think our players are beginning to strike form at the right time,” said McIntyre.
“We followed that challenge up with a challenge against the Galway U-21s on Tuesday and we had to put in a strong finish to win the match. The respective managements were doing a fair bit of experimenting, but Galway have a lot of promising young players coming through.”
Indeed, some of these U-21s – Burke, Loughrea’s Johnny Coen, Clarinbridge’s Barry Daly and Craughwell’s Ger O’Halloran – are all in contention for starting berths on Saturday. “The competition for places at the moment is intense and we are going to have to make some difficult decisions when picking the team,” stated the Galway boss.
“But you need that competition within a squad and it could easily happen that a player who is not named in the starting 15 against Westmeath could be one of the Galway heroes by the end of the summer. This is base camp for us and we are not looking beyond this game. Hopefully, though, there will be a big bounce in our players on Saturday.”
As for 2010 Christy Ring Cup champions, Westmeath, they come into this contest on the back of a first round surprise victory over Carlow. Brendan Murtagh (0-7, all frees), Derek McNicholas (2-0) and man of the match and captain Brian Smyth (1-2) were the Lake County’s top scorers in that 4-10 to 1-14 win.
Of course, Westmeath are now under the tutelage of Athenry native, Brian Hanley, who will be more than familiar with a number of the younger Galway players having coached them, alongside manager Anthony Cunningham and selector Pat O’Connor, at U-21 level during 2009 and ’10.
For more, read this week’s Connacht Tribune.
Date Published: 07-May-2013
Galway has a population of young people which is more than twice the national average.
According to information gathered by the Central Statistics Office, Galway’s population of 20 to 24 year olds is more than twice the national average.
The number of 25-34 year olds in Galway is also more than the norm nationally, with the two main colleges thought to be the main reason.
However immigration in Galway is much higher than in other areas at 19.4 percent, compared to the national average of 12 percent.
Date Published: 07-May-2013
A city councillor is encouraging people to donate goods directly to charity shops.
It follows allegations of thefts from clothes banks in Galway and across the country in recent months.
However, cameras are in place at some clothes banks and surveillance is carried out by local authorities.
Speaking on Galway Talks, Councillor Neil McNeilis said the problem of theft from clothes banks is widespread.
Date Published: 07-May-2013
A park ‘n’ ride scheme from Carnmore into Galway city could become a permanent service if there is public demand.
That’s according to the Chief Executive of Galway Chamber of Commerce, Michael Coyle.
The pilot scheme will begin at 7.20 next Monday morning, May 13th.
Motorists will be able to park cars at the airport carpark in Carnmore and avail of a bus transfer to Forster Street in the city.
Buses will depart every 20 minutes at peak times and every 30 minutes at offpeak times throughout the day, at a cost of 2 euro per journey.
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