Dara Bradley

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Greedy rogue landlords charging rents higher than is permitted under Galway’s Rent Pressure Zones are now under investigation by the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB). The RTB confirmed to the Connacht Tribune that some 958 tenancies in Galway were included in a national Rent Pressure Zone compliance campaign launched last year. “To date, 77 of those tenancies in Galway have been put forward for formal investigation and sanction through the campaign,” a spokesperson for RTB said.

2 weeks ago | connachttribune.ie | Dara Bradley

The Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh, and Kilfenora said that being a priest was a “wonderful way to spend one’s only chance at life”. Bishop Michael Duignan was speaking during Pentecost Sunday Mass at St Joseph’s Church on Presentation Road in Galway City, which celebrated the golden jubilee of Fr Martin Downey.

2 weeks ago | connachttribune.ie | Dara Bradley

Dr Micheline Sheehy Skeffington is marking the 10th anniversary of her landmark Equality Tribunal case against University of Galway with the launch of an audiobook documenting her campaign for gender equality. After winning a gender discrimination case against NUIG in 2015, the granddaughter of Ireland’s leading suffragette, Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, donated her €70,000 award to five other women lecturers who were also unjustly passed over in the same promotion round.

2 weeks ago | connachttribune.ie | Dara Bradley

When Afshin Samali arrived in Ireland almost 40 years ago, he was a 17-year-old refugee from Iran with limited English, apart from knowing the alphabet and a few words. Now an eminent Professor of Cancer Biology at the University of Galway, he is recognised as one of Ireland’s leading cancer researchers who has made several major discoveries. The key to Professor Samali’s success story was education.

2 weeks ago | connachttribune.ie | Dara Bradley

Bradley Bytes – A sort of political column by Dara BradleyBus shelters are a basic infrastructure. They’re structures with roofs that keep people dry while waiting for a bus. Some bus shelters have seats. Many newer ones provide real-time information on bus arrival times. In Galway, though, we just can’t seem to master delivery of bus shelters. Firstly, it’s been evident for a long time that Galway does not have enough of them. Bearna, for example, has been waiting years to get one.