Dara Bradley

Galway

Journalist at Connacht Tribune

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Is Sceirde windfarm on the rocks?

1 week ago | connachttribune.ie | Dara Bradley

Backers of a divisive proposal for a massive windfarm off the coast of Conamara have refused to comment on reports they’ve pulled the plug on the €1.4 billion development. It was reported last weekend that Corio Generation was not proceeding with the Sceirde Rocks Windfarm off Carna – but An Bord Pleanála confirmed on Monday that it remained a ‘live’ application. Corio Generation declined an opportunity to provide clarity when contacted by the Connacht Tribune.
Alley’s renaissance is whole new ball game!

1 week ago | connachttribune.ie | Dara Bradley

Built in 1905 for a man from Timbuktu, a refurbished County Galway handball alley is at the centre of a revival of the ancient sport among youngsters in Bearna and Na Forbacha. Around 70 pupils from two national schools in the parish are contributing to the resurrection of handball in Bearna that was made possible thanks to restoration of the community ball alley by dedicated locals.
INMO seeks halt to review at Portiuncula

1 week ago | connachttribune.ie | Dara Bradley

Draft extracts of a report into an external review of care given to newborn babies at Portiuncula University Hospital have been sharply criticised by the INMO (Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation). The representative organisation told senior management in the HSE and Saolta that it had “serious issues” with the review and its methodology. It called for the review to be “stood down” immediately, and a new review commenced that complied with fair procedure and HSE policy.
Galway residents determined to win David and Goliath battle

2 weeks ago | connachttribune.ie | Dara Bradley

The community in Westside has vowed to unite and fight plans to build a 240-bed student accommodation complex in the car park of the local shopping centre. Around 80 people who attended a meeting in Westside Community Centre on Wednesday night, agreed to support a committee of residents who will drive the legal challenge against the plans.
State of Spanish Arch shows official Galway’s contempt for tourists, locals

2 weeks ago | connachttribune.ie | Dara Bradley

Bradley Bytes – A sort of political column by Dara BradleyHave you noticed the absolute state of Spanish Arch and Spanish Parade lately? Maybe you’ve become accustomed to it. But next time you pass what is perhaps Galway’s most iconic site, along with the Cathedral and Eyre Square, take some time to take it all in. Take a moment to observe and try to comprehend what Galway City Council has done to one of the city’s most famous and photographed historic sites. Look for layers of ugliness.
€1m bill for private beds as UHG’s lay unused

2 weeks ago | connachttribune.ie | Dara Bradley

Galway University Hospitals spent around €1 million on beds in private hospitals in December — even though it had spare surge bed capacity within UHG. A patient advocacy group claimed it made ‘no financial sense’ to use private hospital beds – costing as much as €1,200 per patient per night – when surge capacity at the public University Hospital Galway was not fully used.
Aran’s mass tourism fear from planned new centres

2 weeks ago | connachttribune.ie | Dara Bradley

Islanders have highlighted concerns about unsustainable, mass tourism on Inis Mór in response to plans to invest in new visitor centres on the largest Aran Island. Fáilte Ireland and Údarás na Gaeltachta last month announced investment in its joint proposal to develop a €2.4m ‘Árainn – Place of Stone Visitor Centre’, in the former Aran Islands Heritage Centre in Cill Rónáin.
Grandfather’s death sparked Varadkar’s road safety laws

2 weeks ago | connachttribune.ie | Dara Bradley

Former taoiseach Leo Varadkar said the death of his grandfather in a road traffic accident 20 years ago encouraged him to introduce more road safety laws as a legislator. Speaking at a road safety event in Galway on Friday, Mr Varadkar recalled the tragedy of his grandfather Tom Howell, a passenger who was killed aged 82 in a fatal road traffic incident in County Carlow in 2005. “My uncle was driving from Dublin to Dungarvan where they lived. On the Carlow Road there was a loose horse.
Family begs Council for transfer from ‘awful’ halting site near Portumna

2 weeks ago | connachttribune.ie | Dara Bradley

A family of four living in a hellish halting site near Portumna has begged Galway County Council for a transfer. Megan Corcoran said her mental health was suffering after three years of enduring ‘unsafe’ conditions at Capira halting site. Ms Corcoran said she and her husband David feared for the safety of their two boys, aged two and three, at the local authority site. They live in a mobile home at a bay at Capira, adjacent to a unit with a toilet, sink, shower, and washing machine and dryer.
Tributes paid to the contribution of Éamon Ó Cuív at party in his honour

2 weeks ago | connachttribune.ie | Dara Bradley

Attendees at the retirement ‘do’ for Éamon Ó Cuív quipped that there were three potential Fianna Fáil presidential election candidates holding court at the Galway Bay Hotel. As well as the former Gaeltacht Minister and long-serving Galway West TD himself, prominent at the event were former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and Ireland South MEP Cynthia Ní Mhurchú who have also been linked to a run for the Áras.