Dara Bradley

1 week ago | connachttribune.ie | Dara Bradley

Bradley Bytes – A sort of political column by Dara BradleyGalway City Council’s relatively recent record of property transactions is not great. And so, when the public learned last week that it – with joint owner Galway County Council – was planning to sell Galway Airport, there was understandable concern. They’ve done damn all with the 118-acre site in Carnmore and have failed to produce a masterplan in the decade since they bought it off Galway Chamber.

1 week ago | connachttribune.ie | Dara Bradley

The Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) is actively recruiting members in Oughterard to its conspiracist political organisation that challenges the constitutional legitimacy of the State. Galway Gardaí are aware of the activities of the IRB in the Connemara town, including the establishment of a ‘Community Co-Op’ and ‘Community Council’ and plans to set up a parallel judicial or courts system, including a ‘Community Court’ in Oughterard.

2 weeks ago | connachttribune.ie | Dara Bradley

Bradley Bytes – A sort of political column by Dara BradleyGalway City Councillor Alan Curran has quit Facebook – soon after he left Twitter. The Social Democrat representative for Galway City West also left Instagram, Facebook’s sister social media platform owned by Meta. Curran, a secondary school teacher in Salthill, deleted his accounts in the same week that his Council colleague, Cllr Shane Forde (FG), warned about relentless negativity online towards Galway City Council.

2 weeks ago | connachttribune.ie | Dara Bradley

It’s for the birds . . . roof repair works on Galway City Council apartments cannot yet proceed – because pigeons are nesting in the architrave!Requests for repairs to be carried out at Whitehall Apartments have been deferred for at least seven months because pigeons are protected birds. Residents of the Council-owned city centre housing for elderly people had asked, through their public representatives, for roof repairs to be carried out on their homes.

2 weeks ago | connachttribune.ie | Dara Bradley

A toxic work environment in the Maternity Department of University Hospital Galway was revealed in a ‘warts-and-all’ ruling that lashed the HSE for its mistreatment of a midwife who experienced suicidal ideation after being targeted and bullied. In its ruling, the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) sharply criticised the Health Service Executive for a deficient disciplinary process that led to the “wholly unwarranted” suspension of a woman worker which damaged her mental health and reputation.