Galway Talks - with John Morley

 

Today on Galway Talks with Ollie Turner: 

9am-10am 

• Ten Galway Primary Schools at Risk of Closure  

• Galway to Put the Future of the Atlantic in the Spotlight   

• Carragh Residents Call for Immediate Halt to 18-Metre Phone Mast   

• Trump Forced to Restore White House Access to Banned Journalists   

10am-11am

• What Will the Budget Mean for Prices at the Pumps? 

• Ireland Launches First National Mental Health Patient Survey   

• Galway Cyclists Hit the Road for Irish Guide Dogs 

11am-12pm

• GALWAY THOUGHTS PANEL - Disability in Galway – What Needs to Change? & what next for fuel prices 

• SPORTS PREVIEW   

Today on Galway Talks with Ollie Turner: 

9am-10am 

• HSE West and North West Almost €50 Million Over Budget 

• Ireland, Kosovo and When Football Becomes Political 

• New Book Brings 150 Years of Irish Emigrant Letters Together

10am-11am 

• Cancer Diagnosis Costing Patients More Than €16,000 a Year 

• Warning Ireland Is Unprepared for Rapidly Ageing Population 
• How a Lost Bram Stoker Story Was Found After 130 Years 

11am-12pm

• We are celebrating One Day Many Voices - we’ll be hosting a panel on accessibility in Galway 

• MUSIC MORNINGS - The Whileaways Return with Their Fifth Album 

Today on Galway Talks with John Morley: 

9am-10am 

• University of Galway Staff Set for Strike Action 

• Hauliers Warn More Fuel Protests Could Be on the Way 

• Dementia Awareness Roadshow Comes to Athenry 

10am-11am

• Seven in Ten Young Adults Consider Leaving Ireland 

• New Book Revisits Brian Cowen’s Time as Taoiseach 

• The Lost Children of Tuam Comes to the Big Screen 

11am-12pm

• FINANCIAL ADVICE 

• Football Fundraiser to Remember Daniel Megahey 

• Misleór Festival Celebrates Traveller and Nomadic Culture in Galway 

• Guth na Gaillimhe 

Today on Galway Talks with John Morley:

9am-10am

• Push to Make Salmon Weir Bridge Bus-Only During the Day 
• Eddie Hobbs on Why Critical Thinking Matters More Than Ever   

• Sinn Féin Pushes to Scrap Carbon Tax on Home Heating Oil 

10am-11am

• Fears Over 1,000 University of Galway Jobs Could Be Hit by Cuts 

• GARDA SLOT 

• Misleór Celebrates Traveller and Nomadic Culture in Galway 

11am-12pm

• We hear about The Life Behind the Work of John McGahern 

• Ardrahan Family Marks 33 Years of Fundraising for Galway Hospice 

• MUSIC MORNINGS - Davie Furey and Eleanor Shanley Join Forces for New Single 

Today on Galway Talks with John Morley: 

9am-10am 

• Protest Over Plans to Fell Almost Half of Merlin Woods
• Calls for Age Limit on Energy Drink Sales
• Conference to Examine the Health Cost of Homelessness

10am-11am

• Primary Teachers Vote Overwhelmingly for Industrial Action 
• Galway Traveller Movement Calls for Action on Mental Health Crisis 

11am-12pm

• Monday panel - When Music and Politics Collide - we speak about ed sheerans response to all of his support acts dropping out
• Sports review

Galway Talks

Galway Talks with John Morley is the flagship show on Galway Bay FM and broadcasts Monday to Friday from 9am to 12pm and is the most popular talk show in the Galway region.

The current affairs show features a mix of breaking news, human interest stories, sport, entertainment, history and live music.

From local and national politics to community issues, voices from across the county and beyond discuss and debate the major events affecting Galway, the country and the world.

There’s a lighter side too as we feature the stories of local characters, the talent of Galway’s arts scene and debate the county’s many sporting achievements.

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Today on Galway Talks with John Morley: 

• Clifden Arts Festival is back for Another Celebration of Creativity
• Galway Legends The Stunning Return for Special Live Show
• And we hear how the occasion is Inspiring Local Students and Showcasing local Artists

In other news...  

• Outrage locally as City Hall’s €28k logo lambasted by critics
• Community Urged to ‘Buy a Brick’ for Clifden Playschool
• Connemara Broadband Rollout a "Game-Changer" for the West, says local Cllr
• Call for 14 Sites in the Frame for Carraroe Wastewater Plant to be narrowed down
• Culture Night Galway begins later marking a Celebration of Culture, Creativity and Community
• Sports Preview Galway United vs Derry 

Today on Galway Talks with John Morley: 

9am-10am 

• €28,000 New Look for Galway City Council 

• Urgent Inspection Sought for Dunguaire Castle 

• Calls for Budget 2027 to Put Children First 

10am-11am

• Canada Could Become EU’s First Associate Member 
• Nine-Pupil Galway School Fighting to Stay Open 

• Galway Women Take Centre Stage at National Business Awards 

11am-12pm

• Exploring the Irish Roots of Revolutionary America 

• MUSIC MORNINGS - Sinead Murphy 

Today on Galway Talks with John Morley: 

9am-10am 

• Skyclarys Treatment Set to Be Available From October 

• Galway Retailers Call for PRSI Cut to Protect Jobs 

• Four Acts in the Running to Be Galway Bay FM’s Local Hero 

10am-11am

• Galway Dad Calls for Safer Cycle Lanes After Son’s Near Miss 

• MOTORS 

• Remembering the Dunnes Stores Strike Against Apartheid 

• Headford’s Kalem Takes His Skills to the World Stage 

11am-12pm

• FINANCIAL ADVICE 

• Architecture at the Edge Marks 10 Years in Galway 

• Guth Na Gaillimhe 

Today on Galway Talks with John Morley: 

9am-10am 

• Councillor Hits Out at Castlepark Flooding After Active Travel Works   

• New Lifelong Support for Survivors of Institutional Abuse   

• Revolut Customers Warned Over Risk From Leaked ID Documents 

• We go live from the planning championships  

10am-11am

• Overgrown Hedges Blamed for Growing Danger on Rural Roads 

• Research Reveals Gender Gap Facing Women in Irish Farming 

• Love Is in the Air at the Ploughing 

11am-12pm

• Tom Kenny to Celebrate the Life and Legacy of Maurice Semple 

• Evergreen  

• Dunmore Man and Brazilian Wife launch New Whiskey Brand 

• MUSIC MORNINGS - The Rising   

Today on Galway Talks with John Morley: 

9am-10am 

• Call for €120m to be dedicated in the Budget to establish Mental Health A&Es
• Tuam Mother and Baby Home Story Brought to Life Through Powerful New Art
• Galway Docklands Festival Returns for a Weekend of Maritime Activities at Galway Docks

10am-11am

• Cocaine Use ‘Normalised’ Among Young Farmers according to the Farmer's Journal
• Galway families & the Before We Die National Assembly, 19 September
• On Bay Biz,  Adrian Furey of Dexcom speaks to Breda Fox

11am-2pm

• Neil McDonnell ISME CEO and Cliona Standun of Standun’s are today’s Monday Panel
• The Weekend Sports Review with Ollie Turner