Galway Talks - with John Morley

Today on Galway Talks with John Morley: 

9am-10am

• Taylor’s Hill Speed Campaign Finally Gets a Result 

• Calls for Crackdown on Laughing Gas as Hospitalisations Quadruple 

• Putting Galway’s Community Heroes in the Spotlight 

10am-11am

• Galway Students Sleep Out as Accommodation Crisis Bites 

• Motors 

• Galway Festival Funding Frozen for Eight Years 

11am-12pm

• FINANCIAL ADVICE 

• ASK THE DENTIST  

• Guth na Gaillimhe 

Today on Galway Talks with John Morley: 

9am-10am

• Teachers Could Strike in Fresh Row Over Public Sector Pay 

• New Honey Labels to Reveal What’s Really in the Jar 

• Rising House Prices Could Lock Struggling Homeowners Out of Mortgage Scheme 

10am-11am

• Could Vapes Be More Effective Than Patches for Quitting Smoking? 

• Engineers Warn Red Tape Is Holding Up Housing and Infrastructure   

• GARDA SLOT    

• How to Take the Sting Out of the Back-to-School Shop 

11am-12pm

• Missed Out on Your First Choice? A PLC Could Be Another Way In 
• Baboró Turns 30

Today on Galway Talks with Ollie Turner: 

9am-10am 

• Tributes paid following death of much-loved Tuam teacher Andrew Carney 

• EU Moves to Block Brazilian Beef Imports 

• Alarm Over Threat to Ireland’s Native Honey Bee   

10am-11am

• Should Under-13s Be Banned From Social Media?   

• New York Times Shines Spotlight on Dunguaire Castle Closure   

• We Have a Galway Girl in The Traitors Castle 

11am-12pm

• We look at the real cost of Sending a Child to College   

• SPORTS REVIEW 

• Galway’s Fiona Murtagh Wins World Championship Silver 

Today on Galway Talks with John Morley: 

9am-10am 

Health Insurance Hikes: Why Are We Paying More for Cover?
With thousands of kids heading back to school we speak to a psychotherapist about anxiety
Local Councillor Slams Merlin Woods Felling Plan

10am-11am

Students to sleep out in Eyre Square as Galway accommodation crisis deepens

Galway mother says she’s been left fighting for months to secure her son’s disability payment

East Galway farmer named among UN’s 100 Women Heroes

11am-12pm

Galway Thoughts Panel – discussion of the back-to-school period and how it has changed over the years

Weekend Sports Preview

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Today on Galway Talks with John Morley: 

9am-10am 

• Fuel excise cuts extended as Government moves to prevent €2-a-litre diesel 

• Teachers threaten industrial action over delayed Leaving Cert reform pay deal 

• National Services Day Returns to Galway city 

10am-11am

• Galway cancer patients facing some of the longest waits in the country 

• Corrandulla’s Katelyn Divilly on life after The Traitors as the show returns 

• New Galway play explores the pull of home, memory and belonging 

11am-12pm

• Acclaimed one-woman show Myra’s Story comes to Galway 

• Blood Moon to put on a spectacular show over Galway before sunrise 

• MUSIC MORNINGS - Sara Gerdine 

Today on Galway Talks with John Morley: 

9am-10am 

• Minister for Nature, Heritage and Biodiversity Christopher O’Sullivan joins us

• Tributes to country music legend Dolly Parton

• CAO DAY: What happens when the offers land?

• Majority of under-35s fear they'll never own a home

10am-11am

• Skyclarys approved after two-year campaign by Friedreich’s Ataxia families

• Right to Repair: Should you fix your broken appliances instead of replacing them?

• Up to 2,100 Galway children on crèche waiting lists

• New Connacht signing Will Connors helping make rugby accessible to all

11am-12pm

• FINANCIAL ADVICE

• Solar power hits record high – but can Ireland’s grid keep up?

• Tuam children to star in new national TV documentary 

Today on Galway Talks with John Morley: 

9am-10am 

• Decision day for life-changing Friedreich’s ataxia drug 

• Galway comes last in national housing delivery rankings 

• Illegal seaweed harvesting investigated along Irish coast 

10am-11am

• Calls to name Galway street after legendary author Ken Bruen 

• Warning Ireland is ‘backsliding’ on human rights 

• 74% of drivers speeding on busy Loughrea road 

11am-12pm

• The Chase star Darragh Ennis brings his quiz show to Galway 

• Eight in ten children never cycle to school 

• MUSIC MORNINGS - Galway singers wanted for spectacular 100-voice choir 

Today on Galway Talks with John Morley: 

9am-10am

• Tributes paid to legendary Galway supporter Gerry Rushe

• Calls for 15% hike in alcohol excise in Budget 2027

• We speak to a Real Housewife star who has made Galway her home

10am-11am

• Sinn Féin Finance spokesperson Pearse Doherty joins us

• Galway rents surge 13% as two-bed now costs €2,336 a month

• Childcare Crisis: What Good Are Lower Fees If Parents Can't Find a Place?

• Galway biker takes on Route 66 for sick children

11am-12pm

• MONDAY PANEL - Fuel Excise: Has the Government Solved the Problem — or Just Kicked It Down the Road?

• Sports Preview

Today on Galway Talks with John Morley: 

9am-10am

• Appeal for cancer patient who lost everything in devastating house fire 

• It’s leaving cert results day  
• - We speak to a Tuam woman proving results don’t define your future 
• - And we look at alternative routes to college 

10am-11am 

• UHG inpatient says he has spent 97 days in hospital waiting for treatment 

• Family still searching for Galway teenager’s grave more than a century after her death 

• Tea trolley returns to Galway-Dublin trains after six-year absence 

• Employers’ fear of ‘getting it wrong’ creating barrier to inclusive hiring 

11am-12pm

• GALWAY THOUGHTS PANEL  

• - Should the HSE fund a €280,000-a-year drug for a rare disease? 

• - How responsible are social media platforms for dangerous content? 

• SPORTS PREVIEW 

Today on Galway Talks with John Morley: 

9am-10am

• Road safety campaigners warn of another fatality at Kilmeen Cross

• Warning over dangerous synthetic cannabinoids found in vapes 

• Leaving Cert results – what happens after the points? 

10am-11am

• Students warned over rental scams as college term approaches 

• Warning Peace Commissioners cannot charge for their services 

• Tuam woman turns darkest day into fundraiser for Claddagh Watch Patrol 

11am-12pm

• Fodder and food security committee to reconvene over drought concerns 

• Man walking around Ireland after witnessing life in the West Bank TBC  

• MUSIC MORNINGS - Galway band Kettle Boilers heading for Electric Picnic