Gardaí at Gort, are investigating a single vehicle Fatal Road Traffic Collision that occurred on a minor road off the N18 at Keamsellagh East, Kilcolgan, Co. Galway, on the 12 November 2008 shortly after 8pm. The 51 year old female driver and sole occupant of the car was fatally injured when her car collided with a ditch and overturned. She was brought to University College Hospital, Galway, where she later died as a result of injuries.

There was more bad news on the jobs front for Galway city this evening with the announcement that all 116 employees of an insurance company, owned by the Royal Bank of Scotland, are to be laid off. more...