Funny Galway pub photo spells out the downside living in city

Everyone knows there’s nothing like a pint in the sun – especially outside one of our city’s iconic pubs.

But of course for us locals, we know that here in Galway we share the al fresco experience with he seagulls and pigeons – as one group of seshers discovered this week.

Most of the time the gulls and pigeons will leave you be to enjoy your pints in peace but on Wednesday, a photo summed up what happens when they don’t.

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The photo was shared on social media as it showed the pubgoers’ table of pints spattered with some impressive work from the birds overhead.

Taken at iconic Shop Street pub Tig Choili, the pub gamely shared the photo on Instagram as they speculated the birds must have ‘stolen a bad burger’.

The post read: “S*** happens I suppose! Pigeons must’ve stolen a bad burger!”

It’s not the most shocking thing that’s happened at a pub this week.

On Wednesday, a Galway city bus was left stranded on a footpath just inches from a popular Galway pub after a failed turn saw the double-decker mount a path.

The wheel-y unfortunate incident occurred in the early evening of Tuesday 28 May 2024 at the north end of Eyre Square near the bottom of Prospect Hill. A witness described the bus driver turning the bus atop Eyre Square.

The witness told Galway Beo: “The driver went to turn the bus outside the bar.”

The witness then described the bus drivers efforts to turn the bus at the fork between the taxi rank and the main road, where the bus mounted a path near McGettigan’s pub and lurched to a stop just inches from the front of the bar.

The witness added: “But, the bus mounted the footpath and, I think it slid a tiny distance, and stopped just outside the bar – it was stuck.”

The bus was unable to move from this position and the witness told Galway Beo that engineers or mechanics arrived a short while after the incident to free the bus.

Thankfully, there were no injuries or damage to property reported as a result of the incident. A Bus Éireann spokesperson told Galway Beo: “Bus Éireann are aware of an incident involving one of our vehicles that occurred in the Eyre Square are of Galway on Tuesday, 28 May 2024. Thankfully, no injuries have been reported to Bus Éireann and no damages occurred. The safety of our passengers and staff is paramount to Bus Éireann. An investigation into the incident is being carried out.”

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