Editorial Comment
And so it is Christmas....
Mon, Dec 23, 2024
Normally at this time of the year, as people head away for the holidays, I end up being the last one to lock the door or switch on the alarm as I leave this building. A place normally so busy, but on those days you get to thinking about the year just past, and the possibilities of what lies ahead past the stroke of midnight on Wednesday week.
Local News
HSE in Galway preparing for significant increases in influenza and respiratory illness
Mon, Dec 23, 2024
Health services in Galway are preparing for further significant increases in influenza and respiratory illness in the coming days and weeks. The impact of flu circulating in the community has a direct impact on the capacity of health services, both in hospitals and in primary and community care settings.
Politics
City Hall headcount to pass 600 next year
Thu, Dec 12, 2024
As part of discussions between Council officials and elected members at budget meetings last week, Galway City chief executive Leonard Cleary asked councillors to allocate an extra €2.4m in payroll costs on the 2024 budget.
![Monument commemorating the 1830 rescue of the St George's crew off the Isle of Man. In the background, the Tower of Refuge, was built soon afterwards on Conister Rock, site of the shipwreck [Photo: John Cunningham]](http://www.advertiser.ie/images/2024/12/144257_thumb.jpg "Monument commemorating the 1830 rescue of the St George's crew off the Isle of Man. In the background, the Tower of Refuge, was built soon afterwards on Conister Rock, site of the shipwreck [Photo: John Cunningham]")
National News
A forgotten Claddagh rescue
Thu, Dec 12, 2024
During a recent visit to the Isle of Man, I was struck by a substantial monument in Douglas, commemorating a maritime rescue in 1830. Aware of another heroic rescue in Galway the same year, I realised both took place during the same storm.
