ICU numbers being monitored in west's hospitals, says Saolta chief

Thu, Aug 12, 2021

Patient numbers in the intensive care units of the west's public hospitals are being monitored 24 hours a day to ensure these critical care facilities will be able to cope with increasing admissions during the fourth wave of Covid-19.

Naval officer returns to his home waters on special visit to sailing club

Thu, Aug 12, 2021

Irish Navy Lieutenant Jason Croke returned to his early sail training waters at Galway Bay Sailing Club recently.

‘Positive’, ‘disastrous’ - politicians disagree over Apple data centre extension

Thu, Aug 12, 2021

There has been a mixed reaction from Galway politicians to the decision to extend Apple’s planning permission for its proposed data centre in Athenry to 2026.

Galway Sinn Féin to commemorate 40th anniversary of 1981 hunger strikes

Thu, Aug 12, 2021

The end of the 1981 Hunger Strikes in the H-Blocks will be commemorated by Galway Sinn Féin next week.

Works begins on widening entrance to Ballyloughane Beach

Thu, Aug 12, 2021

Works began this week to widen the entrance to Ballyloughane Beach and to remove weeds and bushes that were obstructing views from oncoming traffic.

Resilience the order of the day as Clifden gets ready for forty fourth arts festival

Thu, Aug 12, 2021

Resilience and community spirit remain the order of the day as Clifden Arts Festival keeps the fires lit for its 44th gathering of music, stories, and illumination.

New orthopaedic theatres ‘a significant boost’ for Merlin Park, says Crowe

Thu, Aug 12, 2021

Construction began this week on two replacement orthopaedic theatres at Merlin Park University Hospital. The work is due to be completed by the end of this year and the theatres operational in 2022.

Cheevers calls for Galway to become carbon neutral by 2025

Thu, Aug 12, 2021

Galway city should aim to become a carbon neutral city by 2025 - a quarter of a century ahead of when the State plans to reach such a goal.

Appeal for witnesses after sexual assault in Woodquay

Thu, Aug 12, 2021

An Garda Síochána is appealing for witnesses following a serious assault on a woman, which occurred on the night of August 7 in Galway city.

O’Hara calls for ‘urgent action’ needed to deal with overcrowding in Galway schools

Thu, Aug 12, 2021

More than 140 classrooms across County Galway have more than 30 pupils, well above the EU average of 20 pupils per class.

City rents rose by nine per cent in last year

Thu, Aug 12, 2021

Rents have risen by nine per cent in Galway city in the last year, with the average rent now €1,443 according to the latest rental report by Daft.ie.

Be wary of rental scams and ads on social media, say Gardaí

Thu, Aug 12, 2021

Gardaí are advising people to be wary of rental scams, particularly at this time of year when students are returning to college.

More than 2,000 Galwegians still waiting for passport applications to be processed

Thu, Aug 12, 2021

A total of 2,268 Galwegians are still waiting for their passport applications to be processed as the passport service deals with the Covid backlog and the recent surge in applications.

We need both hands on the stick to combat climate change

Thu, Aug 12, 2021

There are some battles in life that we enter with a half hearted desire to win. Conflicts that we deem as not mattering because we have not made the real connection between them and our lives. We have tended to do it with strife, with modern famine, with the abuses of human rights. That if it does not affect us really, that it is something we ought not get involved in. Until it comes to our own doorstep, we have a tendency to look away or move on. This week’s IPCC report on the impact of climate change and our role in creating it should act as a wake up call to the world…and when I say the world, I don’t mean the world out there, but the world around us.

We need to approach this with the hurling parlance of two hands on the stick. There is no point in half heartedly reaching with a limp wrist into the heat of battle knowing full well that the stick with be slapped away. We need to approach climate change like we are trying to win it. Not just for show. Not just for kudos for trying our best. We have a great interest in the impact of climate change because we live on a rock on one side of an exposed ocean. Our chin is set against the prevailing winds, our lives are dictated by the weather that we associate with our place. In recent times, we have seen the impact of all of this. Our coasts have been lashed, our gorse is burning, our streets and farms have been flooded and the rising oceans place our coastal places in peril unless we play our part fully, two hands on the stick, committed.

Italian brothers return to Aran to thank Coast Guard rescuers

Thu, Aug 12, 2021

Two Italian tourists who were rescued by an Irish Coast Guard crew when they were swept into the sea at Inis Mor two years ago returned to the island yesterday to reunite with the team who helped them.

Brothers Giovanni and Ricardo Zanon were swept into very rough seas while visiting Pol na bPeist, the Worm Hole, in February 2019.

Croi announces Mark Gantly as its new chairman

Thu, Aug 12, 2021

Croi, the heart and stroke charity has announced the appointment of Mark Gantly as chairman of its board of directors.

Home Instead announce creation of sixty jobs in Galway

Thu, Aug 12, 2021

Home Instead, Ireland’s largest private provider of home care services, this week announced the creation of 60 jobs in Galway.

The care company, which already has a 4,000-strong caregiver team working across every county in Ireland, is recruiting for 60 additional caregivers in Galway, as part of its recruitment of 1,000 additional caregivers, who will be hired across the country. Home Instead delivers essential home care to almost 7,000 clients across every county in Ireland, and has been building its caregiving team over the past 12 months, with 1,000 new roles also announced in 2020.

Wild Child celebration at Thoor Ballylee next week

Thu, Aug 12, 2021

This year Thoor Ballylee, the Galway home of poet laureate WB Yeats, will come alive for a ‘Wild Child’ celebration on August 18 for National Heritage Week.

Galway credit union member wins €20,000 in HSSCU draw

Thu, Aug 12, 2021

Galwaywoman Mai Connole has won a whopping €20,000 in the Health Services Staffs Credit Union’s (HSSCU’s) Member Prize Draw.

‘Pride is a chance to celebrate, but it is always twinned with protest’

Thu, Aug 05, 2021

“Pride has become that special time when we get to affirm our dignity and our equality, and increase our visibility. It’s in opposition to the shame and social stigma many of us grew up with.”

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