More than 1200 patients left waiting twenty-four hours in UHG emergency department in 2017

Thu, Mar 08, 2018

More than 1,200 patients over the age of 75 were left waiting for more than 24 hours to be seen in the Emergency Department at Galway University Hospital in 2017.

How the Eighth Amendment affects healthcare

Thu, Mar 08, 2018

We deserve compassionate healthcare in Ireland. The Eighth Amendment prevents this, which is why it is vital to remove it from the Constitution when we have the opportunity to vote in the May/June referendum.

Housing crisis is not an accident - it was designed that way

Thu, Mar 08, 2018

Travel around the 26 counties and in the cities, towns, and even villages, and you will come across mature, pristine, housing estates which resemble Shantalla and Old Mervue. These houses were built back in the days when our Republic was poor.

'You wouldn’t believe the stuff people admit to, absolutely disgusting!'

Thu, Mar 08, 2018

The inimitable Russell Brand breezes into Galway next week with his superlative stand-up show, RE:BIRTH, at Leisureland on Wednesday March 14 at 8pm, where he will deals with such all-encompassing questions as 'What is real?' 'Who are we?' and 'Where did this baby come from?'

People who have children through surrogacy should be eligible for maternity leave, says HSE forum member

Thu, Mar 08, 2018

A member of the HSE West’s regional health forum says it is wrong that HSE employees who have a child through surrogacy are not eligible for statutory maternity leave.

City councillor and forum member Cllr Padraig Conneely raised the issue at a meeting of the forum at Merlin Park Hospital on Tuesday afternoon.

What exactly does choice mean in the context of the abortion debate?

Thu, Mar 08, 2018

Spokesperson for LoveBoth
It’s a word that gets bandied about so much but maybe it’s time to think about what ‘choice’ means in the context of the abortion debate. Some of my friends consider themselves ‘pro-choice’. Some don’t understand why I support keeping the Eighth Amendment in the Constitution. Doesn’t it restrict women’s choices?, they say? Doesn’t it tell women what they can and can’t do? Isn’t life more complex than the Eighth Amendment would have us believe?

Overseas nurses being sought to work in local public hospitals

Thu, Mar 08, 2018

Management at UHG and Merlin Park hospitals plan to spearhead an international recruitment drive for nurses.

Weight loss plan from System 10

Thu, Mar 08, 2018

There are three keys to a genuine weight loss plan – diet, exercise and metabolism correction. All three keys interconnect – one will not work without the other. Your metabolism is the most powerful of all the three keys – it is the ‘switch’ that controls everything else. In most people this switch is off.

Galway County Council to launch Health and Wellbeing Day at Claregalway Castle

Thu, Mar 08, 2018

Galway County Council will officially launch the Healthy County Galway Programme at Claregalway Castle on Thursday next March 15. The aim of Healthy County Galway is to drive local action and promote local leadership for health and ensure that County Galway is a healthy, equitable, resilient and vibrant place for all who live, work and visit. This is part of a series of projects currently being undertaken countywide which are being funded by the Healthy Ireland Initiative.

Bands on the run — Musicians are being penalised by high motor insurance, says Rabbitte

Thu, Mar 08, 2018

Band members and singers are being penalised by exorbitant motor insurance fees, Fianna Fail TD Anne Rabbitte said in the Dail when she hit out at the government for failing to curb rising motor insurance costs for drivers and businesses.

Claregalway locals to plant 5,000 trees this weekend at Knockdoemore Park

Thu, Mar 08, 2018

Every week, Knockdoemore Park near Claregalway is home to almost 2,000 people running, walking, stretching, jumping. The players of Claregalway GAA train and play on the three pitches; the young athletes of Clare River Harriers jump and run in one corner; walkers and joggers use the floodlit and gravelled 1km circuit to build up fitness; the scouts practise their routines and learn their skills in another corner.

Why doesn’t she just leave? — time to stop blaming the woman

Thu, Mar 08, 2018

When we hear of violent and abusive relationships, we often ask the question – “why doesn’t she just leave him?” or “who would put up with that?”

Poor Clares’ fun in the snow goes viral

Thu, Mar 08, 2018

The exitement generated by the snow last week was not just confined to the delighted children who had days off school, but it also extended to the order of the Poor Clares on Nuns Island.

City council approves funding for arts groups

Thu, Mar 08, 2018

Galway City Council has approved funding for 75 arts groups throughout the city.

‘Threat of closure’ over Time4Us must be ‘lifted immediately’ says Connolly

Thu, Mar 08, 2018

The “threat of closure” hanging over Time4Us must be “lifted immediately” to allow “some measure of security to the families using the service”, according to Independent Galway West TD Catherine Connolly.

Time4Us, on Shantalla Road, has, for the past 10 years, provided a neutral, child-friendly meeting-place where children can meet with their non-resident parent. The service currently caters for 40 families. However in January it was announced that the service would close. Since then a campaign has been under way to prevent this happening.

RTE and Galway 2020 sign partnership for year of celebration

Thu, Mar 08, 2018

The Director-General of RTÉ, Dee Forbes, and the Chief Executive of Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture, Hannah Kiely, today signed an agreement that will see the national public service media organisation act as the lead media partner for Galway 2020, in a special association that will promote Galway’s historic year as the European Capital of Culture.

The humanity of the brave

Thu, Mar 08, 2018

Every day, it passes over where I work and where I live.

NUIG's Lit and Deb to debate abortion and the Eighth

Wed, Mar 07, 2018

NUI Galway's Literary and Debating Society will tackle the issue of abortion and the Eighth Amendment when it debates the motion "This house would legalise abortion on request in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy."

Is Noel Grealish in danger of losing his seat?

Thu, Mar 01, 2018

Come the next General Election, could Noel Grealish be in danger of losing his seat? The answer is yes, but ONLY if Fianna Fáil gets its act together and learns a valuable lesson from the 'auld enemy' - Fine Gael.

'Pálás is a cathedral of cinema'

Thu, Mar 01, 2018

At long last it is open! More than a decade after it was first mooted, Galway’s arthouse cinema, Pálás, opened its doors to the public last week and early responses have been very favourable.

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