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An Taoiseach Mr. Enda Kenny announced 15 new jobs at technology company Vulcan Solutions this week when he visited the company’s office in Galway today.

The chronic shortage of beds in University College Hospital Galway means more and more cancer patients are unable to receive vital treatment on time, according to Councillor Rose Conway-Walsh, who has called for immediate action to open up wards to meet the demand for beds. The Sinn Féin councillor has said the other alternative is to bring back a full time consultant to Mayo General Hospital so that cancer patients who require an overnight stay can have their chemo administered in Mayo.

The Galway Neuroscience Cluster, based within the National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Science (NCBES) at NUI Galway, last week gained the status of Centre of Excellence in Neurodegeneration (COEN) after a national and international review process. By gaining COEN status, the Galway Neuroscience Cluster joins a select group of international centres that are entitled to apply for research funding that is awarded through this international initiative.

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The political system needs to get to grips with social media as it is set to play a crucial role in all upcoming elections in the future.

Former Minister of Social Welfare, Proinsias De Rossa, returned to the Fr McGrath Centre last week for the first time in 15 years since he presided at the official opening of the Fr McGrath Centre in what was then little more than a one-storey derelict building.

The transfer of patients from Mayo and Sligo hospitals to Galway should be suspended. That’s according to Galway Fine Gael Senator Fidelma Healy Eames.