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If Storm Éowyn had hit Galway at high tide last January, lives would have been lost. This is the brutal conclusion of a new report from the government’s National Directorate of Fire and Emergency Management (NDFEM), quietly published last week.

Over the last four years, the business community in Galway has endeavoured to shine a light on water safety for World Drowning Prevention Day, a United Nations (UN)/World Health Organisation (WHO) initiative which takes place internationally on July 25 each year.

Galway Fire and Rescue Service reported an unusually busy weekend for outdoor fires, during the especially warm weather last weekend, with temperatures reaching 25C across the county.

2024 has gotten off to a flying start at Shannon Airport for the new recruits to the airport’s Police and Fire Service (APFS), who were selected following an exhaustive process which saw applicants being whittled down from over 150 to 11.

It may not have been the worst storm flood of Galway’s medieval city centre, but residents, business owners and emergency workers all agree that Storm Debi was certainly one of the swiftest.

The Saolta University Health Care Group, which incorporates Portiuncula Hospital Ballinasloe, recently launched an in-depth look back report on the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccination programme.

The Saolta University Health Care Group is has launched an in-depth look back report on the rollout of the COVID-19 Vaccination Programme across the West and Northwest.

Galway community projects were honoured at the the all-Ireland Pride of Place community awards on Monday evening (May 16) in Killarney.