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Taking a walk out to Mutton Island last week, the Claddagh resident said she was reminded of the summer’s imminent festival season when a fellow on an an eight-foot-high penny farthing cycled past “and nobody noticed.”

A €2 million rooftop helipad will cap University Hospital Galway’s €4 billion redevelopment, despite the HSE’s controversial purchase of Shantalla parkland to build a ground-level heliport.

Thirteen years after Galway City Council lent a piece of parkland to the HSE for six months, next week councillors will be asked to sell almost four acres of that park for an air ambulance base to serve the west of Ireland.

You will have more fun, feel happier, make friends easier, achieve more, and generally, have a much better time if you drink. That is what the alcohol advertisements want us to believe.

New collaborative research involving University of Galway, the Health Service Executive and Galway and Mayo Hospices has highlighted the importance of trust, clarity and psychological safety in supporting palliative care nurses working in emotionally demanding healthcare environments.

The country’s eye doctors will gather at the Galmont Hotel for two days next week, when Galway hosts the Irish College of Ophthalmologists’ (ICO) annual conference.

The Minister for Health, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD, this week approved the publication of the Health Service Executive’s Building and Equipment Capital Plan for 2026. This plan brings an investment of over €63.6 million to Galway as part of a €1.3 billion allocation nationally for the development and enhancement of healthcare infrastructure according to the Minister for Education, Hildegarde Naughton TD.

University of Galway’s Institute for Clinical Trials has been awarded the 2025 Collaboration in Medtech Award at the Irish Medtech Awards.

As the peak RSV season (typically December and January) approaches, parents and caregivers should become familiar with the symptoms of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). RSV is a common virus that causes coughs, colds, and may cause infection in the lower part of the respiratory system. These are known as lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs).

Croí, the west of Ireland Heart and Stroke Charity, is one of two Irish pilot projects to participate in the EU Joint Action on Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes (JACARDI), funded under the EU4Health programme.