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Galway West TD Noel Grealish has welcomed what he described as ‘a breakthrough’ in his long-running campaign for a minor injury unit to be opened in Galway.

Cllr Laurence Fallon has confirmed that he will contest June’s local elections as an Independent candidate in the Athlone Electoral Area (Roscommon).

Bus Éireann Ireland’s national bus company, is encouraging Athlone and Midlands region passengers to take the bus when travelling to Ireland West Airport Knock this summer.

Local Independent Deputy, Denis Naughten has requested that the Taoiseach intervene as a matter of urgency to ensure plans for a new emergency department as well as additional bed capacity at Portiuncula University Hospital proceed without further delay.

Roscommon University Hospital has announced the appointment of Dona Cromar as a Registered Advanced Nurse Practitioner (RANP) in Emergency Nursing at Roscommon Injury Unit.

The vaccination programme targeting the medically vulnerable, which was paused due to concerns about the AstraZeneca vaccine, got under way on Sunday morning at the mass vaccination centre at Galway Racecourse.

The level of Covid-19 infection in the community needs to be driven down much further than it is at currently and it is important people continue to abide by all the public health restrictions to achieve this, the chief executive of the Saolta University Health Care Group, which runs the local public hospitals in the west and north-west, stressed this week.

The number of new cases of Covid-19 has started to fall in Mayo in the past week.

The escalating number of Covid-19 patients in intensive care units (ICUs), combined with high levels of staff absenteeism due to the virus, is putting severe pressure on local hospitals.

The chief executive of the Saolta University Health Care Group, which runs the local public hospitals, has appealed to people to rely on trusted, responsible sources for information on the Covid-19 vaccine.