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YOUNG GALWAY musicians are tuning up to win a €3,000 prize to develop their musical talent as the Fr Frank Maher Classical Music Awards seeks entries for 2014.

A world famous heart expert with strong west of Ireland links paid tribute to the Croi heart and stroke centre in Galway earlier this week.

New figures on alcohol abuse by young people should “scare the hell out of any parent” as they reveal the “serious damage” to health underage drinking is causing.

Dr David Finn of NUI Galway has been awarded the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland’s Doctor Award for best paper published in an indexed journal in 2012 in the Pain/Anaesthesia category.

The role of centres of excellence in treating cancer will feature during Ireland’s largest surgical conference to be held at NUI, Galway next month. Over 300 delegates are expected to attend the 37th Sir Peter Freyer Memorial Lecture and Surgical Symposium which takes place from 7- 8 September.

The stigma associated with sexually transmitted infections (STI) is the main barrier preventing young people from seeking tests for the conditions, according to new research.

The Village Nursing Care Centre in Craughwell was last week announced as a finalist for the second annual NHI Care Awards.

New babies are set to benefit from a new childhood immunisation schedule recommended by the Royal College of Physicians, according to local Fianna Fail TD Frank Fahey.

The National Immunisation Advisory Committee of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI) has recommended that pregnant women and those breast-feeding should receive the vaccine for swine flu (H1N1).