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Sinn Féin General Election candidate for Galway East, Cllr Louis O’Hara, has said that carers across Galway are struggling financially and receiving payments way below the established minimum essential standard of living. O’Hara argues that the means test for carers allowance must be abolished and that Sinn Féin in government are committed to doing so.

For more than half a century, a highly skilled cadre of specialised hospital staff have cared for the most complex and critically ill patients in Galway.

Local Independent Deputy, Denis Naughten, is one of a group of elected representatives who is seeking an end to the means testing of family carers.

They save the Irish State a reported €20 billion per anum, but spend their days constantly having to fight for recognition for their work. Despite living in the third 'wealthiest' country in the world, the life of a carer within the home in Ireland is one of financial and career insecurity, loneliness and anxiety.

Due to the phenomenal growth in demand for their homecare services, Bluebird Care has vacancies for both full and part-time Healthcare Assistants in the Galway city and county areas.

Due to the phenomenal growth in demand for their homecare services, Bluebird Care has vacancies for both full and part-time healthcare assistants in the Galway city and county areas.

A message from Patrick Towey, General Manager, RHS Home Care

During Carers Week we celebrate the valuable contribution made by carers in our local communities, in particular the ways in which carers support older and dependent people to continue to live in the familiar surroundings of their own homes. It is an opportune time to remind carers of some of the changes recently made to Carers Allowance, paid by the Department of Social Protection (DSP).

NUI Galway’s School of Psychology is seeking participants for a new study to examine the psychological factors which may have been protective for family carers of people with dementia in Ireland during the past year of the Covid-19 Pandemic.

Family Carers Ireland, the national charity supporting Ireland’s family carers, have announced that this year’s Netwatch Mayo and Connacht Family Carer of the Year is Una Biggins from Deerpark, Clogher, Claremorris.