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Local Sinn Féin Deputy, Claire Kerrane, has said the government’s failure to support ambulance services and paramedics is putting lives at risk.

Mayo Sinn Féin TD, Rose Conway-Walsh has called on the government to urgently publish a multi-annual capacity and workforce plan to meet the needs of patients and improve the ability of the National Ambulance Service to save lives.

Mandatory minimum sentencing is essential for those found guilty of attacks on Emergency Services workers, Galway-based senator Ollie Crowe said last evening.

Constituent Sinn Féin Deputy, Sorca Clarke, has called on her fellow public representatives to support her party’s motion in the Dáil to stand up for rural communities and ensure they receive fair and balanced investment from government.

Despite the announcement that funding would be given to expand ambulance services in Connemara, concerns remain over the location of an ambulance base for the region.

Speaking with the Athlone Advertiser this week, Town Mayor, Cllr. Frankie Keena, expressed his aspiration that a chink of light is now emerging following the planned phased lockdown exit announcement.

Seven new NUI Galway projects to respond to the COVID-19 emergency were announced by Minister for Business, Enterprise, and Innovation, Heather Humphreys, TD yesterday (Wednesday) evening.

Portiuncula University Hospital spent €307,000 on private ambulances last year, it was revealed this week.

A doctor and several nurses were the heroes of the hour when he helped deliver a baby girl on board a train travelling from Galway to Dublin on Tuesday evening.