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Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which includes Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, is a condition that involves chronic inflammation of the intestines. It is estimated that IBD impacts 40,000 people in Ireland, affecting all genders equally.1 It can be diagnosed at any age, with peak incidences between ages 15-35 and 50-70.

Siobhán Ní Ghadhra has been appointed as chair of Údarás na Gaeltachta. Her appointment was announced by Catherine Martin, Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, and Thomas Byrne, Minister of State for the Gaeltacht yesterday.

Ryanair has launched its new Future Flyer Academy pilot training programme in partnership with Irish-based and world-renowned international flight school, Atlantic Flight Training Academy (AFTA), which will see over 400 aspiring pilots join the airline group as Second Officers over the next four years.

A masters degree programme being run at University College Cork will help the Saolta University Health Care Group, which runs the public hospitals in the west and north-west of the country, boost the number of radiographers on its books.

More than 8,000 patients over 70 years had to wait in excess of nine hours in the emergency department (ED) of University Hospital Galway last year, it was revealed this week.

It was another momentous day in Athenry last Friday when Ireland’s first National Centre of Excellence dedicated to supporting start up, micro and small food businesses was officially opened by An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar.

The President of Atlantic Technological University (ATU), Dr Orla Flynn, this week launched ATU’s new Alumni Network for graduates and past students of ATU’s three legacy institutes and former RTCs, Galway-Mayo Institute, Institute of Technology Sligo and Letterkenny Institute of Technology in ATU Galway.

Sixty patients have attended a regional menopause clinic since it was set up in November of last year. The facility, which is based at University Hospital Galway, is a specialist service for women with additional needs around menopause care. Women are referred to the clinic which is open one afternoon per week.

The 29th Croí Corrib Charity Cycle makes a return to Galway City, on Sunday June 18 and registration is now open.

Despite the fact that up to 300,000 people are suffering from the impact of long Covid, the HSE is still only at the planning stage in the assessment of the scale of the problem and its possible impact on our health service, local Independent Deputy, Denis Naughten, stated this week.