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Specialists in the Obesity Service, Galway University Hospitals (GUH) are raising awareness of obesity and their campaign calls upon everyone to be a part of positive change needed to deal with obesity.

Figures released by Iarnród Éireann to Clare Fine Gael TD Joe Cooney show that the number of passenger journeys on rail services between Limerick and Galway, via Ennis, Oranmore and Athenry, have increased by over 17% in 2024.

A Galwaywoman who was bitten by a tick and subsequently went on to develop Lyme Disease has started a campaign for public signage warning against the dangers to be erected in public recreational areas.

HR managers from public and private organisations in the west and northwest will gather in Atlantic Technological University (ATU) on Friday 7 March (2pm), for a workshop event titled “Culture, Communications and Change in People Management” in ATU’s Mayo Campus (Castlebar).

Research led by a team of investigators at University of Galway has revealed that frailty has a greater impact than age on the outcomes of patients being weaned off invasive mechanical ventilation, required by patients with various forms of respiratory failure.

The rising cost of obesity in Ireland is projected to soar from €8bn in 2019 to €13.4bn in 2030, with 60 per cent of adults living with overweight or obesity — putting them at greater risk of diseases like type 2 diabetes, heart disease and many cancers. Despite these statistics, people who want to lose weight are increasingly feeling lost, desperate and hopeless — their self-confidence and self-belief that anything can help them, worn away.

Dearbhail Rodgers shares how she went from never wanting to be photographed and dreading social occasions to gaining a new lease of life after losing 10 stone with Slimming World. This December, she celebrated three years as a target member, and the confidence and happiness she has gained is undeniable.

The commercial market throughout Galway city and the west of Ireland has proven to be resilient throughout 2024. In the first quarter of the year, the commercial market stabilised after a slight correction within 2023. Due to a combination of factors including fluctuating interest rates and political uncertainty both locally an internationally, demand for commercial investment properties was somewhat stagnant. With limited supply being offered to the market, demand increased within both Q3 and Q4 respectively.

The absence of children’s rheumatology services in the West and the lack of data on how many children are seeking these services is deeply concerning, according to Cllr John Connolly.

University Hospital Galway has become the first hospital in the country to use a new biological aortic valve, putting it at the forefront of valvular heart surgery.