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The Cancer Care West Support Centre in Galway has announced their Peer Support Group Winter schedule. These support groups provide a platform for those affected by cancer to come together – to connect, to share experiences, to ask questions of each other and sometimes to simply chat and laugh together.

A replacement MRI scanner, which cost €1.9m to upgrade and install, has come into operation at University Hospital Galway. The first patients to use the MRI scanner had their scans carried out just before Christmas.

Robert O’Leary is a Kinsale native, who after 30 years of service in Eli Lilly was looking forward to his retirement and further pursuing his love of GAA and walking.

Athlone Town Mayor, Cllr. Aengus O’Rourke, has lauded the work ethos of former Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr Tony Holohan, as he departed his post last week to care for his ill wife.

NUI Galway researcher John Daly was named PhD Researcher of the Year at the recent Irish Cancer Society Research Awards. Mr Daly, who is currently doing a PhD with NUI Galway, was presented with the award for his studies into combatting multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer for which there is currently no cure.

University Hospital Galway is the first hospital in the country to host an inspiring exhibition which features the stories of 10 breast cancer survivors.