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Galway Simon concerned about what lies ahead this winter
Galway Simon Community has launched its 2022 Annual Impact Report, highlighting the continuing demand on its services during another very challenging year, but remaining very concerned about the state of the housing crisis as we enter another winter.
Craughwell, a shocking example of a national speeding crisis - Cannon
Local Fine Gael TD Ciaran Cannon has described the results of a speed survey in Craughwell village as a shocking example of a national speeding crisis and has urged Taoiseach Leo Varadkar immediately engage with the Gardai, the Road Safety Authority, and the Minister for Transport in an effort to tackle speeding head on and ensure the safety of vulnerable road users.
COPE Galway Sleepout Friday night to raise much-needed funds
Friday, December 2, 40 business leaders will leave behind the comfort of their homes to sleep out in Galway’s cold winter weather with just a sleeping bag. They are raising vital funds for the local charity’s Homeless Service as they take part in COPE Galway’s 11th annual Business Leaders’ Sleep Out. This event comes on foot of the record numbers of homeless people nationally reported for October 2022 with 11,397, including 3,480 children living in emergency accommodation.
Energy crisis is a national emergency for businesses, says Supermacs chief
The Managing Director of Supermac’s, Pat McDonagh, has predicted that ten per cent of small businesses will be closed by the end of the year if the energy crisis is not dealt with by the Government in the upcoming budget.
Simon Communities of Ireland aim to end ongoing homelessness crisis
The Simon Communities of Ireland have launched this year’s Simon Week, with a call to support the Simon Bill.
Will the housing crisis prove the undoing of this Government?
As the smoke begins to clear from the havoc wreaked by the pandemic, the provision of housing will more and more take centre stage, with a huge mountain to climb before we get to a situation where supply comes even close to meeting demand.
With funding at crisis levels, merging the county and city councils must be considered
It is with some bemusement that I noted the recent contributions in Seanad Éireann regarding the future of local authority arrangements in Galway and, in particular, the voicing of opposition to the amalgamation of the Galway county and city councils.
Greater leadership needed for those teaching through a crisis
“Any fool can handle a crisis, it’s this day-to-day living that wears you down.”
Sleeping rough for ninth annual COPE Galway sleep-out
Twenty-nine Galwegians will once again don their warmest coats and hats to sleep out on Shop Street for the homeless.
Thirty Mayo households currently in emergency accommodation
Thirty households in Mayo are currently being homed in emergency accommodation.
