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Croí, the Heart and Stroke Charity, made a significant impact by actively participating in two pivotal events simultaneously, addressing cardiovascular health issues on both the European and Irish fronts.

Labour City Councillor Niall Mc Nelis, has urgently called upon the Government to take decisive action and empower our Local Authorities to combat the staggering loneliness epidemic in our communities.

12 artists, all graduates of Atlantic Technological University (ATU) Galway were selected to display their work at a new art exhibition that was held at the European Parliament in Brussels.

“It’s time to turn up the heat at both an Irish and European level and give firefighters the protection, working conditions and compensation they deserve,” the message delivered by Midlands-North-West MEP, Maria Walsh, when she met with her colleagues on the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) in the European Parliament this week.

The Government must acknowledge the changes needed in healthcare services and policies in all sectors if we are to truly care for, protect and discuss the mental health of Irish citizens.

Moate student Eimear Keenan was one of just 24 teenagers from all over the island of Ireland to be presented with a Rotary Youth Leadership Development certificate at the European Parliament’s offices in Dublin recently.

Midlands-North-West MEP Maria Walsh has stated that an agreement has been reached with EU countries to introduce binding pay-transparency measures.

The decision of the EU Transport Council in Brussels to include the Port of Galway on the revised Trans-European Transport Network Regulation and therefore eligible for massive EU funding paves the way for the development of the facility to be a major player in the renewable energy industry.

I have been on many of these trips over the decades, but maybe it's age, or maybe it's the lack of proximity since the last one, but this visit of work seems the most interesting. Most trips over the years have been dominated by agriculture or fishing, and while both are still firmly on the agenda, the menu of topics for the European project has greatly expanded in the past few years, the past few months and the past few days.

It’s Wednesday evening and I type these words in a quiet corner of the Berlaymont in Brussels. Outside the evening is a grey November, not quite frosty yet, but winter is on the way. And perhaps a sort of winter is on the way for the institution in whose building I am working.