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Researchers at University of Galway are seeking participants with chronic health conditions for a new project aimed at ensuring the needs and interests of patients and healthcare workers are included in future Irish health research.

Former jockey Nina Carberry, Olympian David Gillick and exercise physiologist, Dr Brian Carson, recently launched Vhi’s ‘More Than Running’ campaign to highlight the various health benefits taking part in parkrun can bring to all its participants.

Almost €5 million in capital funding for Mayo University Hospital and other healthcare facilities in Mayo was announced yesterday.

The service disruptions at Mayo University Hospital as a result of the ransomware attack on the HSE IT systems are expected to continue this week.

The service disruptions at Mayo University Hospital as a result of the ransomware attack on the HSE IT systems are expected to continue for the rest of this week.

Fr Stephen Imbarrato, the US pro-life activist Catholic priest whose exorcism outside an abortion clinic near Dublin attracted widespread international media coverage, is planning to return to Ireland in February and to include Galway during his time here.

AIDS West will host its annual World AIDS Day Candlelit Memorial Concert at St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church at 8pm on Sunday December 1.

The findings of the National Patient Experience Survey, launched on Monday last, highlight positive patient experiences at Mayo University Hospital, showing above average positive findings for the Castlebar based campus.

From the mid 1930s to the mid 1950s Galway medical services were on the verge of collapse. The situation at the Central Hospital was particularly chaotic. By 1933 the hospital had a nominal 317 acute beds but overcrowding soon became a permanent feature of the general and medical wards. In March 1938 the number of patients exceeded the beds by 10, with 251 in general wards, 52 in the fever, and 24 in maternity. It was common practice to accommodate patients on mattresses laid out between the beds.

The New Year is a great time to look to the year ahead and make positive changes, and one such change that many people think of is to get fit and be more active. The Get Ireland Active website (www.getirelandactive.ie) is a great resource for anyone who would like to get more active and is looking for advice and suggestions on where to begin. The website was developed by HSE as a one-stop information source on how to get involved in physical activity.