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Mayo doctor appointed to board of Irish Community Air Ambulance
The Irish Community Air Ambulance, formerly Irish Community Rapid Response, has made a number of new appointments to its board - including Mayo native, Dr Lisa Cunningham.
Mayo lifeboat crews launched 21 times last year
The RNLI is launching its Mayday Mile fundraiser as the charity’s rescue figures for 2020 show that volunteer lifeboat crews at its lifeboat stations in Mayo launched 21 times and brought 16 people to safety.
Patient Advocacy Service offers support to people in Galway
A newly established Patient Advocacy Service is offering support to people in the Galway area who want to make a complaint about the care they have received in a public hospital.
One in three people who are homeless are women, says Galway Simon Community
Homelessness and housing charity Galway Simon Community has issued an appeal highlighting the challenges experienced by women in homelessness. More than one in three of the adults the charity supported in 2020 were women.
Social Democrats - no hope or a new hope?
Never before has there been such scrutiny on the social contract we as a society have with each other. The Government's handling of Covid-19 has highlighted many of the long term inefficiencies in the State’s two-tier healthcare system, its unaffordable housing, and the precarious economy.
‘I’ve had a good experience in Galway, but there are still times I feel unsafe’
From being one of the last countries in Western Europe to decriminalise homosexuality in 1993, to becoming the first State in the world to legalise same-sex marraige through a public viote in 2015, the change in Ireland’s attitudes towards its LGBT+ citizens has been one of the most positive and rapid of recent social developments.
Construction to begin on €30 million nursing home and mental health facilities for Tuam
Construction is to begin on two major health projects for Tuam - a new community nursing unit and a mental health day facility and disability unit - totalling more than €30 million.
Hanley calls for dedicated Eating Disorder Team for west of Ireland
A dedicated team to tackle eating disorders in the west of Ireland, and provide support and treatment to sufferers, must be established.
Councillor demands Horse Exclusion Zones to deal with ‘repeated instances of animal cruelty’
Horse drawn carriages should be banned from all national primary and secondary roads, as should the racing of horse drawn vehicles in County Galway.
Local Londis raises €10,000 for LauraLynn Children’s Hospice
Mayo Retailer, Gerry Casey and his team in Casey’s Londis Castlebar, Ballina, Galway, Limerick and Kildare, raised an incredible €10,000 for Londis’ official charity partner - LauraLynn Ireland’s Children’s Hospice - during the February 280,000 Step Challenge.
