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Two Galway-based social enterprises are among the 28 to receive an award from Rethink Ireland’s social enterprise funding.

Homecare provider Connected Health has announced the creation of 100 new social care jobs in County Mayo.

A Government-funded programme that supports migrants in the International Protection System who have been granted the right to work, has celebrated its recent successes at an event in Galway. The celebration was attended by participants, local employers, Cllr Terry O’Flaherty and Cllr Alan Cheevers, and Daragh Solan from the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY).

Mark Gibbons lives in Belmullet; he was born with a hereditary disease called Retinitis Pigmentosa. It affects everyone’s sight differently but in Mark's case, he gradually became virtually blind over a period of 20 years.

Under the heading ‘Panic in the town last night’ The Connacht Tribune told the story of the attack on Clifden on March 19 1921: ‘Following the shooting of RIC Constable Reynolds, and the wounding of Constable Sweeney (who was to die from his wounds some hours later), at Clifden last night, panic reigned in the town and nine of the principal houses were burned.

Galway Community Café is a café with a difference. Located in Mr Waffle on Newcastle Road, the premises changes in the evening from a popular dining spot to a much quieter space. Here, anyone who is concerned about their mental health can sit and talk to someone who will understand what they are going through.

825 new full-time jobs were created in Gaeltacht companies in 2021, the highest number of jobs created in one year since 2008. When job reductions are taken into account, there is a net increase of 446 in overall employment – the largest annual net increase since 1996.

Following the inability of Tom Martin and his daughter Mary, the Princess of Connemara, to meet the debts on their vast encumbered estate, they were sued by the Law Life Assurance Society and ordered to sell it in its entirety.

A pharmacy retail counter assistant course that is exempt from course fees, will start on November 1 at GRETB Training Centre in Mervue, Galway.

More than €1.8 million of the Government’s Student Hardship Fund will go towards providing financial and mental health supports for third-level students in Galway.