Major remote working survey launched by NUI Galway and the Western Development Commission

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

Researchers from the Whitaker Institute at NUI Galway and the Western Development Commission (WDC) have launched a national survey to gather data on employees’ experiences of remote working in these unprecedented times. This project is being led by Professor Alma McCarthy, Professor Alan Ahearne and Dr Katerina Bohle-Carbonell at NUI Galway and Tomás Ó Síocháin and Deirdre Frost at WDC.

Cannon welcomes move to bring Druid classics into people’s homes

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

An east Galway TD has welcomed the move by Druid Theatre to make some of its classic productions available for free for people at home.

Hurling and camogie clubs raise money for frontline workers

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

An east Galway hurling club and camogie club have raised more than €5,000 to help fund the purchase of PPE, food, and medical supplies for frontline health and care workers.

'I try to accept the darkness and remind myself a new day is around the corner'

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

I could write a blindingly different article on my response to this pandemic and how it has affected me, depending on the day I put pen to paper.

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Coronavirus or not, a recession was coming

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

Insider has had a lot of time to think recently, particularly about the narratives that we are all subject to from various sources within society, whether it is Government, the media, special interest groups, or far-right conspiracy theorists.

Connolly concerned extra capacity in private hospitals 'not being used appropriately'

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

Less than 30 days after an agreement was signed between private hospitals in Galway and the Saolta group, the extra capacity in the private hospitals is "not being used appropriately".

Additional frontline healthcare staff budgeted for in the HSE 2020 Service Plan

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

Despite the "immense challenge of Covid 19", concern has been expressed in Galway that commitments to recruit frontline community healthcare staff would not be met this year.

McNelis calls on families to donate unwanted instruments to clubs and schools

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

Every home has an unused guitar, tin whistle, tennis racket, or running machine, and a call has gone out for these to be donated to clubs, schools and individuals across the city and county.

Croí adds its voice to global call to heart valve patients

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

Among those most impacted by COVID-19 are individuals living with heart disease or with specific heart conditions such as heart valve disease.

People with underlying heart disease or with certain heart conditions such as heart valve disease are among the most impacted by the coronavirus because of factors outside of their control, but also due to some things under their control, according to Croí CEO Neil Johnson, who has joined a global call for heart valve disease patients and their carers to take as much control as possible of their heart health during this global pandemic.

Canney welcomes signing of MOU between Inland Fisheries Ireland and Cairde na Chláir

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

Inland Fisheries Ireland and Cairde na Chláir, representing four of its angling clubs on the Clare River, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to enable both parties to collaborate on the conservation and development of brown trout and salmon and their habitat on the Clare River.

What you’re feeling is what we’re all feeling

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

There is a scene in the film White Mischief where a permanently-sozzled character Alice de Janze played by Sarah Miles, makes her way to the window on a grand morning and looks out across the African plains, takes in the endless heat and staring at what lies before her, groans and says something along the lines of “Oh God, not another bloody beautiful day.”

Saolta chief appeals to the sick to attend hospital

Thu, Apr 23, 2020

The number of patients attending the emergency departments (EDs) of local hospitals has dropped dramatically during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Galway man to forefront in search for COVID-19 vaccine

Thu, Apr 23, 2020

Galwayman Gordon Joyce, Chief of Structural Biology at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Washington DC, is at the forefront of the work being done across the world to find a vaccine for the Coronavirus.

Domestic violence threatens to become a 'powderkeg' under the Lockdown

Thu, Apr 23, 2020

Some crimes and abuses can remain hidden from society and are not talked about. Domestic violence is one of these. It is insidious, and under the lockdown, threatens to become a powderkeg.

Galway Hospice to benefit from additional Government funding

Thu, Apr 23, 2020

Galway Hospice is set to benefit from new funding as part of a Government decision to end an anomaly which has seen voluntary sector hospices receive less State funding than others.

Farrell demands funding package to support mná tí and Gaeltacht summer colleges

Thu, Apr 23, 2020

While a cancellation of the Gaeltacht summer colleges was expected, the absence of any support packages for the colleges and the man tí has been condemned by a Galway TD.

Give healthcare worker a bonus May Day payment as a 'gesture of solidarity'

Thu, Apr 23, 2020

A one-off payment of €1,000 should be issued to healthcare workers during the May Day Bank Holiday as a gesture of solidarity and appreciation by the Government.

GIAF to wait until May before deciding fate of this year's festival

Thu, Apr 23, 2020

The Galway International Arts Festival is waiting for the Government's next major announcement in May before making a decision on whether or not to proceed with this year's festival.

Decision to close allotments slammed by People Before Profit Galway

Thu, Apr 23, 2020

People Before Profit Galway has condemned the decision by Galway City Council to close the allotments in Merlin Park Woods in response to the covid-19 pandemic.

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