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The University of Galway Cancer Network, in partnership in the HSE West and North West has been accredited by the Organisation of European Cancer Institutes (OECI), making it the 20th such network to achieve cancer centre accreditation across Europe.

This year saw the sad passing of a wonderfully talented musician from Galway, Martin Murray. Martin started his career as a young lad here in Galway in the Patrician Boys Band & the Galway Youth Orchestra before joining St Patricks Brass Band and also playing with a number of local jazz bands around town including The Moonlight Jazz Band and Black Magic Big Band.

Cancer Care West supported over 2,800 cancer patients and their families throughout 2023, with more than half of these patients being newly diagnosed. As the charity marked its 30th anniversary, the numbers supported reflect both a rising need and the essential role Cancer Care West plays in the lives of thousands of people across the West and Northwest of Ireland.

The Cancer Care West Support Centre in Galway has announced their Peer Support Group Winter schedule. These support groups provide a platform for those affected by cancer to come together – to connect, to share experiences, to ask questions of each other and sometimes to simply chat and laugh together.

TV and Radio journalist and presenter Philip Boucher-Hayes was in Galway to launch a new book for primary and post primary teachers. Edited by Galway based academic Associate Professor Anne Dolan, Teaching the Sustainable Development Goals to Young Citizens (10-16 years) A Focus on Teaching Hope, Respect, Empathy and Advocacy in Schools is a key resource for teachers at a time of war, environmental crisis, migration and human rights abuses.

Fianna Fáil General Election candidate for Galway West, Gráinne Seoige, has responded to recent criticism on her campaign to improve cancer treatment facilities in Galway, dismissing claims that she has ‘no regard’ for the cancer teams based in the west.

Gráinne Seoige’s comments about cancer services in Galway are deeply irresponsible and only serve to scaremonger patients and their families, a Fine Gael General Election candidate has said.

Charity group My Legacy is calling on people in Galway to include a gift to a good cause in their Will after a new survey found over a third of Irish people would leave a little something extra to charity if tax breaks were available to beneficiaries.

University of Galway Students’ Union has opened the application process for charities wishing to be considered as beneficiaries for its annual fundraising campaign for 2024/25.

University of Galway Students’ Union has opened the application process for charities wishing to be considered as beneficiaries for its annual fundraising campaign for 2024/25.