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Use vacant properties to solve city’s housing crisis, urges local charity
Vacant properties must be brought back into use in a bid to solve the housing crisis in the city, according to the assistant chief executive of a social services organisation which provides services for homeless people.
People urged to attend ED only for ‘real ‘ emergencies
People were urged this week to attend UHG’s emergency department only in the case of “real emergencies”.
Family Hubs will not solve the housing crisis says Galway politicians
Family Hubs will not solve the housing crisis, but instead deepen and 'normalise' homelessness. Instead, the Government must abandon its reliance on the 'the market' and intervene directly in order to solve this crisis.
Major funds allocated to Galway voluntary emergency response organisations
Galway Mountain Rescue and the Galway section of the Irish Community Rapid Response are set to benefit from funding of more than €90,000, allocated under a new measure of the CLAR Programme to support voluntary organisations which respond to emergencies.
Irish - is it time to declare a language emergency?
‘Most of us don’t want to speak Irish, but we like to have Irish in our lives’, writes the provocative Desmond Fennell, in one of his concluding essays in his just published autobiography.* ‘We cherish Irish, the surveys show, as a precious part of our national heritage. We are glad there are Gaelscoileanna, a Ráidió na Gaeltachta and a TG4; that the destinations of buses are shown in Irish as well as English, and to hear that there is a magazine of news and comment in Irish on the internet. We would not like everything in Ireland to be in English only’.
Westside halting site a ‘knee jerk reaction’ to Traveller accommodation crisis, Cubbard warns
Cllr Mike Cubbard has said he will not support plans to install a temporary halting site on a site owned by Galway City Council in Westside if this comes before the Galway City Council later this month.
Dragon’s generous gift
Dragons’ Den businessman Barry O’Sullivan is selling a dream home on the Aran Islands and donating the proceeds to two homeless charities — Focus Ireland and COPE Galway — to help families escape homelessness.
Need for urgent debate on homelessness crisis in Galway
An urgent debate on how the Government plans to deal with the homelessness emergency between now and Christmas is needed, according to Sinn Féin senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh.
People ‘trapped’ in homeless services due to housing crisis, says Galway Simon
People are being “trapped” in homeless service because of the lack of affordable housing, according to Galway Simon Community.
COPE Galway seeks local solutions to homelessness 'crisis'
COPE Galway has identified access to housing as the single biggest issue experienced by clients of its services.
