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For the moment Brian Cowen is safe in his position as Taoiseach, but let no one be fooled, he is a dead man walking. He says he is not “on probation” but the only one who believes that is himself.

Any doubt as to whether there will be future ward closures at Mayo General Hospital was clarified this week when the director of operations of HSE west confirmed that there will definitely be ward closures in all public hospitals in the future.

The HSE West apologised this week to a 94-year-old Connemara great-grandmother of 34 children who had to spend two nights on a trolley at UHG’s A&E department.

University Hospital Galway’s emergency department - which continues to hit the headlines due to overcrowding problems - will be put under the spotlight next month when a national A&E forum will be held in Galway to examine ways to improves its service.

Insider has often commented on what he sees as the faults and failings (and occasionally virtues) of the individual city councillors, but it is time he turned his attention onto the 30 members of the Galway County Council.

Major grants have been awarded to the Corrandulla and Caherlistrane areas so that important works can be carried out on the local infrastructure.

Éamon Ó Cuív, in one of his final acts as Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, has sanctioned money for works at Annaghdown Pier.

Funding of €228,148 has been allocated for the design stage of the Claregalway Inner Relief Road under the 2010 Regional and Local Roads Programme.

The trouble with the Oranmore electoral area is that it divides into a number of distinct areas. The three candidates left representing the people are clustered around the northern end in Turloughmore, Annaghdown, and Claregalway. Leaving three distinct regions Carnmore to Cold wood, Oranmore/Maree, and Clarenbridge without any representation.

Tuam has increased its natural hinterland on the west and may have lost some wise councillors on the east. The change was a natural alignment on paper by bringing the East Galway regions of the Oranmore electoral ward into the Tuam ward, while adding to the hinterland of Ballinasloe town.