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The recent annual Croagh Patrick climb in aid of Galway Hospice was a huge success, setting a new record with more than 1,000 climbers taking part, an increase of 800 on the previous year.

Local TD Denis Naughten has voiced concern that the new hospital grouping plans, along with the ongoing HIQA report into maternity services, may detrimentally impact on the provision of maternity services in Portiuncula Hospital.

Roscommon Hospital is to gain a rehabilitation unit, while there are fears that Portiuncula Hospital’s maternity unit may be under threat, after the hospitals become part of a new group announced by the Minister for Health on Tuesday.

Mayo General Hospital is to be included in one of six new hospital groups being formed. The Castlebar facility will form part of a new hospital group in the west and northwest along with University Hospital Galway, Merlin Park, Sligo Regional Hospital, Letterkenny General Hospital, Portiuncula Hospital, and Roscommon County Hospital.

One man was being treated for serious injuries in Portiuncula Hospital yesterday following an early morning crash near the town.

A city businesswoman, a rural GP and the former president of the Volvo Ocean Race finale are among the non-executive directors of the Board of the Galway and Roscommon University Hospitals Group.

Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe is to benefit from 50 new replacement beds, after plans for an extension ward came through the first stage of approval.

A number of medical students from NUI Galway and the University of Limerick will carry out a large component of their training at Portiuncula Hospital as part of the setting up of a joint medical academy at the Ballinasloe facility.

A youth who bottled a Spanish student in the face on St Patrick’s Day saying “This is our day, not yours”, had his sentencing postponed for a week to see if he could come up with € 3,500 in compensation.

Almost nine out of 10 patients who attended Portiuncula Hospital’s emergency department in December were “seen” and discharged within six hours.