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The “huge and incessant bombardment” of gambling advertisements during the recent Cheltenham races has “reiterated the need” for a full ban on such ads.

Local Fine Gael Senator, Aisling Dolan, has welcomed the recent launch of the Seanad 100 programme.

As the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person (Amendment) (Stalking) Bill 2021 has passed through the Seanad, Fianna Fáil Senator Lisa Chambers is calling on members of the Dáil to pass the bill without delay. Senator Chambers brought forward the legislation in July 2021 that sought to introduce an offence of Stalking into Irish law.

Local authorities in the State are to be given new powers to tackle illegal dumping using CCTV, drones, and number plate recognition technology.

IF YOU did not get tickets to Tommy Tiernan’s Róisín Dubh shows in January or Leisureland shows in February, fear not, there will be a chance to see him at the Galway Comedy Festival.

Local Sinn Féin Deputy, Sorca Clarke, has called on the Government to urgently address the backlog for assessment of needs after it was confirmed that a backlog of approximately 4000 has developed.

No additional beds will be provided for University Hospital Galway in the Winter Plan agreed at Cabinet, despite 205 additional beds being provided nationwide.

In the face of the existential threat that is Climate Change, Galway Green senator Pauline O’Reilly said there is still room for “hope”.

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"UHG has consistently been the most and second most overcrowded hospital in the State in recent weeks, and this is with non-Covid related admissions. We need to break this cycle of overcrowding crisis at UHG.”