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Galway Simon Community has expressed its concern about the escalating Covid-19 crisis but assures the general public they are doing everything they can to ensure those they are supporting can remain safe.

A local mental health organisation is providing free counselling for people with gambling addictions. The service is available seven days a week and will also operate out of hours.

A local mental health organisation is providing free counselling for people with gambling addictions. The service is available seven days a week and will also operate out of hours.

Independent councillor James Charity has called for the implementation of a ‘horse exclusion zone’ in part of the Carrowbrowne area to protect the welfare of animals abandoned in flood waters over the weekend.

An innovative work of Midlands Simon Community which aims at supporting people to move from the insecurity of homelessness to the safety of having a home of one’s own has been commended in the debate on homelessness held in the European Parliament.

THE GALWAY Anti Racism Network is hosting a Love Music Hate Racism gig at the Galway Rowing Club, Woodquay, tomorrow from 6.30pm, until late.

As a sense of family and belonging pervades this festive season, the homelessness crisis continues to persist at local level as we approach a new calendar year.

When someone uses the term "I'm not racist, but..." it is a sure sign that they are, and there is growing concern across Galway about the recent trend in racist views being expressed so openly.

With 1,726 families in homeless accommodation, the need to urgently release up to 9,000 family homes which are locked out of the housing market as a result of the Fair Deal Nursing Home Scheme is paramount, according to Denis Naughten TD.

Local homeless charity Galway Simon Community is calling on people in their local community to join them in marking the organisation’s 40 years in Galway.