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The seasonally adjusted Live Register total increased from 244,500 in September to 260,300 in October, an increase of 15,800, the latest figures from the CSO reveal.

Landlords in Galway city are being asked to assist in COPE Galway’s winter project in a search for a residential property to be used for its ‘Winter Initiative’.

The transition year students of Gort Community School will hold a public dramatisation today, World AIDS Day, to help promote awareness of HIV in children and to inform people of the eight international Millennium Development Goals.

The Midland Simon Community celebrated a major landmark last week with the publication of its annual report, which marks the successful completion of the group’s first three-year strategy in the Midlands. To date the Midlands Simon Community has received over 230 referrals, which represents over 500 people.

The number of families on Westmeath County Council housing lists soared by over 40 per cent between 2005 and March 2008, according to new figures released by the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.

Christmas can be a difficult time of year for many, but it is especially difficult for those experiencing homelessness, when issues such as loneliness, isolation, and poverty become even more challenging. Knowing there is support available can make all the difference.

A Galway VEC literacy project aimed at the fishing industry is among the shortlisted nominees of the 2008 Adults Continuing Education awards.

The Fine Gael spokesperson on community, rural, and Gaeltacht affairs Deputy Michael Ring has warned that newly unemployed people are being hung out to dry by the Government because social welfare offices in Mayo still do not have the staff levels to cope with the worsening unemployment crisis.

Brian Harris, Labour candidate in the Callan Electoral Area, has called on the Minister for Finance to ensure that those on social welfare incomes are spared of additional taxes or reductions in benefits in the forth-coming supplementary budget.

The Galway Simon Community is calling on Galway women to “put homelessness on the run” by taking part in the 2009 Flora Women’s Mini Marathon in Dublin on Monday June 1.