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Galway Hospice Foundation has launched Carers Connect, a new fortnightly peer support group in Galway designed to support carers of people living with a life-limiting illness.

Independent Councillor Geraldine Donohue will host a free Information Session for family carers across Galway on Friday, January 30 at 11.00am in Sullivan’s Royal Hotel, Gort. The event aims to provide vital, up-to-date information and practical guidance for those caring for family members in their homes and communities.

Galway Autism Partnership (GAP), a registered charity based in Galway city, is committed to supporting autistic people and the dedicated carers in their lives. As part of this mission, GAP is proud to launch a transformative Career Guidance and Well-being Programme designed specifically for family carers and young carers under 25, funded by the Pobal Dormant Accounts Fund Scheme.

For more than half a century, a highly skilled cadre of specialised hospital staff have cared for the most complex and critically ill patients in Galway.

They save the Irish State a reported €20 billion per anum, but spend their days constantly having to fight for recognition for their work. Despite living in the third 'wealthiest' country in the world, the life of a carer within the home in Ireland is one of financial and career insecurity, loneliness and anxiety.

Family Carers Ireland says there is an urgent need for long-term solutions to address the financial hardship facing family carers amid a worsening cost-of-living crisis.

Sarah Ann Buday (13) from Tuam, has been named the Netwatch Connacht Young Carer of the Year for going above and beyond for her young siblings and baby sister Esther (15 months) who has Trisomy21 and AVSD.

The Alzheimer Society of Ireland (The ASI) welcomes family carers of loved ones with dementia to attend its upcoming Face-to-Face Family Carer Training Course in the Sligo Park Hotel.

Local Fine Gael Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke has confirmed that a series of improvements to the Government’s supports for carers are now in effect.

Family Carers Ireland has launched a nationwide call for nominations for its Netwatch ‘Family Carer of the Year Awards’.