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The issue of smoking outside public hospitals in Galway was raised at the Health Forum West meeting this month once more by chairman, Padraig Conneely, who stated there were problems for smokers wanting to have a cigarette since the ban was introduced last month.

Patients did not show up for 35,000 outpatient appointments at Galway University Hospitals (UHG and Merlin Park) last year.

From yesterday, Galway University Hospitals (GUH) has introduced a smoke free campus policy on National No Smoking Day which means that patients and visitors will no longer be allowed to smoke in areas near the entrance and must leave the grounds to do so.

The HSE’s decision to appoint an additional three-person management team at Galway University Hospitals was taken because the existing management structure did not compare with other Irish teaching hospitals, the health authority’s regional director of operations said this week.

Many thought it would not happen before the Volvo Ocean Race. Many believed it would not happen long after the race left Galway, but this week it was confirmed that the massive oil tanks at the docks will be taken down by the end of April.

Kia Motors Europe is celebrating a remarkable 2009 sales performance and the start of the New Year, by offering an industry-leading seven year warranty on every new Kia vehicle sold in Europe. The Korean carmaker says that once again it is demonstrating that the brand has The Power to Surprise.

Kia Motors Europe is celebrating a remarkable 2009 sales performance and the start of the New Year, by offering an industry-leading 7-year warranty on every new Kia vehicle sold in Europe. The Korean carmaker says that once again demonstrating that the brand has ‘The Power to Surprise’.