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Nurses are planning strike action at University Hospital Galway because of unsafe working conditions at its Emergency Department.

The HSE’s winter vaccination programme has begun, with both flu and Covid-19 vaccines available in many pharmacies and GP surgeries.

Councillor Helen Ogbu, supported by fellow councillors Niall McNelis and John McDonagh, has convened a Standing Together Against Racism meeting in Galway.

The Section 39 pay deal is a significant step towards recognising the important role of healthcare workers, a Fine Gael Deputy has said.

University of Galway has announced the 2024 Tarpey Scholarship recipients - Mental Health Nursing student Meghan Murphy and Medicine student Rayna Cox.

On the day the vote tallies began in Headford for the 2020 General Election, I vividly remember seeing a young and determined Louis O’Hara tirelessly working the phones. He was calling friends and colleagues, brimming with excitement and cautious optimism, surprised that he had a real shot at securing a seat in Dáil Éireann.

The HSE Winter vaccination programme is underway in the West and North West this week with the roll out of the free flu and COVID-19 vaccines to recommended groups.

An emergency rally in solidarity with the people of Palestine will take place in Galway city centre on Saturday, July 27, from 2.45pm.

Irish Hospice Foundation’s Time to Reflect Survey has found that the Covid-19 pandemic had a profound impact on people’s experience of death, dying and grieving.

The HSE is seeing an increase in people with respiratory illnesses attending emergency departments - 538 people with flu and 282 with COVID attended its EDs this week, an increase from 312 (flu) and 144 (COVID) the previous week. While our system is responding well, this increasing pressure requires all to play their part in using the right options for care.