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An Post defends decision to transfer staff in Galway
Galway Bay fm newsroom – An Post is defending its transfer of 31 staff to a new Delivery Service Unit in Loughrea.
Galway East T.D Paul Connaughton says he’s opposed to a move which would see 13 staff from Athenry relocated to Loughrea.
In a statement to Galway Bay fm News, An Post says it’s part of a national programme to improve the efficiency of its mails collection and delivery operations.
According to An Post, postal staff in Loughrea, Kylebrack, Craughwell and Tynagh will move to the new Loughrea Delivery Service Unit at Cottagehill Business Park.
The facility will include a purpose-fitted mails processing operation with customer and staff facilities.
An Post says the move has been fully agreed at national level by the company and union representing staff.
The move to Loughrea DSU will involve 18 postal staff – 13 from Loughrea, 3 from Kylebrack and Craughwell and one each from Woodford and Tynagh.
Early next year, 13 staff currently based in Athenry will also move to the new centre in Loughrea.
An Post says it has been upgrading local mail delivery operations into larger purpose-built facilities for a number of years.
Gardai investigations are ongoing following a serious road traffic collision outside Craughwell this afternoon.
Emergency services attended the scene of the single-vehicle collision on the N6 on the Galway side of Craughwell this afternoon at approximately 3pm.
A male motorcyclist was seriously injured and removed from the scene to University Hospital Galway.
Investigations are ongoing.
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MEP says that Ireland must introduce a specific mental health strategy to address what is a “Silent Pandemic”
Ireland must introduce a specific mental health strategy to address the silent pandemic that is casting a shadow across the farming community in rural Ireland.
That was the message delivered by Midlands-North-West MEP Maria Walsh, when she hosted an event in Brussels this week with her EPP colleagues.
As part of EU Mental Health Week, the Fine Gael MEP hosted the event with the Belgian MEP, focussing on mental health and suicide prevention within the farming community.
As part of the event, As part of the event, MEP Walsh invited representatives from UCD’s School of Agriculture and Food Science, and from the School of Psychology, to share their research and they highlighted the frightening reality that 25% of Irish farmers are at risk of suicide.
Speaking to Galway Bay FM News this afternoon, MEP Walsh said that it was a terrifying statistic.
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Clifden RNLI appeals for people to be careful out at sea following two callouts in 24 hours
Clifden RNLI is advising people to be careful when out on the sea this weekend and throughout the summer.
Volunteer Crews were called out twice in the last 24 hours.
First to tow a broken-down boat with two people on board to safety yesterday evening and again at midnight to a medivac from Inishbofin.
At 6.45pm. Clifden’s Atlantic 85 lifeboat was tasked by Malin Head Coast Guard to assist a boat that had broken down.
The crew launched Joyce King in beautiful sunny conditions, helmed by David Barry with crew James Mullen, Joseph Acton and Brian Ward.
They were assisted in launching by Neil Gallery and John Brendan Mannion on shore.
The second call-out came at midnight,
Clifden’s all-weather lifeboat St Christopher was tasked to medivac an injured person from Inishbofin.
The casualty had sustained a head injury from a fall.
The lifeboat slipped her moorings under the command of James Mullen, (Coxswain), with John Mullen, Joseph Acton, Dan Whelan and Neil Gallery as crew.
Lifeboat Operations Manager John Brittain has this advice for everyone who is planning on using the water this weekend.
Motorcyclist seriously injured in Road Traffic Collision outside Craughwell
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Clifden RNLI appeals for people to be careful out at sea following two callouts in 24 hours
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