Galway Bay FM News Archives
GALWAY HOSPICE SET FOR MAJOR EXPANSION
Date Published: 07-Sep-2007
The Galway Hospice in conjunction with the HSE, is seeking to more then double its patient capacity and increase the number of beds from 12 to 26.
The Galway Hospice Foundation has purchased two adjoining bungalows on the Dublin road and is applying to Galway City Council for permission to knock the structures to extend the Hospice.
Sean O’Healy, chief executive of the Galway Hospice Foundation says that in the last three months alone they’ve had 77 new referrals and 242 people attended their day-care services.
Mr. O’Healy says that the expansion is essential because they are now planning to expand day-care from two to four days a week.
An application for capital funding has been submitted to the government following a needs assessment study.
€4.4 million has already been earmarked for the project in the future capital estimates program.
Date Published: 07-May-2013
Tuam has secured it’s second import of hay from the UK this afternoon in a bid to address the ongoing fodder crisis in the west.
A load of between 40 and 50 bales arrived at the Connacht Gold store in Airglooney for distribution throughout the county.
It follows a similar load last Thursday to the Tuam outlet.
The co-op also took a load of imported hay to the mart in Maam Cross over the weekend, however most of the bales had already been pre-assigned to farmers.
Further loads of hay are expected to arrive across the west and north west tonight and tomorrow morning.
Date Published: 09-May-2013
281 offers of social housing were made by the city and county councils last year.
Figures provided by the local authorities show that 46 of these were refused.
Galway city council made 193 such offers in 2012 with 41 of these refused.
The majority didn’t like the area they were offered or disliked the property itself.
Galway county council made 88 offers of social housing last year with 83 of these accepted.
Reasons given for refusing five properties focused on the location or that the property itself did not meet their needs.
Date Published: 13-May-2013
Galway Senator Trevor O’ Clochartaigh has called on the government to provide more support for victims of domestic violence.
Figures provided to the Sinn Fein Senator show that domestic violence support group COPE accompanied over 80 women to court in Galway last year, but a further 214 women were unable to avail of such assistance.
Senator O Clochartaigh told Galway Bay fm news that more needs to be done to support victims of domestic violence.
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