Galway Bay FM News Archives
GALWAY HOSPITAL WARD CLOSURES OFF THE TABLE
Date Published: 15-Oct-2007
The proposed hospital ward closures at Merlin Park and University Hospital Galway are OFF the table.
The HSE West is applying for an exemption from the national recruitment freeze to maintain staff levels at the two hospitals in a bid to keep the two wards open.
Senior HSE officials in Galway hope to get approval on the exemption this week.
Official Dr Alan Moran gave the news to angry councillors at a specially convened meeting of the HSE West Hospital committee this afternoon.
Hospital 2 at Merlin Park is an orthopaedic ward for elderly patients and St Rita’s ward at UHG treats stroke victims.
Dr Moran revealed that 40 nurses and 20 healthcare staff left Galway in September which was an “unusually high” number of staff leaving at the same time.
He said the ward closures were first mooted as a means of diverting staff to the gaps in frontline services as a result of the staff departures.
Speaking after the meeting Health Forum member Cllr Paraic Conneely said the news would be strongly welcomed in Galway
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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