Galway Bay FM News Archives
HSE REFUSES TO GIVE HEALTH ASSURANCES OVER LEAD CONTAMINATION
Date Published: 25-Sep-2008
The Director of Public Health with the HSE is refusing to give full health assurances to households with lead contaminated water supplies.
Dr Diarmuid Donovan says more testing needs to be carried out before he can give a full assurance that the health of the public hasn’t been damaged.
The first clinics testing the blood levels of affected residents are being held today at UHG.
Dr Donovan also revealed the HSE is being advised on the crisis by the Chemical Hazards and Poisons Division of the English Health Protection Agency.
Speaking to Keith Finnegan, Dr Donovan warned correcting the problem could take longer than last year’s Chryptosporidium crisis
Meanwhile city manager Joe McGrath says the council first detected high levels of lead in one house last April, and in another house in July.
He notified the EPA and the HSE in late July and the HSE began it’s own investigations in August.
Joe McGrath denies there was a cover-up on the part of the city council
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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