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London police concerned for welfare of missing Galway teen
Galway bay fm newsroom – Police in London say they’re concerned for the welfare of an 18-year old Loughrea man missing in London.
Dublin City University student, Patrick Halpin was in London on a trip this week with the college’s drama club.
He was last seen at Zoo nightclub in Leicester Square and was headed towards a Burger King nearby.
The alarm was raised when he didn’t turn up for a West End show he had a ticket for and didn’t return to the hotel.
He’s described as being of average height with light brown hair and when last seen was wearing a blue t-shirt and blue jeans.
The actuary student is a member of the Kilnadeema-Leitrim GAA club and is the son of Paddy and Elsie Halpin.
His father and sister will travel to London today in a effort to locate him.
Regina Ní hAilpín, Patrick’s sister says he was excited for a show in London yesterday, but never turned up
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The number of homeless people in emergency accommodation has increased by almost 24 per cent in a year.
There are now almost 11,800 people homeless, including 258 people in County Galway.
According to the latest figures from the Department of Housing 11,742 people, including 3,373 children, now find themselves homeless.
It’s an increase of almost 24 per cent on the same month for last year.
The data, for the week of February 20th-26th, show there were 8,369 adults in emergency accommodation, an increase of 23 per cent on the figure for February last year.
In Dublin, there are 8,588 people, including 2,576 children, living in homelessness.
Meanwhile this month’s figures, when compared to January, remain relatively unchanged.
Galway Bay fm newsroom – UHG was the third most overcrowded hospital in the country this month, with more than a thousand patients without a bed.
The INMO says nationally, overcrowding records were broken once again for the month of March.
Almost 13,000 admitted patients were treated on trolleys this month, and over 440 of those were children.
The INMO says this was the worst March since it began counting in 2006, and overcowding levels cannot be allowed continue.
At UHG, 1,048 patients were without a bed, with a further 207 patients at Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe.
The worst figure was recorded at University Hospital Limerick, where more than 2 thousand patients were waiting on trolleys.
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