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PROPOSAL TO CLOSE TWO CITY HOSPITAL WARDS CONDEMNED
Date Published: 12-Oct-2007
A city councillor is claiming the HSE is planning to close two hospital wards for the elderly and stroke victims.
Cllr Catherine Connolly says Unit 2 in Merlin Park and St Rita’s Ward at UHG are being considered by the HSE for closure.
Unit 2 in Merlin Park is a specialised unit for the treatment of elderly patients with orthopaedic needs.
St Rita’s Ward in University Hospital Galway is a specialised ward for the treatment of Stroke victims.
Cllr Connolly is describing the prospect of their closure as an appalling decision by the HSE.
She’s tabling an urgent motion for next Monday’s city council meeting asking for the Minister for Health Mary Harney to intervene and reverse the decisions.
In a statement today the HSE say no decision has been made yet on the wards.
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Tuam receives second UK hay import as fodder crisis continues
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.
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46 social housing offers refused across city and county
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.
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Galway Senator calls for more action on combatting domestic violence
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.