Kitt confirms he will stand in Galway East again
Veteran TD Micheál Kitt has announced that he will be a candidate in the Galway East constituency in 2016 – ending any speculation that he is about to retire. The long-serving Fianna Fail TD told The...
View ArticleRural isolation raises threat of mental illness
The threat of mental illness and suicide among Galway’s farmers is heightened by loneliness and isolation, it was warned this week. The Government was accused of failing mental health services after a...
View ArticleGMIT investigator is paid €1,500 a day
Galway Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) has left itself wide-open to accusations of “dumbing-down” and “diluting” the report of the independent investigation it commissioned into cheating and...
View ArticleFormer hospital back to life as mental health facility
The old Grove Hospital in Tuam is finally being brought back in to use – is it to be used as a mental health day facility catering for patients from Tuam, Loughrea and Athenry. But it could have long...
View ArticleWalsh has largest property holding of local TDs
Fine Gael’s Brian Walsh continues to have the largest property holding of all local TDs, with a house, apartments, a retail unit and sites included in his portfolio. The latest Dáil Register of...
View ArticleHSE underspends on mental health by €15m
New figures released by the Health Service Executive (HSE) show they spent nearly €15.5 million less on Galway mental health services than they had allocated in their budget over the last four years....
View ArticleFianna Fail survey finds Keaveney closing in on Kitt seat in Galway East
Opinion polls conducted by Fianna Fail across County Galway have thrown up some interesting results – although the party is still facing the prospect of winning just one seat in each of the two...
View ArticleHomeless family forced to sleep in garden shed
A Galway TD has highlighted two cases to underline the county’s housing crisis – one couple forced to sleep in a garden shed while another lived in their parked car on the street. Galway East TD Colm...
View ArticleOrthopaedic waiting list rises to 900 patients
There are almost 900 people waiting for orthopaedic procedures at University Hospital Galway (UHG), according to new figures obtained by Fianna Fáil. The party’s Galway East TD, Colm Keaveney said the...
View ArticlePortiuncula revamp will help tackle Galway hospital crisis
Plans to replace a 50-bed ward block at Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe will be lodged this December, the Connacht Tribune has learned. The design for the replacement works, to include two wards of...
View ArticleState pays more than it saves on Galway Garda station closures
It is costing almost twice as much to maintain Galway’s network of recently shut-down rural Garda stations as the savings accrued from the closures. The Government has conceded the net cost to the...
View ArticleFianna Fail turns on itself over Galway East fall-out
A ‘civil war’ has erupted in Fianna Fáil locally following the ‘changing of the guard’ in the Galway East constituency. Party members ‘tore strips off each other’ at an explosive meeting last week to...
View ArticleFormer Galway East TD declared bankrupt in High Court
Former Fianna Fáil TD Colm Keaveney has today been declared bankrupt in the High Court. Mr. Keaveney, who lost his seat in Galway East in February’s election, appeared in person before Ms Justice...
View ArticleCute as a fox, Rabbitte to burrow way to top
Bradley Bytes – A sort of political column with Dara Bradley Some say she’s as mad as a March hare. Others reckon she’s as cute as a fox. But one thing is for sure, there are no flies on Anne Rabbitte....
View ArticleTuam LEA: Keaveney returns as Tom McHugh loses out at the death
A dramatic night saw the renaissance of one political career as another was brought to a halt – by a margin of ten votes on the seventh and final count. Long-time Cllr Tom McHugh was just ten votes...
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