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Additional beds secured for asylum seekers in Galway

An additional 650 beds have been secured for asylum seekers in Direct Provision Centres. These rooms will be located in hotels in Galway, Cork and...

Thousands sign petition to save local artist from deportation

Thousands of people have signed a petition calling on the government to reverse a deportation order for local musician Theo Ndlovu. Theo Ndlovu, aka 'Touché',...

Archbishop of Tuam calls for transparency and charity on Achill Island refugee accommodation plans

Archbishop of Tuam Michael Neary has said that it is important for plans to house refugees on Achill Island to be carried out with...

Calls for CCTV in towns and villages after spate of burglaries

Calls have been made for the installation of CCTV surveillance in Athenry and Monivea after a number of burglaries and break-ins over the weekend. County...

Oughterard direct provision centre plans dropped in victory for local campaigners

In a rare victory for local opposition to government plans the decision to place a direct provision centre in Oughterard has been abandoned. It was...

Government accused of “evasiveness, incompetence, contradiction, and disdain” in Oughterard

Harsh criticism has been leveled at the government over how it has responded to the local community in the direct provision centre controversy in...

Over 1,000 march in Oughterard against Direct Provision Centre

A protest march in Oughterard today against the establishment of a Direct Provision centre in the town was attended by roughly 1,000 people. People marched...

Calls for Noel Grealish to apologise over migrant comments

More than 1,200 people have signed a petition calling on Galway West TD Noel Grealish to apologise about alleged comments about African migrants. At a...

Three groups supporting victims of crime in Galway share in €1.7 million fund

Three groups in Galway supporting victims of crime will receive a share of nearly €2 million funding for such groups next year. Hope Trust,  COPE...

Govt to begin processing awards to women who worked in Magdalen Launderies

The Department of Justice is expected to write to the women who worked in the Magdelen Launderies this week and to start processing awards...

Petition to return married father of one deported after 12 years in Galway

A petition to return a married man with a three year old daughter, deported after living and working in Galway for 12 years, has...

NUIG professor appointed to scrutinise how Ireland handles rape and sexual assault trials

The Minister for Justice has appointed NUI Galway law lecturer Tom O'Malley to review how sexual assault trials are carried out in Ireland. Minister Flannagan...

Galway Direct Provision residents ‘intimidated’ by centre staff

Residents of two Galway Direct Provision centres have been intimidated into abandoning Galway Anti-Racism Network (GARN) meetings, according to GARN chairperson Joe Loughnane. Loughnane said...

Govt “kicking the can down the road” on vaccine damage compensation scheme

The Department of Health has been "kicking the can down the road" on establishing a unit to deal with a vaccine damage compensation scheme. Galway...

Council to acquire derelict hospital for domestic violence refuge

The properties related to St Brigid's Hospital Campus in Ballinasloe are to be sold by the HSE, with Galway County Council looking to purchase...

EU Commission confirms daily fines for Derrybrien wind farm ending

Daily fines against the Irish State over the Derrybrien Wind Farm will cease with a final payment and the decision of An Bord Pleanála. The...

Local schools urged to sign up for holocaust education project

Mary McAleese has officially launched Holocaust Education Ireland's Crocus Project by planting crocus bulbs in her garden in Roscommon with the help of local...

Taoiseach and Galway GAA lead tributes to late Noel Treacy

Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Galway GAA have led the tributes paid to former Galway TD Noel Treacy, who has passed away at the age...

Watch: Anne Rabbitte TD’s powerful Dáil statement on Violence Against Women

"This is the fight of our lives. And it is exhausting." Those were the words of Galway East TD Anne Rabbitte during her 5-minute statement...

Golfgate trial to continue next month at Galway District Court

The trial surrounding the events of the Oireachtas Golf Society 'golfgate' dinner will conclude in early February. The prosecution had yet to conclude presenting its...

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