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Campaign to save nursing home takes to streets

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Date Published: 23-Jun-2011

By Bernie Ní Fhlatharta

A petition to save the only community nursing home in the city is to hit the streets on Saturday. Councillor Catherine Connolly says it is time to “stand up and be counted” in relation to the threat of closure of St Francis Nursing Home in Newcastle.

With the support of patients’ families, Cllr Connolly will be pounding the city centre streets tomorrow to kick off a campaign to keep it open and to raise awareness of what is happening at the facility.

The HSE announced some months ago that they would be phasing out the home and eventually closing it, but Cllr Connolly said that management had already started proactively encouraging families to relocate their loved ones to private nursing homes.

Cllr Connolly has campaigned for years for the home to be kept open as it is the only public nursing home in the city. There were moves last year to relocate the residents in St Francis to a unit in Merlin Park hospital, but that was strongly resisted and it didn’t happen.

There used to be a five year waiting list for a bed in the home such was its popularity. There are currently 30 long term beds and 20 day beds to facilitate day patients and in recent years there was a physiotherapy facility established on the premises.

“I have received the most urgent representations in relation to patients in the home from families who are extremely worried at the proposal by HSE management to move patients to private nursing homes and close down the facility,” Cllr Connolly said.

For more on this story, see the Galway City Tribune.

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Galway has country’s largest population of young people

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Date Published: 07-May-2013

Galway has a population of young people which is more than twice the national average.

According to information gathered by the Central Statistics Office, Galway’s population of 20 to 24 year olds is more than twice the national average.

The number of 25-34 year olds in Galway is also more than the norm nationally, with the two main colleges thought to be the main reason.

However immigration in Galway is much higher than in other areas at 19.4 percent, compared to the national average of 12 percent.

 

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Call for direct donations to city charity shops

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Date Published: 07-May-2013

A city councillor is encouraging people to donate goods directly to charity shops.

It follows allegations of thefts from clothes banks in Galway and across the country in recent months.

However, cameras are in place at some clothes banks and surveillance is carried out by local authorities.

Speaking on Galway Talks, Councillor Neil McNeilis said the problem of theft from clothes banks is widespread.

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Galway ‘Park and Ride’ could become permanent

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Date Published: 07-May-2013

A park ‘n’ ride scheme from Carnmore into Galway city could become a permanent service if there is public demand.

That’s according to the Chief Executive of Galway Chamber of Commerce, Michael Coyle.

The pilot scheme will begin at 7.20 next Monday morning, May 13th.

Motorists will be able to park cars at the airport carpark in Carnmore and avail of a bus transfer to Forster Street in the city.

Buses will depart every 20 minutes at peak times and every 30 minutes at offpeak times throughout the day, at a cost of 2 euro per journey.

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