Social welfare recipients and pensioners need a minimum increase of €27 per week in the next Budget to keep pace with the rapidly rising level of...
Former mayor of Galway City and well-known businessman Noel Larkin has hit out at Ireland’s PAYE taxation and social welfare system – and its “blatant misuse”...
A crackdown on social welfare fraudsters has helped to recoup in excess of €1.1 million in County Galway. The Department of Social Protection confirmed that its...
The HSE has warned GPs in Galway that it will investigate complaints about medical card patients being charged up to €45 for blood tests. Despite a...
The number of people on the Live Register in Galway is at its lowest point in seven years, according to new figures from the Central Statistics...
Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton, has officially opened Galway’s new one stop shop for social welfare payments, serving the city and the majority...
A new one-stop shop for jobseekers and Social Welfare recipients has opened in the Webworks building at the Fairgreen. The three-storey complex is known as the...
The number of people claiming unemployment assistance across Galway has dropped by almost 12% over the past year, according to new figures from the Central Statistics...