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The father of a son with a severe intellectual disability has expressed concern for his son’s future, as he prepares to graduate from school in the summer.  Matthew Conaty cannot communicate, is on a feeding mechanism, and requires constant supervision.
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The long-running debate over the future of the Kirwan Roundabout came to an end last night, with Galway City Councillors voting to remove the Menlo Park Hotel exit from the junction. While the current roundabout has five lanes, it is to be replaced with a four lane signalised junction under the N6 Multi-Modal Corridor Improvement Scheme.
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A decision on the future of the Galway City Outer bypass is one step closer, with a date set for the European Court of Justice hearing. It was revealed this week that the EJC is to begin deliberations on the future of the Galway City Outer Bypass on 5 July, with barristers for Galway County Council beginning presentations on the multi-million euro project.
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The board of management at Gaelscoil Mhic Amhlaigh has said it plans to “up the stakes” following a meeting with Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn last week. The school launched a campaign several months ago for a new extension to the Knocknacarra primary school, after the project was omitted from the Government’s five-year capital building programme.
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Courts in Galway are awash with businesses being pursued for commercial rates, as Galway City Council attempts to recoup over €16 million in outstanding payments. That’s according to solicitor and City Councillor Peter Keane, who was speaking at a meeting at City Hall on Monday night.
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An Taoiseach Enda Kenny is due to visit Merit Medical’s new Vision Facility in Parkmore on Thursday during his visit to the city, when he is expected to make a significant jobs announcement. Founded in 1987, Merit Medical Systems is a worldwide company engaged in the development, manufacture and distribution of disposable medical devices used in interventional and diagnostic procedures, particularly in cardiology, radiology and endoscopy.
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A Galway City Councillor has said he is taking legal advice after being accused of making racist comments in a discussion over control of horses at City Hall on Monday night. Councillors were presented with a copy of the Control of Horses Act 1996 at the meeting in an attempt to identify ways of bolstering the local authority’s response to loose horses in the city.
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Independent Councillor Terry O’Flaherty is expected to be named the next Mayor of Galway City at a meeting next month. Mayor Hildegarde Naughton’s term will come to an end in the coming weeks and, under a pact agreed by Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and some Independent councillors following the last election, Cllr O’Flaherty is next in line to take on the chain of office.
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A delegation from Galway is on their way to Miami today for the city’s Volvo Ocean Race Stopover. Representing local business and tourism interests, the group, who are travelling at their own expense, will be promoting Galway’s links to the US, the city’s potential as a destination for cruise liners, and the plans for the Volvo Ocean Race Grand Finale.
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Last Friday marked 50 days to go to Ireland’s largest festival and sporting event, the Grande Finale of the Volvo Ocean Race. With the boats on their way and just over a month to go before this spectacular event kicks off in Galway City, the team at Let’s Do It Global are working at top speed to ensure perfection down to the finest detail.
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TV presenters Anna Daly and Lisa Cannon have helped launch one of Ireland’s most fashion-forward fundraisers, Down Syndrome Centre’s Buy My Dress campaign, supported by Kellogg’s Special K.
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A staff nurse at University Hospital Galway has been elected second Vice President of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO). James Geoghegan was elected to the position last Friday during the INMO’s Annual Delegate Conference in Killarney.
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Rahoon Youth Project’s Cookery group will host a pop-up café at Westside Library on Saturday, 19 May, from 11.30am to 1pm and from 2pm to 4pm.  The pop-up café will be selling a variety of scones, savoury wraps, quiches, apple tart, different types of cookies and muffins, cupcakes, bread and fruit loaves, brownies, granola bars, gingerbread, banana squares and plenty more.
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When people experience hard times it can sometimes seem that they're never going to end. The dictionary defines adversity as "a serious or continued difficulty". People going through adversity are more likely to define it as hell.
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