RADIO INTERVIEWS - LOCAL AND NATIONAL

INTERVIEW WITH KINVARA FM – POST ELECTION 2020

INTERVIEW – TODAY SEAN O’ROURKE IN ADVANCE OF GENERAL ELECTION 2020

Anne Rabbitte & Katherine Zappone Debate

Childminding - Family Members & Grandparents

Insurance and the Childcare Sector

Insurance and Sequencing

Federation of Early Childhood Providers

Interview with Miriam O’Callaghan – RTE anonymous survey of TDs – November 2019

Interview with Miriam O'Callaghan - November 2019

Interview with Kinvara FM – European Election campaign 2019

INTERVIEW KINVARA FM IN THE RUN UP TOTHE EUROPEAN ELECTIONS 2019

Interview with Galway Bay FM –

ST TERESA’S SPECIAL NEEDS SCHOOL BALLINASLOE

Interview commences at: 1.04

Podcast of Galway Talks with Keith Finnegan – Monday April 29th 2019

The Galway Girls

Lorraine Higgins interviews Anne Rabbitte TD – A Reflective, Intimate Interview

An Intimate Interview – Anne Rabbitte TD with Paul Tierney of Kinvara FM

Interview starts at 31:20

Galway Talks with Keith Finnegan – Friday May 17th 2019

€23 million investment in Ireland’s top post-doctoral researchers

by Jessica Sharpe | May 7, 2021 | education, Funding, Health, Research | 0 Comments

Thursday 6 May 2021 Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris TD has today (Friday) announced €23 million in funding for a programme for post-doctoral researchers to become research leaders The investment, which is a...

Publication of the Ombudsman Report ‘Wasted Lives: Time for a better future for younger people in Nursing Homes’

by Jessica Sharpe | May 6, 2021 | Disability, Health | 0 Comments

Press Release Wednesday 5th May 2021 The Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly TD, the Minister for Disability, Anne Rabbitte TD and the Minister for Mental Health and Older People, Mary Butler TD, have welcomed the publication of the Ombudsman report today (5 May...

International Day of the Midwife – Saolta University Health Care Group encourages people to consider midwifery as a career

by Jessica Sharpe | May 6, 2021 | Events, Health | 0 Comments

29 April 2021 Marking this year’s International Day of the Midwife (05 May 2021) the Saolta University Health Care Group is asking people thinking about a future career to consider becoming a midwife. Whatever pathway is taken, there are endless opportunities for...

Our Rural Future: €5.6 million contract to support air service to the Aran Islands

by Jessica Sharpe | May 5, 2021 | Funding, Galway, Rural Ireland, Tourism | 0 Comments

Wednesday 5 May 2021 Department agrees four year contract for the management of Aerfort Chonamara Service to benefit local communities and provide boost to tourism Supporting our islands a key commitment of ‘Our Rural Future’ Minister for Rural and Community...

Minimum Unit Pricing of Alcohol

by Jessica Sharpe | May 5, 2021 | Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Misuse, Health, Teenagers | 0 Comments

Press Release Wednesday 5 May 2021 Minimum Unit Pricing will come into effect in January 2022 A minimum unit price of 10c per gram of alcohol is provided for in section 11 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018. Minimum unit pricing will set a floor price beneath...

Department of Health announces funding for ambulatory gynaecology services and enhanced endometriosis service under the Women’s Health Fund

by Jessica Sharpe | April 22, 2021 | Funding, Health, Women | 0 Comments

Press Release: Wednesday 21 April 2021 The Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly TD, has announced details of two areas to be funded under the recently established €5 million Women’s Health Fund: Two community-based Ambulatory Gynaecology Services governed by two...

Minister for Disability welcomes resumption of assessments for Primary Medical Certificates

by Jessica Sharpe | April 19, 2021 | Disability, Health | 0 Comments

Friday 16 April 2021 Anne Rabbitte TD, Minister of State for Disability, has welcomed the resumption of the assessment process for Primary Medical Certificates under the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Scheme. A requirement of the scheme,...

New buildings at Portiuncula Hospital ready from Monday 19th April – Minister Rabbitte

by Jessica Sharpe | April 15, 2021 | Ballinasloe, Galway, Health | 0 Comments

Thursday 15 April 2021 Minister of State in the Department of Health and Fianna Fáil TD for Galway East, Anne Rabbitte, has confirmed that the new modular building at Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe will be ready for occupation from Monday, 19th April. The HSE has...

Our Rural Future: Minister Humphreys announces details of new €70m Transitional LEADER Programme

by Jessica Sharpe | April 13, 2021 | Community, Enterprise, Funding, Rural Ireland | 0 Comments

Friday 9th April 2021 Local Groups can apply for funding immediately A total of €70 million to support rural communities and enterprises Funding allocations for 29 Local Action Groups announced Ground-Up approach of LEADER a key plank of Our Rural Future The...

Government Opens First Call for €100m Brexit Scheme for Agri-food Sector

by Jessica Sharpe | April 13, 2021 | Agriculture, Enterprise | 0 Comments

Wednesday February 3, 2021 The Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Leo Varadkar T.D. and the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie Mc Conalogue T.D. today opened the first call for applications under the Government’s €100 million...