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

Tonight, We’re All Behind the Girls in Green Senator Anne Rabbitte — 9 June 2026

by anneadmin | June 9, 2026 | Woman, Women, Women's Sports | 0 Comments

There's a game tonight that deserves every bit of your attention, your voice, and your pride. In Grenoble, at the Stade des Alpes, Carla Ward's Ireland Women's National Team takes on France in a crunch World Cup qualifier—and the road to Brazil 2027 runs directly...

Dear Girls of Ireland: The Future Is Already Yours A Letter for International Women’s Day

by anneadmin | March 8, 2026 | Students, Woman, Women | 0 Comments

Wherever you are today — at home, spending time with family, or friends or quietly beginning to imagine the life you want to build — I want you to know something important. Your voice matters. When I first became involved in public life, there were not many women in...

Cost of Living measures that are coming into effect to help you and your family

by Andrew Fahey | December 30, 2024 | Families, Social Protection | 0 Comments

As we welcome the new year of 2025, here is a brief recap of all the measures that are coming into effect to help you and your family with the cost of living: €12 increase in most weekly social welfare payments. There will be proportionate increases for qualified...

€5,192,268 investment in 20 rural water service projects in Co. Galway

by Axelle McQueen | November 6, 2024 | Rural, Rural Affairs, Rural Development, Rural Ireland, Rural Regeneration | 0 Comments

Approval of more than €47 million in funding nationally 256 individual projects benefiting households across rural Ireland Minister Rabbitte has welcomed the announcement of €5,192,268 in funding for Co. Galway under the Multi-annual Rural Water Programme. This...

Government launch the 2024/2025 Parent Peer Support fund.

by Axelle McQueen | October 1, 2024 | Families, Parent Peer Support | 0 Comments

The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration, and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman, has today launched the 2024/25 Parent Peer Support Fund. The fund is open to organisations working with parents and/or children and young people to facilitate the development of...

TFI Local Link: Getting You There!

by Axelle McQueen | September 30, 2024 | Gort, Loughrea, Portumna, Rural Development, Rural Ireland, Rural Regeneration, Transport, Travel, Tuam | 0 Comments

ABOUT TFI LOCAL LINK GALWAY TFI Local Link Galway is a rural public transportation service provider that operates in the Galway region of Ireland. Their primary aim is to provide affordable and reliable transportation solutions to the local community. TFI services...

Minister Rabbitte welcomes €150,000 to support three Town Centre First Projects in Galway

by Axelle McQueen | August 25, 2024 | Rural, Rural Affairs, Rural Development, Rural Ireland, Rural Regeneration, Tourism, Tourism Ireland, Town Apps, Town Centre First | 0 Comments

Minister for Disability and Fianna Fáil TD for Galway East, Anne Rabbitte, has today welcomed funding of €150,000 for three towns in Galway to support the development of a range of ‘Town Centre First’ projects. Eyrecourt, Clonbur and Ahascragh will receive funding to...

ACORNS marks decade of support for female entrepreneurship with launch of 10th year of development initiative

by Axelle McQueen | August 14, 2024 | Business, Enterprise, Upskilling, Woman, Women | 0 Comments

Turnover of 57 entrepreneurs who completed ACORNS 9 increased by more than forty per cent in 6 months Window for applications for ACORNS 10 opens today (August 6) and closes at midnight September 20th ACORNS is today celebrating a decade of support for female...

Minister Rabbitte welcomes announcement of the next phase of expansion of the training of healthcare professionals.

by Axelle McQueen | August 12, 2024 | Health, Healthcare Workers, Healthcare Workforce | 0 Comments

In July, our Government approved the prioritisation of funding to support the expansion of training places in priority healthcare areas including Speech and Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy. This will contribute to delivering expansion in the...

Minister Rabbitte secures Government funding of €6.89 million to accelerate an Assessment of Need (AON) waiting list initiative

by | May 23, 2024 | Accessibility, Assessment of Need (AON), Children, Funding, Health, Healthcare | 0 Comments

Minister of State for Disabilities, Anne Rabbitte, has today welcomed a Government decision to finance an Assessment of Need (AON) waiting list initiative, commencing in the coming days, through the procurement of private assessments for long waiting families. The...

New funding for the Seeking Safety Ireland programme

by | May 22, 2024 | Woman, Women, Womens Health | 0 Comments

Minister for Mental Health and Older People Mary Butler has announced new funding for Seeking Safety Ireland. This programme previously received pilot funding through the Women’s Health Fund, and the announcement of permanent funding today ensures that this programme...

Department of Health highlights ongoing public health reform efforts as it welcomes German delegation for three-day engagement

by | April 10, 2024 | Health, Healthcare Workers | 0 Comments

The Department of Health has welcomed a German delegation of health officials for a three-day engagement on improving public health systems. The visit aims to foster collaboration, information sharing and learning between health officials in both countries. ...

Enactment of landmark legislation to reform child maintenance system

by | March 12, 2024 | Child Benefit, Child Welfare, Childcare, Childcare Costs, Children, Social Protection | 0 Comments

Minister for Social Protection, Heather Humphreys TD, has announced that legislation has been enacted to disregard child maintenance payments from the means test for social welfare payments and to provide for the extension of Child Benefit to 18-year-olds from May...

Office of Public Works Announces Re-Opening of Seasonal Heritage Sites

by | March 12, 2024 | Heritage, Irish language, Lough Derg, Nature, OPW, Rural Development, Rural Ireland, Tourism, Town Apps | 0 Comments

The Office of Public Works is delighted to announce the reopening of heritage sites across Ireland from 16 March 2024. The new season offers a great opportunity for visitors to rediscover the rich and diverse cultural heritage of their local areas. Heritage sites are...

Unprecedented funding allocated to women’s health under Fianna Fáil in Government

by | March 9, 2024 | Health, Healthcare, Women, Womens Health | 0 Comments

Fianna Fáil TD for East Galway, Anne Rabbitte, has said Fianna Fáil in Government is allocating unprecedented funding to women’s health. Since 2020 there has been a huge investment of over €140 million of additional funding allocated specifically towards women’s...

Two-way bilateral trade in goods and services between Ireland and the UK was worth over €122 billion in 2022—or about €2.4 billion per week.

by | March 9, 2024 | Employment, Enterprise, European Union, Innovation, Trade and Cooperation, United Kingdom | 0 Comments

The Minister for Finance, Michael McGrath TD, is travelling to London for a three-day programme of engagements. The programme, drawn up in partnership with the Embassy of Ireland in London and Enterprise Ireland, is focused on promoting Ireland as a location and...

Changes to rules around prescriptions – maximum legal validity of prescriptions has been extended from 6 to 12 months.

by | March 7, 2024 | Community Care, Health, Healthcare, Healthcare Workers, Prescriptions | 0 Comments

Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly has announced that the maximum legal validity of prescriptions has been extended from 6 to 12 months. This means that: prescribers can now write prescriptions for patients that are valid for up to 12 months from September,...

Government launch Ireland’s first ever Town Centre First Plans – Athenry shortlisted

by Axelle McQueen | February 28, 2024 | Creative Clusters, Enterprise, Galway, Galway East, Galways Fair Share, Rural Ireland, Rural Regeneration | 0 Comments

New Town Centre First plans published in every County Proposals unveiled to tackle vacancy & dereliction in local towns New Town Regeneration Officers appointed in every Local Authority to drive implementation Next 26 towns to develop Town Centre First Plans...

Emerald Isle Immigration Centre, connecting Irish graduates to prospective employers

by Axelle McQueen | February 27, 2024 | Diaspora, education, Inclusion, Integration, Rural Ireland, Third Level Education | 0 Comments

Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs, Seán Fleming, TD, travelled to New York on 22-23 February for a series of engagements at the United Nations to mark the two year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February. Minister...

In conversation with Dr Hans Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe

by Axelle McQueen | February 26, 2024 | Health, Health Technology, Healthcare, World Health Organisation | 0 Comments

A special joint event took place on Thursday February 22nd in Miesian Plaza between DCEDIY and our colleagues in the Department of Health. The two Departments hosted a conversation with Dr Hans Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe. Appointed in 2020, Dr Kluge has...