Sixty complaints were made to the Ombudsman for Children's Office (OCO) in 2019 from the Galway region, the latest annual OCO report has revealed.
This...
Gort Family Resource Centre has been awarded €3,062 in funding for upgrades to meet increased demand for its services in the COVID-19 crisis.
The Department...
Organisations across the county are distributing resource packs that focus on mental wellbeing during the coronavirus emergency.
The care packs for adults include materials that...
Planning permission is being sought for the construction of a new Primary Care Centre in Oranmore to provide medical care in the community.
The Primary...
New supports have been launched to help children and parents through the COVID-19 crisis as people prepare for a return to normality.
The new online...
A statutory inquiry is needed into accusations of historical child abuse at the Catholic Boy Scouts of Ireland and Scouting Association of Ireland says...
COPE Galway has welcomed the announcement that it will receive €94,000 in once off funding for its abuse services.
The additional funding sees COPE Galway take...
One women appeared before Galway District Court this week in connection to the theft of multiple scooters by a group of young people.
Rozalia Macula...
A new initiative launched in Galway this week aims to completely revamp the way child sexual abuse is handled in Ireland.
The Barnahaus Onehouse Galway...
Children's Minister Katherine knew about problems at the Hyde and Seek Childcare creche a year ago Galway TD Anne Rabbitte has revealed.
The creche in...
A property in Galway was one of 14 locations around Ireland raided by Gardaà this week in an ongoing operation combating child porn.
Local Divisional...
People who have been adopted have the right to know the basic facts about their background and identity insists Galway TD Anne Rabbitte.
Speaking as...
A shortage of social workers is leaving a dangerous backlog of child protection cases according to Galway TD Anne Rabbitte.Â
The East Galway TD said that...
Two Galway TDs have demanded that the state provide enough money to keep Galway Autism Partnership open amid a funding crisis.
Speaking in the Dáil...
