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Protest – Connemara Ambulance Crisis Ambulance Crisis Protest  Wednesday 19th July 2017 Eyre Square 2.00pm march to the HSE office in Shantalla and on to UCH Galway The Action Group are arranging a bus to the protest if you are interested please ring 086 2523554 to book a seat E Mail: [email protected] Facebook: Connemara Ambulance Crisis Details of the Protest The Ambulance Crisis Group have been campaigning since October 2014 to get an adequate ambulance service for Connemara. There can be a two to three hour wait in North West Connemara from Call Out Time to Time of Arrival at Patient. Having met with Ministers for Health: Leo Varadkar & Simon Harris, with the HSE, the NAS, & TD’s to no avail, they now find they have no option but to organise a Protest to fight for their rights. This Protest will take place in Galway City commencing at 2pm in Eyre Square. It is proposed to hold a march throughout the streets of Galway from Eyre Square to the HSE offices in Shantalla and ending at University Collage Hospital Galway. A letter will be presented to the Officer in charge in the HSE Offices requesting the provision of an […]

Fáilte Ireland have recently invited local tourism businesses, individuals, tourism and community group members, and all other interested parties to be part of the creation of a ‘Connemara / Aran Islands Visitor Experience Development Plan’. This new Experience Development Plan aims to help ensure continued growth in visitor numbers to the region and will also help to extend the season and spread business to our smaller nearby villages. The assist they have been receiving from the Chamber of Commerce and other community groups and representatives has been to: Identify the ‘Hero’ (or unique) Experiences that set the Connemara Coast & Aran Islands apart from other places; Discover how your business or interest in tourism connects with the Wild Atlantic Way; Gain a better understanding of the barriers to successfully develop tourism in Connemara and the Aran Islands; Define a list of new products and packages to deliver the Hero Experiences and; How you might define your own ‘signature experience’ and to maximise the opportunities presented by the Wild Atlantic Way experience brand. A full schedule of workshops and “drop ins” were conducted. We now await the publication of the plan.