Galway Bay fm newsroom - Galway city is to get a new hyberbaric chamber.
Brian Lynch has been given planning permission for the development at Merchants Road.
Hyperbaric oxygen chambers can be used to treat many conditions such as multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy and stroke
The therapy elevates oxygen delivery to damaged tissue.
Brian Lynch has been given approval to change a ground floor office at Augustine House, Merchant's Road into a hyperbaric oxygen centre.
Planners have attached 8 conditions to the development.
The noise generated from the plant room should contain no pure tones and the decibel levels should be contained within the medical facility through the use of sound proofing.