*Cathal Crowe TD (FF). Photograph: Tom Micks A CLARE TD was told to sit down “and please put down the microphone” when attempting to speak at a public meeting discussing the future of healthcare in the Mid-West region.
*A Swiss owned company has lodged the plans. PLANS for a five turbine 492 ft high wind-farm close to the home of the Willie Clancy Summer School in Miltown Malbay is striking a sour note with locals.
*Ennis Hospital was on the agenda during the meeting. MEMBERS of Friends of Ennis Hospital on Wednesday morning met with representatives from the HIQA review team where they said the provision of a model four hospital in Ennis should also include a maternity wing.
HEALTH SERVICES in Clare remain an emotive subject and a clash between local activists sparked off this week.
*Ennis Hospital. HEALTH activists and politicians in Clare have said it is “inevitable” that a HIQA review will recommend the creation of a second emergency department in the Mid-West region.
*Cathal Crowe, Páraic McMahon, Deirdre Culligan and Pat Breen. WITH the local and European elections only days away, it’s time to start predicting who the winners and losers will be.
FRIENDS OF ENNIS Hospital have refuted the clinical advice of the HSE’s Chief Clinical Officer not to reopen 24 hour emergency departments in Ennis, Nenagh and St John’s.
Shannondoc has allayed concerns that the night-time shift it operates from Miltown Malbay is to be shut down.
Of all 51 candidates for the local elections on May 24th, Shannon councillor Gerry Flynn was the only one to refuse to sign a pledge to give his support for the restoration of health services to Co Clare.
*Crowds from Sunday’s protest. Photograph: John Mangan Approximately 250 people attended a protest in Ennis on Sunday afternoon voicing their frustrations loud and clear with the current health care offering in the Mid-West of Ireland.