Enable Ireland open €1.2m residential respite service in Barefield
*Photograph: Natasha Barton. ENABLE IRELAND’s €1.2m residential respite service in Barefield has been officially opened.
HSE
Bid to get new hospital in Clare ‘needs councillors to send strong message by leaving parties’
*Cllr Ian Lynch (IND). A CLARE councillor has urged his colleagues to send a strong message to the Government by going Independent in the fight to get a new hospital built in the county.
Minister says option from HIQA review will be decided before Christmas
Minister for Health, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, pictured with the Mayor of Limerick John Moran and (right) Patrick O’Donovan, Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport. Picture: Don Moloney A DECISION will be made before Christmas on whether a new hospital will be built in Ennis, the Minister for Health has confirmed.
Do not swim ban lifted in Lahinch & advisory removed from White Strand Miltown
LAHINCH’s bathing prohibition and the advisory notice not to swim at White Strand, Miltown Malbay have been lifted.
Advisory not to swim in White Strand Doonbeg lifted
AN ADVISORY not to swim in White Strand Doonbeg has been lifted.
White Strand in Miltown is third Clare beach deemed safe to not swim in
AN ADVISORY not to swim has been introduced for a third Clare beach in the space of three days.
Red flag raised at Lahinch & bathing prohibition issued
ELEVATED levels of bacteria in the water has resulted in the raising of the red flag at Lahinch beach.
Discovery of rodent droppings lead to closure order for Doolin Ice-Cream
RODENT droppings were found in a Doolin ice-cream shop resulting in the issuing of a closure order by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI).
HSE apply to build new haematolgy & pathology lab at Ennis Hospital
THE HSE has applied for planning permission for a new haematology and pathology laboratory at Ennis Hospital.
Shannon company fined €2.6k for selling sun-bed session to girl (15)
*Compoli Tan. A €2,600 penalty has been imposed on the operators of a sun-bed business in Shannon.