Decision expected today on St Patrick’s Day Parades
We should know later today whether forthcoming mass gatherings, such as St Patrick’s Day parades, will be cancelled. Organisers of various St Patrick Day celebrations in the Counties of Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal are waiting on direction from the HSE before taking a final decision on whether proceeding or…
HSE happy with north west vaccine response
The HSE is advising that all first-year secondary school students in Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal receive the HPV vaccine. It’s as HSE vaccination teams return to schools to offer the second dose of the vaccine and a vaccine dose to first-year students. The HSE says it is encouraged…
National Council for the Blind go on strike in North West
Some services for blind or visually-impaired people in the north west may be hit today by a strike by staff of the National Council for the Blind of Ireland who are members of the Forsa union. The industrial action is over what the union says is the inaction of the…
Councillor says children are waiting too long for assessments
Children from across the north west with disabilities are facing major waiting times to have an assessment of their needs completed. Nationally more than 4,600 applications are overdue with over three thousand at least three months behind. The ‘assessment of need’ allows children to be diagnosed with a disability, like…
The government has failed Tubbercurry – Perry
“Tubbercurry has been left in a total state of neglect and given continuous lip service from successive governments.” That’s according to North West general election candidate, Independent John Perry who has stated that the town of Tubbercurry is being left behind. The independent candidate is calling for the government and…
Over 80% of patients happy with SUH care
Over 80% of patients at Sligo University Hospital have reported to have a positive experience at the hospital in 2019. That’s according to a recent survey by the National Inpatient Experience Survey. The National Inpatient Experience Survey is a nationwide survey that offers patients the opportunity to describe their experience…
Rehabcare confident it can take over Seaview Respite House services
RehabCare says it is confident it will be able to take over the Seaview Respite House service in Mountcharles, Co Donegal, from today. It follows disappointment yesterday after the service did not open as expected. There have been, what some people have described as ‘false dawns’ when it comes to…