North West holiday goers advised to vaccinate against measles this summer
Holiday goers in the North West are being advised to vaccinate themselves against measles this summer. The advice comes from the HSE following an outbreak of the illness across Europe with over ten thousand people diagnosed to date. Over 30 people have died as a result of the illness on…
Census shows North West’s workforce numbers are falling
The workforce in the North West is falling – the opposite of what’s happening nationally. This week, the second set of results from the CSO on Census 2016 were revealed showing that Sligo had the biggest decrease in its workforce with a 3% drop compared to the 2011 Census. Around…
Car sales in the North West have dropped in 2017
Car sales in the North West region have dropped compared to 2016. The Society of the Irish Motor Industry in association with DoneDeal have issued their first quarter report on car sales for 2017. New car sales nationally are down 8% compared with this time last year. LGV’s…
Pieta House for the North West to open next month
Pieta House is to open its first North West centre by the end of next month. The organisation which already has centres in Galway, Dublin, Limerick, Cork, Tipperary and Kerry has identified the North West, the Midlands and the South East as areas most in need of the service. In…
New lights on the way for road bypasses in the region
New road lights will light up a number of by-passes in the North West in the coming months. The details of the agreement emerged at a meeting of Donegal County Council this week. The government scheme under the remit of Transport Infrastructure Ireland means Mayo County Council has been tasked…
HIQA finds four centres in the north west in breach of standards
HIQA has found four HSE-run centres for people with disabilities in the north west in breach of standards. It follows the publication of 20 new reports by the Health and Information and Quality Authority today. Glenbow in county Sligo was one of four centres for people with an intellectual disability…
30 people on hospital trolleys in north west
There are 30 people on hospital trolleys in the north west today. Twenty-nine of them are in Letterkenny University Hospital. 13 of those are in wards with 16 in the emergency department. There is one person on a trolley in Sligo University Hospital’s emergency department. In Galway University Hospital, there…