Little improvement in diabetes care in North West, Dail hears
Little to no improvement is said to have been made in diabetes care in the North West. A number of posts in the region have yet to be filled while the retention of current staff is also reportedly challenging. Former Health Minister Simon Harris announced a second endocrinologist…
Clancy bids for Olympic qualification today
Sligo boxer Dean Clancy will try to secure qualification today for next Summer’s Olympic Games in Paris, when he takes on Italy’s Gianluigi Malanga in a light-welterweight quarter-final at the European Games in Poland. The four semi-finalists will earn qualification for the Paris games next year. Clancy, who trains out…
Sligo University Hospital remains second most overcrowded in country
Sligo University Hospital remains the second most overcrowded hospital this morning in figures published by the INMO. There were 42 people waiting at the facility this morning. The figure is lower at Letterkenny University Hospital where 7 were waiting this morning. Nationally, University Hospital Limerick remains the country’s most overcrowded…
Donegal duo named in Ireland World Cup squad
Donegal duo Amber Barrett and Ciara Grant have both been included in Veru Pauw’s 23-strong Republic of Ireland soccer squad for next month’s World Cup finals in Australia and New Zealand. There is no place for Erin McLaughlin, who made her senior debut in last week’s 3-2 win over Zambia…
Man suspected missing in Slieve League probe could be from Northern Ireland
It’s believed that a man, suspected missing from Slieve League, could be from Northern Ireland. It’s reported that Gardai are treating an alleged assault in the area as possible murder as an investigation into the incident continues. Public access to Slieve League is still closed while a ‘blood-spattered’…
Ministers Harris and O’Gorman to meet on student accommodation
The Integration Minister Roderic O’Gorman and Higher Education Minister Simon Harris will meet today, to discuss a reported ‘rift’ over student accommodation. Earlier this month in Sligo between four and five hundred students were informed by a provider it would no longer be offering student accommodation, as it plans for…
Donegal TD Says RTE are still in ‘covering mode’
RTÉ is still in covering mode, according to a Donegal TD. Pearse Doherty says nobody is satisfied with the statement issued by the state broadcaster yesterday, which said the former director general Dee Forbes was the only member of the Executive Board, who had all the information to know…