Lamb mortality in flocks to be discussed at sheep conference in Leitrim
Lamb mortality in sheep flocks is one of the issues that will be discussed at a sheep conference in Leitrim next week. The Teagasc annual sheep conference is taking place in Carrick-on-Shannon on Tuesday. There…
Second Annual Sligo Field Club Journal launch this evening
Sligo Field Club will launch its second annual journal this evening. The 170-page publication, complete with a variety of photographs and illustrations, will be launched at 6:30pm in Liber Book Shop in O’Connell Street in…
Trolley numbers remain high in North West
The number of people on hospital trolleys waiting for a bed remains high in the North West today. 30 people are trolleys, 22 of them in Letterkenny Univeristy Hospital. 12 of these are in wards…
HSE want to ensure older people are not needlessly admitted to hospital
A key aim of a new HSE plan for the care of older people is ensuring they are not needlessly being admitted to hospital. And one of the main ways the HSE is trying to…
Disappointment at lack of LIS funding in Donegal
A Donegal councillor has expressed his disappointment at the lack of funding for the Local Improvement Scheme in Donegal. €20 million in local roads funding was announced for Donegal yesterday, an increase of 1% on…
Anger in Donegal as campaigners accuse hospital group of failing to be upfront
A Donegal Health campaigner has hit out at the manager of Letterkenny University Hospital and the Saolta Hospital group for failing to be upfront about the situation facing cancer patients. Betty Holmes of the Donegal…
Sligo taxi-drivers reveal some insurance premiums have trebled in a year
The increasing cost of motor insurance was described at a public meeting in Sligo last night as ‘nothing short of a crisis.’ The meeting, organised by People Before Profit, was one of a series that…
