Maura McNally confirmed as chairperson of the Atlantic Technological University
The Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris TD, has appointed the first governing body of the new Atlantic Technological University which will open its doors at the beginning of April. It follows the granting of Technological University status to a consortium comprising Galway-Mayo,…
Sligo TD calls for Orkambi decision without delay
There are calls for the Health Minister to make a statement on the drug Orkambi without delay. Sligo Leitrim Fianna Fail TD Marc MacSharry says he contacted the drug-manufacturing company Vertex on Friday. He says a spokesperson confirmed they have yet to hear back from the department of Health since…
Health minister wants more time to negotiate Orkambi deal as campaigners protest at Dail
More than a thousand Cystic Fibrosis campaigners are gathered outside Leinster House calling for the approval of the Orkambi drug. Protestors are holding a minute’s silence outside Leinster House for the second time in a matter of months. Campaigners will hold purple balloons and purple roses as an expression…
Fianna Fail TD says hospital prefabs sets “a bad precedent”
A Sligo/Leitrim Fianna Fail TD has described the provision on prefabs on some hospital grounds to relieve overcrowding as ‘a bad precedent.’ Deputy Marc MacSharry was reacting to a proposal by Health Minister Simon Harris, who says the move is a short-term solution. However, there is already concern over whether…
Full Capacity Protocol in place for Sligo & Letterkenny hospitals
The overcrowding crisis shows no sign of easing as the number on trolleys has spiked again today. There are 59 people waiting on trolleys in North West Hospitals today according to the latest INMO trolley watch report. Letterkenny University Hospital has the second highest number of people waiting for a…
People asked to avoid healthcare centres in an effort to contain flu
Health Care officials are urging the public not to visit hospitals and nursing homes unless absolutely necessary in an attempt to contain an outbreak of the flu virus. It comes as a Sligo nursing home has been forced to close a number of wards to visitors and 46 people are…
Trolley crisis eases nationally but 46 waiting for beds in North West
The number of people on hospital trolleys today has dropped to 395. That’s down by more than 200, since Tuesday’s peak of 612. The number of people waiting for a bed in the North West today has reduced slightly with 46 on trolleys. Letterkenny University Hospital has seen a rise…