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Cllr Frank Fahy. Pic: West Cork Times
by Stephen Johnson
More than 250 concerned Kenmare area residents turned out for a meeting at Pobailscoil Inbhear Sceine recently to express their alarm over rumours that the National Ambulance Service is planning to reduce ambulance service in Kenmare.
Under the new proposal Kenmare would have ambulance service from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., but only an ambulance car available from 8pm. to 8am.
Bantry General Hospital. Pic: Google
by Brian Moore
CONCERNS have been voiced by a number of Bantry town councillors at the recently announced re-organisation of services at Bantry General Hospital (BGH).
At a recent town council meeting the members agreed that a Health Service Executive (HSE) representative should attend a meeting of the council to outline the changes and how they will effect the people of Bantry and the surrounding areas.
Bantry General Hospital. Pic: Google
THE ending of 24-hour casualty department services at Bantry General Hospital will see many West Cork patients facing a more than 100 mile round trip for emergecy services, that’s according to local Fianna Fáil senator Denis O’Donovan.
The changes were announced in the recently published new HSE area plans which outline cuts of €721m in health service budgets across the country.
SOS campaigners at CUH
THE Health Service Executive have confirmed that West Cork will retain four ambulances as services across the region are transferred from an “on-call” to fully rostered “on-duty” system.
The confirmation came today (Monday) from Fine Gael TD Noel Harrington who said that the HSE had confirmed that four emergency ambulances would be retained in West Cork as well as an Advanced Paramedic Transport and a non-emergency routine transfer ambulance both to be based in Bantry.
A SERIES of free education sessions for people with diabetes are planned for West Cork in 2013.
The award winning X-PERT programme is being organised by HSE Community Dietitians Bernie Dennehy and Mary Murnane, in conjunction with local general practitioners.
MAD Pride Ireland has announced details of an innovative new mental health pilot project to run across the Beara Peninsula in conjunction with the HSE.
The project titled DIY Mental Health will engage local communities in a positive approach to normalising the conversation around mental wellbeing.
THE HSE is urging people in at-risk groups to get vaccinated against influenza, as the flu season is now here.
Flu can be a very serious illness, especially for people who are older or who have a long-term illness.
Uptake figures for HSE South show that 55.1% of people aged 65 and over who hold a medical card or GP visit card received the flu vaccine during the 2011-2012 flu season. [Read more...]
Supt. Eddie MacEoin pictured holding a sample of the drug which gardaí believe may have been a factor in the deaths of the two men in Kinsale. Pic: Daragh Mc Sweeney/Provision
GARDAÍ investigating the suspicious deaths of two young men in Kinsale at the weekend have found 200 grams of the drug they suspect caused the deaths dumped in a field near Bishopstown.
The drug, known as “Mandy” is a mixture of MDMA (the main ingredient in Ecstasy) and PMMA and is sold in a brown powdered form.
Supt. Eddie MacEoin pictured holding a sample of the drug which gardaí believe may have been a factor in the deaths of both two men in Kinsale. Pic: Daragh Mc Sweeney/Provision
GARDAÍ investigating the suspicious deaths of two young men in Kinsale at the weekend say their top priority is to get the lethal drug they believe was responsible off the streets as quickly as possible.
The drug, known as “Mandy” is a mixture of MDMA (the main ingredient in Ecstasy) and PMMA and is sold in a brown powdered form.
The HSE has issued a drugs warning following the discovery at a house in Kinsale. Pic: Denis Boyle
THE HSE has this afternoon (Tuesday) urged drug users to exercise extreme caution following the tragic deaths of two 22-year-old males in Kinsale in the early hours of Sunday morning.
The HSE urges drug users to be cautious in particular about taking a brown powder substance in the Cork area known to contain Methylamphetamine (MDMA Ecstasy) and Paramethoxymethamphetamine (PMMA)
WEST Cork's Graham Norton has bagged another Bafta scooping the 2013 award for best entertainment programme for The Graham Norton Show. The Bandon native was hosting the glittering awards … [More...]
THE people of Clonakilty, Rossmore and surrounding areas turned out in force on Sunday to welcome home the members of the Kilmeen Drama Group who scored an historic third victory in a row at the All … [More...]
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THE Minister of State at the Department of Arts, … [Read More...]
BANTRY Blues are delighted to announce the dates for its annual Kellogg's Cul Camp. The camp will take place from Monday the 8th to Fri 12th July at Wolfe Tone Park, Bantry, Co Cork. This … [Read More...]
SKIBB U14s played Barryroe in the league at home last Thursday evening and gave another fine team performance with some very good passages of passing football. Playing into a gale in the … [Read More...]
TAOISEACH Enda Kenny has offically launched a new walking trail which has been described as Ireland's answer to the famed “Camino de Santiago” in Spain. The Beara Breifne Way is a … [Read More...]
WEST Cork's Gougane Barra, Beara Peninsula and Kinsale have all made it on to the longlist in The Irish Times competition The Best Place to Holiday in Ireland. They are among 25 holiday … [Read More...]
