DON’T try and climb the ladder and break the rungs behind you so nobody else can get up. Reach out your hand and always offer a helping hand.” The advice comes from well-known Letterkenny businessman George Boal when asked about the secret to his success. A few days have passed since Mr Boal (82) learned […]
More difficult weeks ahead for Letterkenny hospital
IT’S been another unforgiving week in Donegal’s fight against Covid-19. As of 8pm on Tuesday, there were 103 inpatients positive with Covid-19 in Letterkenny University Hospital and three patients in the Intensive Care Unit. Advertisement On Sunday evening, patients had to wait in ambulances outside before being admitted to the hospital. LUH General […]
Pieta House North West has effectively closed – workers
SERVICE cuts in Pieta due to funding issues are leaving some of the most vulnerable people in Donegal at risk. Staff in Letterkenny have spoken of their fears for the future of the service and have expressed concern at the knock-on effects the cuts will have on vulnerable service users of Pieta House. Advertisement Speaking […]
Fears for future of Pieta House in Letterkenny
“Pieta House Northwest are not taking on new clients who are in suicidal distress. It would appear to me that the service is being withdrawn”
Fianna Fáil candidates top spenders in local elections
FIANNA FÁIL spent over €51,000 promoting their eleven successful
candidates through last year’s local elections.
‘Why should Letterkenny have to put up with this?’
Irish Water is set to invest €44 million in Letterkenny through a major programme of works on the town’s water supply and addressing deficiencies…
Over forty posts cannot be filled at LUH – report
The Chief Operating Officer confirmed that they have experienced difficulty filling Senior Medical Scientist, Cardiac Physiologists and OT posts.
HSE spent nearly €12m on agency staff last year
The figures, released to Councillor Ciaran Brogan this week, show an increase of 13.3% on the previous year.
Six hundred leave Letterkenny hospital over three years
These latest figures come amid reports of low morale and ongoing industrial relations problems within the Health Service Executive.
Agency staff costing three times ordinary LUH salaries
It follows confirmation that the HSE has been paying in the region of €8 m per year for agency doctors to work at Letterkenny University Hospital.