CLOSE to 1,500 people are on the audiology treatment waiting list for a year or more in Donegal, according to recent HSE figures. The statistics have been condemned by Chime, Ireland’s leading Deaf and Hard for Hearing charity, which slammed what it described as “shocking” delays revealing a “dysfunctional” system. Nationally, audiology treatment waiting lists […]
Budget 2025: Key measures to address cost of living crisis
The Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine has welcomed today’s budget announcement, highlighting the Government’s €8.3 billion package of extra spending and tax cuts aimed at easing the cost of living. Minister Charlie McConalogue emphasised that Budget 2025 is heavily focused on addressing the ongoing financial pressures faced by Irish households. Here are the […]
Almost 250 abortions carried out in Donegal last year
Figures released by the Department of Health have revealed that 249 abortions were carried out in Donegal last year.
Period Dignity Initiative launched in Donegal
A Healthy Ireland Survey in 2022 reported 24% of women surveyed experienced at least one indicator of period poverty.
LUH patient was asked to lie on the floor – report
A Letterkenny University Hospital patient was asked to lie on the Emergency Department floor after fainting because no bed or chair was available, according to a report in The Irish Times. Apparently, staff at LUH have been told not to ask patients to lie on the floor following the September 2022 incident. It’s reported that […]
Donegal TD calls on restrictions on e-cigarettes that target young people
Independent TD for Donegal, Thomas Pringle believes the government should restrict flavours, packaging and advertising for e-cigarettes that could be seen to target younger people. Addressing the Dáil, Deputy Pringle said he supported the introduction of a licensing system for the sale of tobacco and nicotine inhaling products, such as e-cigarettes. The proposed restrictions on […]
Runaway hospital overcrowding becoming ‘new normal’
OVER 3,123 patients have been without a hospital bed this week according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation’s TrolleyWatch figures. 548 patients are without a bed today, including sixteen children. INMO General Secretary Phil Ni Sheaghdha, “There hasn’t been a day in the last two weeks where trolley numbers have dropped below 545. It is […]
Over 12,000 Donegal people tested for Covid this month
MORE than 12,000 people have presented for Covid testing in Donegal so far this month, the Health Service Executive (HSE) has said. More than eighty per cent attended the St Conal’s, Letterkenny, testing centre while a further 1,854 went through the Cleary Centre, Donegal Town, which remains closed at weekends. 338 were tested at the […]
Cases in 25 of the 26 counties over the past 14 days
There have been no new deaths reported to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre today. There has been a total of 1,777 Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland. As of midnight Monday 24th August, the HPSC has been notified of 92 confirmed cases of Covid-19. There is now a total of 28,201* confirmed cases of Covid-19 in […]
