A CAPACITY crowd packed the Fowler Hall in Fahan on Monday night to lend their support to having the local Public Health Nursing (PHN) service restored after it was removed without warning in the past fortnight. Newly elected councillors Joy Beard of 100% Redress, Fionan Bradley FF and re-elected Cllrs Paul Canning FF and Jack […]
Temporary nurse cover confirmed for Tory Island
TEMPORARY nurse cover has been secured for Tory Island. The news emerged last week that residents on Tory Island are to be left without a nurse for two weeks and were told to contact their GP or Nowdoc in the case of an emergency. There are currently two full time nurses who work on the […]
No Nurse on Tory for two weeks is ‘totally unacceptable’
DONEGAL Deputy Pearse Doherty has called the news that Tory Island will be without a nurse for the next two weeks totally unacceptable. The Sinn Féin TD was speaking after a spokesperson for the Comharchumann Thoraí Teo confirmed that there will be no nurse to cover Tory Island for the next two weeks and that […]
Donegal nurse becomes the ‘face’ of the NHS
“It’s frightening for them and all they have to look at for reassurance are the eyes behind the mask”
Huge crowds attend funeral of Mary Ellen Molly
“As a nurse Mary Ellen gave of herself as a wonderful carer, showing empathy to others in their time of need.”