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    An alliance involving health professionals has begun a public awareness campaign to highlight their importance. The Health and Social Care Professions Alliance, who represent almost 40,000 healthcare professionals in Ireland, say that up to 7,000 beds in hospitals nationwide could be made available, if further investment was made in the services they provide. […]

  Highland Radio position as Ireland’s Number One local radio station has been confirmed with the publication of the latest round of JNLR listenership figures today. 64% of people in the area listen daily, and 85% of people listen at least once a week, giving the station a total market share of over 67%, the

    A Belleek councillor has expressed grave concern at the prospect of a proposed wind farm in South Donegal being even bigger than initially planned. Donegal County Council had initially rejected the application for the Derrykillew and Corlea site, but that decision was overturned by An Bord Pleanala. Now, it’s understood the company wants to increase

A road safety campaigner says it’s “unacceptable” and “worrying” that checks on lifts at NCT centres only took place after problems were identified in the north. Initial checks last week found cracking in at least one lift, leading to the suspension of underbody testing at all 47 centres. The National Car Testing Service says new

  A West Tyrone MLA is demanding urgent action on the future of Strabane Out of Hours GP services. It’s understood that the service cover has dramatically reduced in the last year to 26% coverage, meaning there was no out of Hours GP services in Strabane 74% of the time in 2019. On-going funding problems

  Thousands of people are expected at a march in Dublin later in protest at the lack of government funding in the childcare sector. A local protest in support of those in Dublin is getting underway outside the Donegal county childcare committee in Letterkenny at 11.30 am. Organisers, The Early Years Alliance, say the issue

  A meeting is to be arranged in a bid to enhance road signage and information directions for Donegal in the Derry area. It’s thought that more can be done to encourage tourists visiting Derry to come to Donegal with on-going concern that currently there is little in place to entice them across the border.

  A Consultant Geriatrician will today lead a protest at the gates of Letterkenny University Hospital calling for the immediate establishment of an Acute Stroke Unit. The issue has become one of the key talking points of the election campaign after Professor Ken Mulpeter said last month that up to 16 lives are lost each year

  A major research project to be based in Donegal will explore ways to reduce the amount of time cancer patients spend in hospital by bringing some of their treatment into the community. The €160,000 project will see some oral chemotherapy provided in GP community care centres, with the patients carefully monitored so the potential

The country’s acute hospitals are expected to do too much and more supports are needed for community care. That’s the view of the former head of the HSE. Tony O’Brien’s comments come as 640 admitted patients were without beds in irish hospitals this morning, 17 of them in Letterkenny. Mr O’Brien says there aren’t enough

There are 112 fewer psychologists than recommended in the HSE’s Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service. That’s according to the Psychological Society of Ireland, which claims new waiting-list figures are ‘shocking’. The issue has been highlighted several times in Donegal, with claims that proportionately, the North West has the highest waiting times. Nationally, More than

  It’s been claimed that up to 12 women suffered a delayed cancer diagnosis at Letterkenny University Hospital. It comes as a review of the hospitals gynaecological services is underway in light of alleged missed cancers at the unit. Now, it’s been further claimed that there could be at least 10 further cases in the