Deputy Joe Carey (FG) has admitted the response of the Government and HSE in dealing with COVID-19 nursing homes was too slow and maintained the framework for Government compiled by Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil offers the change the Irish electorate voted for.
*Photograph: Sean Curtin True Media. 19,262 people in the Republic of Ireland have been diagnosed with COVID-19 with 209 in Clare while a further 26 people with the virus have died.
THE Clare Branch of the Irish Red Cross are urgently seeking the public’s support to help them continue their vital work. The Red Cross are not able to fundraise due to the current Covid-19 government restrictions, but they are still providing support services in the community and assisting the HSE where required. “This means that …
39 more deaths have been recorded with an additional 493 cases of COVID-19 known in Ireland while the HSE have said the testing backlog has been eliminated.
THE hospitality industry in Clare creates 12,000 jobs and generates €266 million for the economy every year. Within just a few weeks we’ve seen its revenues plummet by up to 100 per cent – a development which will have a lasting impact on all our lives unless emergency measures are implemented now.
A Clare TD has questioned the amount of time it took for visitor restrictions to be introduced at nursing homes across the country.
*An aerial shot of Kilrush. Front-line workers in Kilrush have appealed to residents of the West Clare town to “mind your music” as it has affected their sleep.
Agreement has been reached that will see home carers receive payment for hours in March that they would have previously lost. Prior to the change in policy, carers were only paid for the first two days when a client entered self-isolation. More than 3,000 of Home and Community Care Ireland’s (HCCI) clients are self-isolating and …
Clare’s most vulnerable will be assisted following the creation of a new community response team.
There are no plans to add an additional Coronavirus testing centre in Clare with 8,000 on a waiting list in the Mid-West to be tested.
