*Dr Tony Holohan. Photograph: Joe Buckley A LEADING health activist and patient advocate has said he is “outraged” by the HSE’s plans to appoint Dr Tony Holohan as a cancer consultant with a salary of €257,000.
AN ENNIS store was ordered to close its external food store room by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI).
*Photograph: John Mangan LOSSES at Cahercalla Community Hospital halved to €386,751 in 2022 as the nursing home increased revenues to €5.88m.
Local Fianna Fáil Election candidate for the Shannon MD David Griffin has written to the Minister of State at the Department of Health with responsibility for Older Persons, Mary Butler TD on behalf of affected pyrite homeowners to seek clarity on their access the fair deal scheme.
Increasing levels of community transmission has led to a jump in the number of flu and COVID hospitalisations.
A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE in influenza (flu) and COVID-19 hospitalisations have been recorded in the Mid-West.
*Sandra Broderick. SANDRA BRODERICK has been appointed as the HSE’s first Regional Executive Officer to head the new health authority in the Mid-West.
*Cllr PJ Ryan. Photograph: Natasha Barton A SOUTH-EAST CLARE representative has highlighted a “distressing” recent death by suicide in the county two days after the person was released from care.
*Cllr Ann Norton. Photograph: John O’Neill A RECRUITMENT freeze in the HSE has been questioned by elected representatives in the county.
A FRESH INVESTIGATION into the death of a Shannon teenager has been announced by the HSE.
