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City Mayor Cllr Padraig Conneely - who claims he was “ordered out” of University Hospital Galway A&E department recently and who walked out of the HSE’s regional health forum west meeting this week “in protest” over comments made by a senior health official - has vowed to continue being the “voice of the voiceless”.

Fine Gael town councillor and candidate in the forthcoming Westport Town Council elections Myles Staunton has submitted the picture below to highlight the wasting of taxpayers’ money by the Government and the effect this can have on local issues.

An adult male and a child - the first swine flu cases in the west - recently returned from New York, it was confirmed this week.

Two cases of swine flu have been confirmed in the west according to the HSE.

A Westmeath pharmacist has warned that up to 5,000 pharmacy jobs could be lost thanks to the decision of the Minister for Health to cut payments to pharmacists for providing medicines and advice to patients on the community drugs schemes by 36 per cent.

Front line health services will be seriously damaged by the Minister for Health and Children’s decision to cut payments by 36 per cent to pharmacists for providing medicines and advice to patients on the community drugs schemes , according to the Irish Pharmacy Union [IPU], the representative body for 1,900 community pharmacists.

Green Party TD for Carlow/Kilkenny, Mary White, has welcomed new supports for scoliosis patients following a Dáil debate last week on resources for Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin. 

A nationwide survey of public carpark parking spaces carried out by tyre-maker Semperit has highlighted a significant number of spaces that are narrower than the recommended guidelines.

A local city councillor is calling for the re-instatement of the health boards which were abolished in January 2005.

Youth projects in Athlone have received a boost of €100,000 in funding, following the expansion of the Young People’s Facilities and Services Fund (YPFSF).