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The Irish Hospital Consultants Association (IHCA) has warned of the excessively long waits patients in the Midlands are experiencing before being treated or assessed by a Consultant in the region’s acute public hospitals.

John Dingle

As the legendary Colonel Richard Martin neared the end of his life in Boulogne, where he had fled to escape his numerous creditors, a large four-horse carriage, on which two postilions, in jackets of dark-blue frieze, guided the coach on horse-back, arrived at the front door of Ballynahinch. It was dark, and its occupants were in a state of near exhaustion.

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It is with some bemusement that I noted the recent contributions in Seanad Éireann regarding the future of local authority arrangements in Galway and, in particular, the voicing of opposition to the amalgamation of the Galway county and city councils.

North West SPCA in Mayo is to receive €12,000 in funding from Mayo County Council as a result of a long discussion on animal welfare that took up much of the December meeting of the council this week, with everything from dog-breeding, dog-abandoning, sheep worrying, goats eating up gardens and cruelty to horses being highlighted by councillors.

Another SSE Airtricity League first division promotion play-off beckons for Galway United, who face Longford Town at the UCD Bowl tomorrow evening (7.45pm).

Local community groups are being encouraged to apply for funding under the 2020 Town and Village Renewal Scheme.

A number of Athlone based personnel successfully completed the NISO ‘Introduction to Occupational Health and Safety’ in Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT) and were awarded certification at a presentation held in the Prince of Wales Hotel.

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