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Two transplant recipients from Athlone, together with family and friends, gathered at the scenic Burgess Park in Athlone, on the banks of the River Shannon, for a photocall to highlight the Irish Kidney Association’s third virtual Run for a Life (www.ika.ie/runforalife), a family fun run which will culminate on Saturday, May 28.

An Athlone woman will travel to Frankfurt in Germany this month to avail of specialist treatment in a bid to cure her Lyme disease condition.

A murderer and rapist who was arrested in Galway in 1976 is believed to be bringing a legal challenge to secure temporary release after spending more than 45 years in jail.

The major disruption to local hospital services caused by the recent cyber attack on the HSE’s IT system is expected to continue for a number of weeks with thousands of patients facing cancelled appointments and delays.

It is still too early to say if confidential patient information, either recent or historical, has been compromised as a result of the cyber attack on the Health Service Executive’s IT systems, according to the chief executive of the Saolta University Health Care Group which runs the seven public hospitals in the west and north-west of the country.

The estimated 1,800 people living with heart failure in Westmeath are being urged to embrace a wide range of supports to help them manage the chronic condition.

RONAN FAGAN

The collaborative fruition of eighteen local talented musicians, all with one goal in focus, was unveiled to a vast listening audience on Friday last.

May is Lyme Disease awareness month so I thought I’d write a little bit about it, my own experience of it and how to prevent it.