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I think everyone is breathing a sigh of relief knowing that all the former residents of the Avondale Nursing Home in Callan have now been moved to new facilities. One can only hope that the care that they are receiving in their new homes is of a high quality and that they are happy in their new environment.

The last two remaining residents in care at the troubled Avondale Nursing Home have been transferred from the facility this week.

More than 3,000 signatures have been collected in the city as part of the campaign to prevent the closure of St Francis public nursing home in Newcastle.

The organiser of a petition calling for St Francis public nursing home in the city to be kept open as a residential facility aims to collect 10,000 signatures within the next month.

Twelve additional theatre nurses will be allocated to University Hospital Galway in the next two months in the wake of a top level meeting between local Oireachtas politicians, hospital consultants and Health Minister Dr James Reilly in Dublin yesterday (Wednesday).

A local KIlkenny nurse was honoured by her colleagues and friends recently at an event which recognises excellence in nursing.

Overweight nine to 12 year-olds are being targeted as part of a HSE West programme aimed at halting the trend towards weight gain in children.

A 39-year-old pregnant woman suffering from breast cancer had her surgery deferred at University Hospital Galway because her consultant could not get access to a operating theatre.

Today (Thursday) is the 47th International Nurse’s Day. Set on the birthday of Florence Nightingale, this day was formed to honour the great work that nurses do all over the world.

A trade union which represents nurses, care assistants and support staff at Galway University Hospitals says it is “gobsmacked” by the HSE’s decision to appoint three new management staff with a combined salary of €379,000 to the group.