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A married father of four, whose children range in age from nine to one, was given a suspended sentence at Ballina District Court on Tuesday after he was detected cultivating two cannabis plants as well as having cannabis resin in his possession.

Fourteen Westmeath pharmacies have announced their intention to withdraw from community drug schemes by August this year.

Fourteen Westmeath pharmacies have announced their intention to withdraw from community drug schemes by August this year.

The majority of Athlone’s pharmacists have announced they are to close their doors to the public from August 1, following their decision to stop dispensing prescription medicines on that date.

Pharmacists have hit out at State health chiefs claiming they are trying to cover up a looming crisis in the supply of medicine. The Irish Pharmacy Union has slammed a list published by the HSE of chemists who will continue to dispense drugs during a planned stoppage, claiming the list is inaccurate and includes one Galway pharmacy which closed three months ago.

Pharmacists in Kilkenny are looking at a bleak and uncertain future if the Minister for Health does not agree to enter into negotiations with pharmacists who are refusing to fill prescriptions under the medical card scheme and state drugs scheme from tomorrow.

Sixteen Mayo pharmacies which were incorrectly listed on the HSE website, as pharmacies that will continue to administer under the Community Drug Scheme from Saturday, shows the utter “incompetence” of the HSE according to one irate local pharmacist. The pharmacist, who did not want to be named, was included in this incorrect list and condemned this “incredible” error on the HSE’s behalf which is only “adding to the public’s confusion” about where they can avail of their community drugs scheme medication.

As the HSE and pharmacy dispute continues, many Mayo patients are left stranded without medication as the two HSE-operated pharmacies, which are part of the health services contingency plan, fail to provide necessary medication when needed. Patients who are not under the State drugs scheme were also left trying to find an open pharmacy in the county as pharmacists staged a protest about the HSE not entering into an agreement with them.

The pharmacy/HSE action is over for now with hundreds of pharmacists once again dispensing medicines under the Community Drug Schemes. But the Irish Pharmaceutical Union has warned that if the HSE places any obstacles in the way of pharmacies resuming normal services they will be met with a “very swift response”.

Pharmacies across Athlone have recommenced dispensing prescription medication, after the Irish Pharmacy Union (IPU) urged them to resume normal service in the interest of patient safety.