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The recently published HIQA Report which criticised elements of the service provided by the Sacred Heart Hospital in Castlebar must not be used by the Government as a stick with which to beat the facility.

A report criticising the level of care offered to patients at the Sacred Heart Hospital has been condemned by Castlebar Fine Gael town councillor and former mayor, Cllr Ger Deere, who stated that the report published in the national media this week was being “used as an excuse to close down the Sacred Heart”.

An intoxicated man who stole items from a hospital on his way home from a night out was before Castlebar District Court this week after the case was adjourned for sentencing.

The HSE’s Public Health Nursing Service in Mayo has announced the development of a nurse-led continence care clinic for men, the first of its kind for men in the west of Ireland.

A unique occasion will take place in Milebush Park on Saturday at 2.30pm when the Mayo Soccer Masters take on the Mayo GAA Masters for the Tony McHugh Memorial Cup. The Tony McHugh Memorial Cup is being presented by the Mayo Emigrants Liaison Committee, in appreciation for all the work that he did during his short life for numerous organisations, along with Kevin Bourke from Rehab and Joe O’Dea, manager of the Welcome Inn Hotel. Tony ran monthly dances for Irish people in London, so they had a contact place to meet other Irish emigrants, and in many cases acquired work. It is reckoned that Tony got hundreds of people jobs during the last recession.

An intoxicated man who stole items from a hospital on his way home from a night out was before Castlebar District Court this week.

Castlebar Mitchels GAA Club this week announced, as part of its programme of events to celebrate its 125th anniversary, it is launching a special limited edition set of Christmas cards for sale, the proceeds of which are going to a nominated local charity, namely, the Sacred Heart Hospital in Castlebar.

Deputy Mayor of Castlebar and chairperson of Iompar Castlebar Thérèse Ruane, has welcomed Mayo County Council's commitment this week to putting in place three new pedestrian crossings on the Pontoon Road are of Castlebar in the coming weeks. 

Severe job losses and a decimated health service in the region is a possibility if newly threatened HSE cutbacks in Mayo go ahead. In the whole HSE West region, 1,000 people could lose their jobs, with 300 people on temporary contracts in the county to potentially lose their jobs if a report, compiled by a consultancy firm, is implemented.

There was great sadness at the Sacred Heart Hospital in Castlebar recently when much-loved lifetime resident, Joe McAndrew, suddenly passed away.