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An east Galway Fianna Fail TD moved this week to reassure people about the future of Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe.

The Government’s slim majority has been reduced to just four after Independent Galway West TD Noel Grealish lived up to his threat and voted against the Coalition.

“A great week for Kinnegad” is how local councillor Denis Leonard described the opening of the new primary care unit and the creation of 80 jobs in the brand new Tesco store, within days of each other, in Kinnegad this week.

The new CEO of the HSE, Cathal Magee, attended his first official engagement in Westmeath this week when he launched the new Kinnegad Primary Care Team.

Labour is determined that the next election will result in a significant electoral breakthrough and the west of Ireland is key to that plan.

A new organisation formed to fight the health cuts is urging people to take part in a protest rally at the end of the month.

St Louis Community School, Kiltimagh, is now a leading provider of further education courses in Mayo and has again extended the range of programmes on offer in September 2010.

A new organisation formed to fight the health cuts is urging people to sign a petition to register their concern.

Members of staff at Mayo General Hospital were informed on Tuesday last that 150 temporary workers are to lose their jobs from September 1 next. Devastated employees are now set to be forced on to the dole queues while services at the hospital are sure to come under considerable strain.

Despite political and public opinion believing that the €7 million share of cuts to be foisted on Portiuncula hospital by the end of the year would “effectively close” the hospital, “the HSE can categorically state that there are no plans to close Portiuncula Hospital”.