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“Horrendous” is how the chairman of the HSE West’s regional health forum has described the fact that almost 90 beds have now been closed in local public hospitals due to budgetary cutbacks.

The HSE is considering proposals to bring 16 beds in Mullingar Hospital, which had remained closed for the summer period due to budget cutbacks, back into operation.

It’s great to have a good news story on the front page of the paper this week - in fact that’s two weeks in a row, which is pretty good going at these times!

Longford/Westmeath Fine Gael Deputy James Bannon has said that were it not so serious, he could almost laugh at the insane pronouncements of Government Ministers.

Friends, as Mayor of Castlebar, it is my pleasant duty to extend season’s greeting to the people of Castlebar at home and away.

The HSE is urging people to become aware of the “various doors” to health services to make it easier to select the most appropriate and quickest way to get advice or help over the festive season.

The number of people attending the emergency department of University Hospital Galway rose by 22 per cent during the Christmas period.

Despite a thaw in some parts of the country today, risks to the public from slips and falls on icy footpaths are likely to continue in the days ahead, the HSE said today. The elderly and vulnerable remain at risk of isolation in many parts of the country and the HSE today reminded people to drop in on elderly neighbours to ensure that they had adequate food, heating and prescription medicines. The public should remember that elderly people are particularly prone to hypothermia and pneumonia and while temperatures are due to rise slightly in the days ahead, health and safety risks, particularly to the elderly and vulnerable, are likely to remain for the foreseeable future.

·       Wear well-fitted shoes with non-slip soles if you have to go out but try to limit walking during the current cold weather. Boots with rubber soles and solid ankle support that are preferably waterproof are essential to preventing slips and falls on the ice.

An outright ban on the operation of head shops and their products should be given serious consideration, that is according to Galway West Fianna Fail TD Frank Fahey.