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A Kilkenny man was asked to apologise in court to Fianna Fail councillor John Coonan after a judge convicted him of threatening, abusive and insulting behaviour.

St Loman’s psychiatric hospital in Mullingar has been earmarked for closure as part of a €50 million HSE investment into mental health facilities, while a new community nursing unit has also been promised for the town.

A 36-year-old Galway man charged with three counts of sexual assault has been sent forward for trial.

People with chronic diseases such as heart disease and diabetes have been let down by the government’s inability to follow through on its funding commitments, according to a local senator.

Mental health patients who are currently being treated in a facility in South Tipperary will soon be transferred to St Luke’s Hospital Psychiatric ward in Kilkenny.

The National Youth Council of Ireland is very concerned by the latest report from the Mental Health Commission stating that 200 young people under 18 were admitted to adult mental health hospitals in 2007 while 113 young people have been admitted to adult units in the first half of 2008.

A former mayor and city councillor has described as “deplorable” and “scandalous” the HSE West’s decision to stop providing lunches to clients attending a day psychiatric hospital on the outskirts of the city.

“It’s time for the politicians to be honest with the people in the area, for example with the sewerage scheme in Belmullet. We have been promised this basic bit of infrastructure for years and when the money was there we didn’t get it. But now the promises will be trotted out again come the election about it, but even if there is funding for it there, because of the polluter pays principle there are businesses in Belmullet who are going to have to contribute millions towards it to get it going. It’s time our politicians were honest with the people about this.”

A former mayor and city councillor has slammed the HSE’s decision not to provide clients attending a day psychiatric hospital on the outskirts of the city with sandwiches to accompany their soup.

Construction work has begun on the 20 bed St Anne’s child and adolescent unit located on the grounds of Merlin Park Hospital.