HAVE those opposing the closure of Bantry A&E and the dismantling of the health service in general stopped to think where the money to save them, given the economic crisis, is going to come from?

TAOISEACH Brian Cowen refused to give any commitment to saving the 24-hour A&E unit at Bantry General Hospital when he visited West Cork.

THE people of Bantry should be given the same commitment to safeguard their hospital’s A&E services that has been given to the people of Tralee.

UP TO 12 acute hospitals around the country could lose their 24-hour A&E service, following a review of activity levels by the Health Service Executive (HSE).