Strict visitor restrictions have been implemented in more than 20 hospitals around the country amid coronavirus fears.

It’s nearly 60 years since the polio epidemic struck fear into the heart of middle Ireland. It’s still not over, says Aileen Lee, for the hundreds of sufferers still affected by the disease

THE Department of Health has abandoned plans to bring in private management to resurrect the fortunes of the main hospitals in the West and will instead rely on the abilities of two existing senior health employees.

I HAD cause to go to the Orthopaedic Hospital in Gurranabraher for a consultation. I must say that the courtesy, professionalism and efficiency was a joy to behold, from the receptionist to the nurses, Dr Pat Fleming, Dr Saied Safi and the radiologist.