THE Health Service Executive has strongly rejected a claim by the Psychiatric Nurses Association that residents of St Finan’s Hospital in Killarney are being transferred to another facility against their wishes.

THE Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) yesterday gave the all-clear for the opening of a new €16.4 million community hospital in Dingle, Co Kerry.

SERVICES at a new emergency &unit in Kerry General Hospital, Tralee, are expected to improve significantly with the appointment of two permanent consultants in emergency medicine.