Harney urged to have a heart over planned hospital closure

HEALTH Minister Mary Harney will be urged, on the eve of Valentine’s Day to show she has a heart.

Supporters of Monaghan General Hospital travel to Dublin tomorrow to present the minister with a heart-shaped Valentine’s gift.

Anxious to retain acute medical services at Monaghan in the face of Government policy to have it centralised to Cavan, members of the Monaghan Hospital Community Alliance have received the backing of the local business community — which will be travelling in convoy to the Dáil tomorrow.