HSE staff given two days’ leave to attend Galway race festival
Yesterday the HSE West confirmed clerical and administration grades had been granted two race days to attend the festival which begins on Monday.
The concession has been granted at a time when the HSE is planning to cancel all elective surgery at Merlin Park Hospital in Galway for the last four months of the year as part of a cost containment plan. The hospital will also close for three weeks from Monday. The HSE said next week’s closure, which also coincides with race week, “represents the normal theatre closures for Merlin Park University Hospital during that time”.
