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 Thurles Greyhound Stadium Everyone of us enjoy a night at the dogs and next month people will have the opportunity to bring the whole family Greyhound racing in aid of a very worthy cause.
On February 26th next the Irish Greyhound Board will host its first ever multi venue family benefit night, in aid of Down Syndrome Ireland.
In association with the Irish Examiner, the event will take place across 10 locations including Thurles Greyhound Stadium, with all funds raised being distributed both nationally and to regional branches of Down Syndrome Ireland.
Tickets to this family friendly evening will include access to all races, plus a race programme. All venues involved in Tipperary will have entertainment, goodie bags for children, raffles and auctions, as well as all the thrill of the chase.
There will also be a weekend break for two up for grabs at each venue, courtesy of Select Hotel Ireland.
Head of Marketing for the Irish Greyhound Board, Orla Strumble, said the organisation were delighted to be involved in this worthy fund raiser.
Family tickets for the night cost just €20 for 2 adults and up to 4 children while individual tickets will cost €10.
Remember the Date – February 26th 2011 – Thurles Greyhound Stadium.
 The total count for patients forced to remain on trolleys at Limerick Regional Hospital yesterday was 51 according to the today’s Irish Times.
Mary Fogarty, industrial relations officer with the INMO in the mid-west region, stated that over Christmas patients had little access to diagnostic tests and procedures and this led to very few discharges. She stated the hospital has been under severe pressure since reconfiguration of acute services in the mid-west region began in April 2009. A spokesman for the hospital said emergency departments are under pressure because of cold weather, seasonal demands and swine flu.
Meanwhile according to Tipp Fm Radio today visiting restrictions are in place at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital due to the presence of influenza cases. People are asked not to visit the hospital unless it is absolutely essential.
According to management at the hospital, unwell patients who may have flu like symptoms should not visit the hospital. Pregnant women or young adults and those with chronic illnesses should not visit suspect or confirmed cases and these visiting restrictions will remain in place until the situation has been resolved. Meanwhile many appointments with out patients are being cancelled.
This situation now confirms the argument that the closure of services at Nenagh Hospital, not only places patients at unacceptable distances from acute life-saving medical care, forcing people to travel unnecessarily to an overworked and overwhelmed central hospital in Limerick, but in truth leaves us without any real reliable medical service in North Tipperary at all.
This unacceptable situation must now become an election issue on all doorsteps in North Tipperary in the coming weeks with those political candidates who choose to seek out our valuable support. Remember, while we can not change the direction of the wind, we can adjust our sails in our efforts to reach our required destinations.
Meanwhile, we are informed that all appropriate infection control measures are being taken to deal with this situation at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital.
Gardaí and the Road Safety Authority launched their annual Christmas and New Year campaign called ‘Crashed Lives‘ today. This year’s campaign, launched in Dublin today by President Mary McAleese, focuses on those who have been seriously injured on our roads, and all families who have suffered as a consequences of road collisions.
‘Crashed Lives‘ is a road safety campaign featuring true life case studies in which people speak about the consequences of a crash or about the loss of loved ones in road collisions and how it has changed their lives forever, robbing everyone of their dreams.
Shockingly, a total of 22,882 people have lost their lives on Irish roads since records began in 1959 and a total of 66,773 people have suffered serious life-changing injuries due to road accidents since serious injures were first recorded in 1979. The Tipperary Garda Division which covers county Tipperary north and south experienced 13 road deaths in 2009. Over the holiday season a series of television adverts will be aired, which will feature true life accounts of recent serious road tragedies.
President McAleese stated at the launch: “There is no corner of this island that has not been affected by road deaths and injury. Since I spoke here last year, 227 people lost their lives on our roads. Every single one of them could be and should be alive today. They should be with their families looking forward to Christmas. Instead, sons and daughters, mothers and fathers, wives and husbands, friends and colleagues are carrying a grief that just goes on and on. We are all gathered here, because we hope that this Christmas road safety campaign will save lives.”
She also reminded, those assembled, of the dangers faced when using the roads at this time of the year and asked everyone to remember those who have been affected by road tragedy, especially those who have been killed, the injured survivors and their family members.
The Chairman of the Road Safety Authority (RSA), Gay Byrne, stated that the campaign was about the forgotten victims of road collisions. The veteran broadcaster said: “For every death on EU roads, there are serious injuries, ranging from severe brain damage, life long disablement and spinal cord injuries and simply put, for these people and their families, life will never be the same. Our message to every household today is simple – don’t take life for granted. Stay safe on the roads and make sure you get home safely this Christmas.”
To view full statistics regarding our countries driving behaviour click here.
The number of people waiting on trolleys at the Mid Western in Limerick should be greatly reduced, following an agreement with the HSE to re-open 27 beds.
With the closure of Nenagh Hospital, the Mid Western Regional Hospital in Limerick now serves residents of North Tipperary.
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation have successfully secured the re-opening of these beds in Wards 4C and 2B, following a two day meeting with HSE management.
Latest figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) show that there are 22 people currently waiting on Hospital trolley’s at the Mid Western Regional in Dooradoyle.
The re-opened wards had been reduced to operating only 5 days a week due to funding cuts. The decision to open again came only hours before nursing staff at the hospital were to implement a strict work-to-rule.
Mary Fogarty, Industrial Relations Officer with the INMO, stated that the re-opening of these beds will now allow greater ease in terms of managing patients, and ensuring safer practises with regard to disease control, while possibly also ensuring that those attending the hospital will actually get a bed.
It is understood that these beds will now open, as from Monday next.
 Borrisoleigh‘s Community Welfare Officer (CWO) will be reinstated from Templemore to Borrisoleigh in the very near future and suitable accommodation is now being finalised for this move.
North Tipperary Fine Gael TD Noel Coonan has constantly questioned Health Minister Mary Harney on this issue ever since the Borrisoleigh CWO was removed from the area in 2008, when the HSE deemed the accommodation unsatisfactory from a health and safety prospective. No other HSE premises was available at the time and almost 170 people from Borrisoleigh then signed a petition calling for the officer to be immediatly reinstated.
Fine Gael’s Deputy Agriculture Spokesperson Coonan confirmed this statement this morning stating:
“For the last two years I have been calling on the Health Minister to address this issue as a matter of priority. The moving of the CWO to Templemore was a regrettable inconvenience for people who could not drive or who relied on a public transport service to Borrisoleigh, latter which is non-existent. I’m disappointed that the Government discommoded so many people for so long in Borrisoleigh and I will continue to lobby the Minister until this issue is fully resolved. Unfortunately the HSE, in response to my parliamentary question, failed to outline a definite date for the return of the officer, who currently offers a clinic twice weekly and whose service is invaluable in these financially strained times.”
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