Deputy Robert Troy has criticised the Government for failing to deliver on a commitment to recruit 35 nurses at the Midland Regional Hospital in Mullingar. The Longford - Westmeath TD has received information that shows the staffing commitment has not been delivered by the HSE to date. Deputy Troy commented, “In recent months the Government has come under enormous pressure to resolve the staffing crisis at the Midland Regional Hospital in Mullingar. I have been working with representative groups to highlight the issue, and I welcomed the initial commitment made by the HSE earlier...

The Coca-Cola Thank You Fund will once again award five separate €25,000 grants to organisations that have a new idea to encourage people to be more active, more often in 2015. Non-profit and voluntary organisations in your constituency can apply at coca-cola.ie/thankyou before the deadline of Monday 29th June. We’re hoping to hear from a broad range of organisations with novel ideas to motivate their community, or indeed the whole country, to get moving. Projects can involve traditionally popular sports or newer forms of physical activity. Most importantly, we’re searching for organisations that have...