ICU consultant Dr Catherine Motherway will be joined by frontline colleagues from University Hospital Limerick on Thursday in the local effort of a national fundraising cycle to commemorate those who have lost their lives to COVID-19.
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has visited the COVID-19 vaccination centre in Ballymaley, Ennis, Co. Clare to thank its staff for their efforts to date.
Scheduled walk-in vaccination clinics for adults, and children aged 12 and over, will be held at all three Mid-West COVID-19 Vaccination Centres including Ennis this weekend, from Friday August 27th to Sunday August 29th.
Clare County Council, on the advice of the HSE, has placed a prohibition on swimming in White Strand Miltown Malbay due to increased bacterial levels in the bathing water as a result of recent rainfall.
A transatlantic flight has diverted to Shannon Airport this afternoon after they crew reported they had a passenger on board who required medical attention.
An Garda Síochána at the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB) are warning the public of a recent text message (smishing) scam where persons are receiving text messages purporting to be from Health Service Executive (HSE) and advising the public to book an appointment for a Covid-19 test through a link on the text.
A new University of Limerick study has found that the treatment used in the majority of Irish kidney failure patients may lead to higher rates of hospitalisation, infection and even death.