Wednesday 22 May, 2013
It’s wild out there today.
THE SOUTHBOUND LANES of the M8 motorway have been closed due to an oil spillage on the road.
The closure affects the whole area between Junction 3 near Abbeyleix, Co Laois and Junction 8 near Cashel, Co Tipperary. It’s expected the road will be closed for a number of hours.
Diversions are in place and motorists have been advised to use alternative routes.
All the biggest news stories from the day, as well as the few bits and pieces you might not have seen.
Reports that ten publicly-run community nursing homes will be shut next year have been met with criticism by the Opposition party.
The Health Service Executive has said it will now hold a consultation with residents after they challenged the closure in the High Court.
Cathal Magee will face questions about the health service crisis when he appears before an Oireachtas committee.
One of the organisers of today’s protest says the patients are “very happy” to see the level of support shown by the local community against the closure.
Catch up on the day’s main stories as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed…
St Brigid’s Hospital – a 28-bed unit in Shane, Portlaoise – will be closed, just two weeks after a unit in Abbeyleix was shut.
A round up of the day’s main news – plus any bits and pieces you may have missed.
Closing the unit down will unfairly target its vulnerable and elderly residents, leaders of the campaign told TheJournal.ie.
Fianna Fáil’s Seán Fleming said the move was “uncaring and insensitive”, and will not deliver significant savings for the HSE.
The HSE said the decision was taken as a safe service could not be guaranteed in the face of budget cuts.
Gardaà in Abbeyleix are seeking the public’s assistance in relation to a serious assault that occurred on Sunday morning.
Bus driver Francis Donoher says he was taken aback at the generosity of the cafe which gave him and his passengers free tea, coffee and hot chocolate as they waited for the road to clear.
A NEW STUDY has claimed that the number of deaths caused by smoking in the home could be comparable to the number of road deaths recorded in Ireland.
According to the NUI Galway-led research, the concentration of particulate pollution in the homes of smokers (who smoke indoors) is six-times higher than the World Health Organisation’s recommendation for general outdoor air quality, 10 times the allowable level for healthy breathing in homes and up to 17 times greater than levels actually found outdoors.
Smoking at home causes greater levels of air pollutants than using solid fuels such as coal, wood, peat and gas, says Dr Marie Coggins.
Since the introduction of the smoking ban in Ireland, many people have found it easier to stop people smoking in their own homes. So, in today’s poll we ask: Do you allow smoking in your home?
Poll Results:
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