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Robert was last seen on Thursday in Abbeyleix.
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Robert was last seen on Thursday in Abbeyleix.
Tributes to Father John Cummins this evening recalled a “lovely man” and a “true gentleman”.
Like all good pubs, it started out as a grocery shop and shebeen.
People Over Wind want to launch a legal challenge to An Bord Pleanála’s granting of planning permission for the Cullenagh Wind Farm project.
Topaz is opening the service stations on the Dublin-Cork and Dublin-Waterford motorways.
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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.
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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.
Gardaí 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.