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Sixteen jobs are to be lost in Castlebar early in 2011 with the closure of the multi-million euro ambulance emergency call centre in Castlebar, which will be transferred to a new centre in Ballyshannon.

The Fine Gael children spokesperson Charlie Flanagan has called for a re-investigation into allegations of abuse at two facilities in Galway overseen by the Brothers of Charity.

The 50 cent prescription charge introduced for medical card holders last week has been roundly condemned by public representatives in Mayo.

A new organisation formed to fight the health cuts is urging people to take part in a protest rally at the end of the month.

A local union boss is urging people to take to the streets and protest over the forthcoming health cuts before the axe falls on the service.

Members of staff at Mayo General Hospital were informed on Tuesday last that 150 temporary workers are to lose their jobs from September 1 next. Devastated employees are now set to be forced on to the dole queues while services at the hospital are sure to come under considerable strain.

Local Senator Nicky McFadden has said that she is outraged at the delay in opening Mullingar’s Sexual Assault Treatment Unit, speaking after the news that the chief executive of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre, Ellen O’Malley-Dunlop did not know why the unit, along with the Galway unit, was not open.

The new Labour Party candidate for the Kilkenny electoral area, Sean Butler, this week highlighted the difference in government approach to finding money for bailing out the Irish pork industry and the inability to find money to vaccinate young Irish girls against cervical cancer.

Fianna Fail TD Bobby Aylward, has raised reports about the possible downgrading of St Luke’s Hospital at the Oireachtas Health Committee.

Fears are mounting for the future of St Luke’s Hospital A+E after Fine Gael TD Phil Hogan voiced his concerns in the media this week about its future.