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A special conference aimed at helping construction companies based in Mayo and the Midlands to win public works contracts will take place early next month. The Procurement 2015 Conference has been organised by the Construction Industry Federation and will take place on Thursday November 6 in the Hodson Bay Hotel, Athlone.

A Connemara MND sufferer has accused the Health Services Executive of denying him the right to choose to undergo an operation that will extend his life and has set up the Andrew Lydon Trust to help raise funds for the procedure and extensive aftercare that will be needed.

A Co Galway nursing home hit the headlines this week after a Health Information and Quality Authority report revealed how inspectors had serious concerns for the care and welfare of residents, however the family of two residents have defended the level of care provided.

A county councillor has called on the Health Services Executive to reinstate the patient transport service, removed while budgetary reviews take place, as its absence has caused considerable distress to dialysis patients.

Critical services will be maintained despite the effects of retirements and budget restraints, that is according to regional director of operations John Hennessy at the launch of the West Area Service Plan for 2012.

There has been increased pressure placed on the Health Services Executive this week to fully explain the reasoning behind its decision to close a city nursing home, a decision which has attracted wide-spread criticism and prompted objectors to launch a campaign which has so far received more than 10,000 signatures.

The latest report on water quality from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has found that Westmeath’s water quality improved from 2008 to 2009.

The latest report on water quality from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has found that Westmeath’s water quality improved from 2008 to 2009.

The Ombudsman and Information Commissioner has ordered the Health Services Executive (HSE) to pay €5,000 in compensation to the family of a woman who died while her test results were left lying unopened in a hospital’s typing pool.

Public confidence for any fundamental changes to the delivery of our health services will not be allayed if we continue to employ a two-tier healthcare system where the care you can access depends on ability to pay rather than on medical need.