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Olympic champion Dr Ronnie Delany and 11 leading Irish lung health charities and patient advocacy groups have joined forces to urge the public to take a simple, fast, and accurate test to measure their lung health. Mayo General Hospital is one of a number of centres around the country that will offer free lung testing (spirometry) and lung health advice on Wednesday June 27 from 10am to 2pm.

Tackle allergies, respiratory problems, asthma, and more with the Salin Air Purifier, available now from Weirs Pharmacy, Mullingar.

The number of cases of MRSA infection at Galway University Hospitals [University Hospital Galway and Merlin Park Hospital] has dropped - 10 patients with MRSA bloodstream infections were treated at the city’s public hospitals in the first six months of this year.

A group of former coal miners from Castlecomer and from other mining regions around the country, who suffer with chronic occupational diseases, held a protest in Dublin on Wednesday last.

Former Castlecomer coalminers have been advised to initiate legal proceedings before the Irish courts seeking redress for their individual or collective claims over ill-health resulting from working in adverse conditions in the mines.

The new chairperson of the HSE West’s regional health forum is calling for the return of hospital matrons to help in the fight against hospital acquired infections.