North Clare Journalist Injured In RTA

A woman is recovering in hospital following a serious road traffic incident in North Clare over the weekend.

The seriously injured woman, a journalist, was the driver and sole occupant of a blue Seat which was in collision with a parked Ford Escort before crashing head-on with an oncoming Renault car.

The incident occurred on Friday at Carroweragh near Kilshanny on the N67 road between Ennistymon and Lisdoonvarna. The parked car was empty , but there were two people travelling in the third vehicle. Gardai at Ennistymon are investigating the incident.

North Clare Journalist Injured In RTA

A woman is recovering in hospital following a serious road traffic incident in North Clare over the weekend.

The seriously injured woman, a journalist, was the driver and sole occupant of a blue Seat which was in collision with a parked Ford Escort before crashing head-on with an oncoming Renault car.

The incident occurred on Friday at Carroweragh near Kilshanny on the N67 road between Ennistymon and Lisdoonvarna. The parked car was empty , but there were two people travelling in the third vehicle. Gardai at Ennistymon are investigating the incident.

HSE Audit On A&E Figures Surprises Many

An increase of only four patients per day to the a&e unit at Limerick Regional Hospital has been recorded since the closure last month of 24-hour A&E services at Ennis and Nenagh.

According to the HSE, an audit of the A&E operation at Limerick constituted “an effective rebuttal of charges that the service would be swamped following the ending of emergency care at Ennis and Nenagh”. The HSE ended 24-hour A&E services at Ennis and Nenagh general hospitals on April 6th, with the emergency departments remaining closed between 8pm and 8am.

The HSE audit found that the A&E service had an additional seven patients per night between 8pm and 8am since April 6th. The figures show that there has been a 17 per cent increase in self- referrals from Clare to Limerick when the A&E at Ennis is open. This is believed to be related to the damning conclusions of a recent Health Information and Quality Authority report on services at Ennis hospital.