Air Ambulance For Shannon Moves A Step Closer

Proposals to airlift critically ill patients from North and West Clare to Limerick Regional Hospital have moved a step forward, Clare FM reports.

The HSE has held preliminary talks with the Defence Department about establishing an Air Ambulance Unit at Shannon. It was one of the issues to emerge at a meeting in the Dáil between the Clare Oireachtas members, HSE boss Brendan Drumm and the consultants charged with implementing the reconfiguration of health services in the Mid West.

Air Ambulance For Shannon Moves A Step Closer

Proposals to airlift critically ill patients from North and West Clare to Limerick Regional Hospital have moved a step forward, Clare FM reports.

The HSE has held preliminary talks with the Defence Department about establishing an Air Ambulance Unit at Shannon. It was one of the issues to emerge at a meeting in the Dáil between the Clare Oireachtas members, HSE boss Brendan Drumm and the consultants charged with implementing the reconfiguration of health services in the Mid West.

Clare FM Defies Credit Crunch

Clare FM radio has defied the credit crunch and advertising slump by buying a majority stake in Kildare radio station KFM.

It has been reported that the 55% stake is understood to have cost the Clare FM group, led by CEO Liam O’Shea and Chairman Michael Evans, more than €3.8m implying a valuation of about €7m for the station.

Clare FM is based in Francis Street in Ennis and first commenced broadcasting in 1989.