Additional beds to open for general elderly rehabilitation service in Louth...
A number of additional beds are to be opened at the Louth County Hospital in Dundalk to establish a general elderly rehabilitation service. The new service was confirmed in a statement from the HSE,...
View ArticleCrisis deepening at Drogheda hospital as patients are sent elsewhere
The ongoing crisis at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda deepened last night after the hospital was taken off call. No new patients were admitted last night due to overcrowding with medical...
View ArticleMinister for Health Leo Varadkar to visit Louth County Hospital in Dundalk...
Minister for Health Leo Varadkar is set to visit the Louth County Hospital in Dundalk tomorrow. Having learned of the visit, Louth County Councillor Tomás Sharkey has requested that, as a member of the...
View ArticleHospital canteen painted twice ahead of Minister’s visit
A local councillor has been left angered after claims that the dining room of the Louth County Hospital was painted twice ahead of Health Minister Leo Varadkar’s visit today. The Minister is expected...
View ArticleSharkey expresses concern over Coláiste Chú Chulainn budget
Local councillor Tomás Sharkey has called for work to start on a new second level school in Dundalk as soon as possible to avoid budget overruns. The Sinn Féin councillor, a member of the Louth and...
View ArticleVoting in Shelagh
Local councillor Tomás Sharkey has contacted Talk of the Town in relation to an article which appeared on the site on Friday February 26th entitled ‘Photographers prevented from taking pictures of...
View ArticlePay parking could be introduced on Hill Street
Pay parking could be introduced on Hill Street as an option to combat parking problems. A number of residents have complained about people using the street to park for the day, thus restricting those...
View ArticleSharkey hits out at those responsible for dumping dead carcasses in North Louth
Local councillor Tomás Sharkey has hit out at those responsible for the dumping of bodies of dead cattle across North Louth in recent days. Last week a dead calf was dumped on the side of the road in...
View ArticleSharkey hits out at level of illegal dumping at Dundalk Retail Park
Local councillor Tomás Sharkey has hit out at the level of illegal dumping at a disused area of Dundalk Retail Park, off the Inner Relief Road. The Sinn Féin representative captured a number of...
View ArticleBell elected new Louth County Council chairman
Labour Party councillor Paul Bell has been elected the new chairperson of Louth County Council at their annual general meeting this morning. The 51-year-old former Mayor of Drogheda, defeated Sinn...
View ArticleSharkey calls for report to be compiled on state of Louth’s third class roads
Louth County Council have been asked to compile a report on the condition of the county’s third class roads. The request was made last week by Sinn Féin councillor Tomás Sharkey who wants to use the...
View ArticleCllr Sharkey appointed a Peace Commissioner
Local councillor Tomás Sharkey was earlier this week appointed a Peace Commissioner for County Louth and the counties immediately adjoining it. The Sinn Féin representative, who resides in Knockbridge,...
View ArticleLouth County Councillors vote to protect Irish business in wake of Brexit result
Members of Louth County Council yesterday unanimously supported a motion calling for an all-island initiative to protect all 32 counties in Ireland from the Brexit and its results. The motion from Sinn...
View ArticleSharkey calls on local families to consider taking in student lodgers
Local councillor Tomás Sharkey has called on local families in Dundalk to consider taking student lodgers from next month. With accommodation in the area scarce and the Leaving Cert results due out...
View ArticleAdams backs Comhliosta system to alleviate hospital waiting lists
Local TD Gerry Adams has welcomed his party’s plans for a single, integrated hospital waiting list management system called Comhliosta. The Sinn Féin president believes the new system would alleviate...
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