Schools at the Ballymun Swimming Pool

A meeting has been arranged with the school principals in the Ballymun
/ Finglas area in relation to a change to the terms and conditions of
the school swim teaching classes in Ballymun Leisure centre. This
change relates to the 10am to 11am Monday to Friday swim teaching
classes and is already in place for all other classes for schools and
other organisations in both Ballymun Leisure centre at all other
times and in all other City Council leisure centres.
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Tobacco Control Tyranny (OTTness)

Louth Meath Hospital Group are working towards the introduction of
Tobacco Free Campuses at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, Louth
County Hospital, Dundalk and Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan from 22nd
February, 2012. To support the implementation of this policy a series
of educational initiatives are being rolled out including consultation
sessions and education forums for staff, information leaflets,
displays within the hospital to inform all staff and visitors to the
hospital of this policy and to explain the help and support that is
available.
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Biochemistry at Dundalk transferred to Drogheda Clinic and University Hospital

From Monday, 23rd January, 2012 all biochemistry tests from Louth
County Hospital (LCH) will be processed in the laboratory in Our Lady
of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda (OLOL).

Biochemistry samples will continue to be accepted in the lab in LCH
and will be sent to the lab in OLOL for processing.
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Murder in Iraq

US soldier’s plea bargain over 24 Iraqi deaths

Updated: 08:25, Tuesday, 24 January 2012

A US soldier court-martialled over the deaths of 24 Iraqi civilians
faces three months’ imprisonment at most after admitting dereliction
of duty, meaning manslaughter charges were dropped.
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O’Leary: Noonan is dead right – “I am always right”

By Evelyn Ring

Saturday, January 21, 2012

RYANAIR boss Michael O’Leary has defended Finance Minister Michael
Noonan, who is under fire for suggesting people were leaving Irel-and
as a “lifestyle choice”.
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Ballymun Regeneration Update – detenanting – Donal Barron at work

As discussed at the last Area Committee the above is the breakdown on
remaining Tenants in the Blocks Shangan should be empty by the 1st
week in February we were successful in leasing a further 10 units in
Hampton wood. These units will be used to move people out of the
Sillogue Blocks, the Shangan 5 units are delayed until April the Area
Office moved 72 Tenants out of the Blocks last year.
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Scientists are to investigate “three parent IVF” for preventing mitochondrial diseases

Rapid responses are electronic letters to the editor and new ones are
published each day. Read latest responses.

Cite this as: BMJ 2012;344:e540

by Aniket Tavare

A pioneering research laboratory has been awarded £4.4m (€5.3m; $6.8m)
to look into the role of a modified type of in vitro fertilisation
(IVF) involving three adults to prevent the inheritance of
mitochondrial diseases.
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Beaumont Hospital – surgery cancellations

Beaumont Hospital has provided an analysis for the month of October 2011. 115 operations were postponed that month. The operations were postponed for the following reasons:

• 79 cases due to no bed available (usually due to Emergency Admissions).
• 10 cases due to not enough theatre time available to complete the procedure.
• 9 cases due to medical reason.
• 8 cases due to Surgeon’s decision.
• 6 cases due to patient decision.
• 2 cases due to surgery postponed.
• 1 case cancelled by Anaesthetist.

No operations were postponed due to cutbacks for staff shortages.

How many of these people were just messed up? Were they rescheduled? How many resulted in the surgical team exiting the hospital due to lack of alternative?

Drogheda cottage Hospital

Statement on Cottage Hospital, Drogheda

The level of service to be provided in any community nursing unit in
2012 will be determined by available levels of staffing, funding and
the need to meet national standards in relation to the physical
infrastructure of such units.

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Dublin Bus No 83

Please take the time to read the below extract feedback re ongoing
public transport issues in this area.

I would like to ask if Dublin bus take 83’s off service to be
redeployed if they are short of buses elsewhere in the city? Also I
would like to get a reply to this question in addition to replies to
the concerns I have raised below re data discrepancy from Dublin bus
between their Dublin bus app and text service.

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