The families of patients at the Owenacurra Centre in Midleton have hit out at the treatment of their loved ones.
The long stay mental health centre on the grounds of Midelton Community hospital has been slated for closure by the HSE, however families say residents should not be moved and are calling for a new centre to be built on the hospital grounds.
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Ukraine's president says the situation seen in a town north-west of Kyiv is "significantly more dreadful" than what happened in Bucha.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy says there are "even more victims" of Russian forces in Borodyanka.
Vladimir Putin's spokesman has admitted there's been 'significant losses' of Russian troops in the invasion of Ukraine - but refused to call it a war, instead labelling it an 'operation'.
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Its emerged that Dr. Tony Holohan will earn 30 thousand euro a year more than any other professor at Trinity College when he takes up his new role there.
The outgoing Chief Medical Officer is being seconded to the Dublin third level institution in the summer, but will retain his current salary of 187 thousand euro a year, which will still be paid by the Department of Health.
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There's a warning inflation could hit 8% by the summer.
CSO figures yesterday showed it reached 6.7% in the year to March, the highest rate in 22 years.
Increasing energy costs drove the rise in prices in the past year, however, that's expected to spread to other areas of the economy.
