Weekly news from around the 32 counties of Ireland

(Source: Mayo News)

 

MEATH

Nurses at Our Lady's Hospital in Navan have warned that patients' lives will be at risk this winter because the staff are overworked and "at breaking point". The Irish Nurses' Organization (INO) said that Meath's health services are "cracking under the strain of bed closures and a staffing embargo" and they have not ruled out industrial action if serious changes are not made to current issues at the hospital.

(Source: The Meath Chronicle)

 

MONAGHAN

A Monaghan town boozer that is renowned as one of the county’s best venues for live music has been voted Ulster’s top pub.
McKenna’s, on Dublin Street, was this week named as one of the four provincial winners in the Bulmers Light Platinum Best Local Awards 2009. The Monaghan town establishment will now compete for the title of best local in reland.
Established in 1936 by Peter McKenna, and currently owned by Peter’s son Seamie, McKenna’s has hosted some of Ireland’s brightest musical talents over the years. Owner Seamie said that he was “delighted” by this latest accolade. He said: “I’m absolutely delighted with this, as it was voted for by the customers – that’s how we won it“.

(Source: The Monaghan Post)

 

OFFALY

Research undertaken by an interagency group in the midlands has found that only a minority of Travelers engage in violent conflict and feuding and there is clear evidence that Travelers want to find a way out and break the cycle. The Interagency group presented the findings of the research and launched the Traveler Conflict Strategy for the Midlands at a seminar in Tullamore on Monday last. The Midlands Traveler Conflict & Mediation Initiative has been developed through Interagency co-operation in Laois, Offaly, Longford and Westmeath.

(Source: The Offaly Express)

 

ROSCOMMON

Major archaeological discoveries have been unearthed at Baslick Cemetery in the parish of Tulsk recently. Among the discoveries at the cemetery, thought to be one of the oldest Christian cemeteries in Western Europe, are an eleventh century arch inserted in the old parish church. Also discovered in the vicinity is an Ogham Stone, which it is thought to have originally marked the site of a very early royal Abbott from this period. This newly discovered Ogham stone now means that Tulsk parish is home to three of the six ogham stones located in the province of Connacht, making the parish of Tulsk a hugely important archaeological center in Ireland.

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