Weekly news from around the 32 counties of Ireland

(Source: The Kerryman)

 

KILDARE

The announcement of the green light for a community school in Kildare town has received an enthusiastic welcome in the town. The Minister for Education Deputy Batt O’Keefe announced the go-ahead for the construction of the new secondary school, which will cater 1,000 students. Building work on the new secondary school will begin next spring and it is hoped that the new school will be open in time for the 2011 school year. The Kildare Town Community School will be created from the amalgamation of the town’s existing St Joseph’s Academy, Presentation Secondary School and the vocational school. The new school will be built under the public private partnership model by Macquarie Partnerships for Ireland (MPFI). MPFI will be responsible for designing, building, financing and maintaining the new school.

(Source: The Kildare Nationalist)

 

KILKENNY

The mother of a six-year-old girl who last week received a €4.5 million payout from St Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny settled her own claim against the hospital. After three years of denying liability for 'devastating injuries' that a baby sustained at birth, St Luke's Hospital has admitted it 'mismanaged' the birth and agreed to pay the child €4.5million. Keri Brett, 6, of Fethard, Co. Tipperary, sued the Health Service Executive (HSE) through her mother, Clodagh Brett when she was born with cerebral palsy and severe mental and physical disabilities after a difficult labor at St Luke's in October 2003.

 (Source: The Kilkenny People)

 

LAOIS

The HSE confirmed last week that Shaen Hospital, which is earmarked for closure, will not be used to house asylum seekers in the future. 
 Portlaoise town councilor Tom Jacob requested information from the HSE regarding the use of the hospital after it closes its doors to its elderly patients, “in the near future.”

 “There were strong rumors in the locality,” he said, “that the hospital was going to be used to accommodate asylum seekers after it closes its doors on its elderly patients. These rumors were based on the fact that the HSE had sunk a fortune into installing a new kitchen in the hospital only a few years ago. 

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