Probe Into Elderly Care Death
The Gardai are investigating the death of a 65-year-old woman in a long-stay Hospital in Cork. 65-year-old Hannah Comber died from asphyxiation after becoming entangled in straps in a special chair.
Read MoreThe Gardai are investigating the death of a 65-year-old woman in a long-stay Hospital in Cork. 65-year-old Hannah Comber died from asphyxiation after becoming entangled in straps in a special chair.
Read MoreCommunity leaders in County Antrim are attempting to steer children away from anti-social behaviour by keeping them busy over the summer holidays. The council-backed initiative aims to keep young people off the street and out of trouble. The scheme is aimed at children living in the Newtownabbey, Carrickfergus and Larne areas. Organiser Elaine Manson said: “The scheme has been developed from good practice in Liverpool.” There, the Summer Splash scheme “engages thousands of young people over the summer months”, she said.
Read MoreAlmost 300 Ulster sex offenders were released from prison over the past five years after serving just half of their sentence, the Belfast Telegraph can reveal today. This means that, on average, 55 sex offenders are being released back into the community each year under Ulster’s controversial 50% remission policy. There are currently 29 sex offenders in Northern Ireland’s prisons waiting to walk free within the next six months after serving just half of their jail term.
Read MoreA unigue disability awareness project in Ulster – which uses disabled puppets – is thought to be the first of its kind in the UK. One in six of the young people under 25 in Northern Ireland is disabled and Phab NI Inclusion Matters is the principal independent and voluntary youth organisation, which works for inclusion of these young people in society by providing personal development and youth work opportunities for people up to 25-years-old.
Read MoreWith a motto to facilitate improvement in the area of mental health, many Irish groups have joined hands to garner acceptance from stakeholders to petition the upliftment of mental health services.
Read MoreAn inquest is to be held into the death of a psychiatric patient at Dublin’s Central Mental Hospital after a nurse was jailed for assaulting him, it was confirmed yesterday. Psychiatric nurse, Bernard Cullen, was last week given a four-year prison sentence for assaulting Gary Connell, a patient, who died later that day. During a brief hearing, Dublin City Coroner Dr Brian Farrell said: “I understand criminal proceedings were completed last week.” Setting a date of October 12 for the inquest, Dr Farrell said: “We will be requesting the full Garda file to be submitted.”
Read MoreNot enough is being done to alleviate the shortage of affordable housing in Northern Ireland, according to a new report. The report by the homeless charity, the Simon Community, says
Read MoreA row has erupted between the country’s largest health sector unions over the new pay campaign launched by the Irish Nurses Organisation (INO). Impact, which represents 26,000 health workers, has criticised the INO in a letter to health employers over the claim lodged by nurses in the wake of the social partnership agreement. The correspondence – seen by The Sunday Business Post – attacks the style of campaign being waged by the nurses union, led by Liam Doran, which is seeking to establish a differential between nurses and social care workers represented by Impact.
Read MoreHealth Minister Paul Goggins has announced a major reform of the way health and social care services will be delivered in the future. The main aim is to get as many people cared for in their homes and communities, rather than in hospital beds.
Read MoreFive people are victims of sexual crime each day in the North of Ireland, Daily Ireland can reveal. PSNI figures show that between April 2005 and March 2006 1,711 people claimed to be victims of sexual crime. A staggering 356 people – almost one every day – claimed they were raped during the same period. Of that number just 64 prosecutions were taken. Last night the interim director of a leading sex abuse support agency Nexus Institute, Gar McAtamney, demanded tougher action be taken to improve prosecution rates for sexual offenses.
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