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limerickpost.ie | Bernie English
MORE than 100 people are diagnosed with bowel cancer every year in Limerick alone. According to official figures, 111 people are diagnosed with the condition annually in Limerick and, while a simple and free screening test can detect the treatable cancer early, until now the routine test was only available to a certain age group. To mark Bowel Cancer Awareness Month in April, the HSE has announced that the eligible age range for BowelScreen is extending to include 70-year-olds.
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limerickpost.ie | Bernie English
COOK Medical and the IDA have announced a €3million investment in renewable and energy-saving technologies which will offset half of the Castletroy-based manufacturing facility’s carbon emissions. Advanced technologies, including one megawatt of solar panels, a heat pump upgrade, and electronically commutated fans, will be installed.
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limerickpost.ie | Bernie English
MONEY to build the new 96-bed block at University Hospital Limerick (UHL), as well as funds to advance the planning of another such block, are among projects to be announced for the Mid West under the Capital Plan 2025. Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD and Minister for Older People Kieran O’Donnell announced details of capital funding for health projects in the HSE Mid West region.
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1 week ago |
limerickpost.ie | Bernie English
LIMERICK Pride has been shortlisted with neighbouring groups The Outing and QuareClare alongside Manchester Pride in the bid to host EuroPride 2028. Attracting over 100,000 people annually from around the world, EuroPride is hosted by a different European city each year. This year’s event takes place over nine days this June in Lisbon, Portugal.
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limerickpost.ie | Bernie English
DISCUSSIONS on assisted suicide are “a step too far” in caring for the sick, Bishop of Limerick Brendan Leahy has said. And he warned that crises in the system should not “drown out” the enormous and selfless work done by those working in the healthcare system. Bishop Leahy made the comments while marking the Jubilee Year ‘Day of the Sick’.
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East Limerick teachers honoured after decades of educating the young #KeepingLimerickPosted #Limerick https://t.co/08Yja7Nxpy (by @LPBernieEnglish)
Why it might not be a good idea to have a heart attack and be in need of an ambulance in Limerick city - see tomorrows Limerick Post.
So many water tragedies this week. Another death in Kilkee. Such sad issue to report on