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Scare: First Responders saved me
Fine Gael Cllr Paraic Brady
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Longford County Councillor Paraic Brady has spoken of how he is lucky to be alive after suffering a near fatal heart attack at the weekend.
The Fine Gael local politician fell ill while tending to a bee hive for a friend in north Longford last Saturday.
Cllr Brady, who was on his own at the time, managed to raise the alarm before passing out seconds later.
Newtownforbes vaccine centre to give 800 jabs a week
HSE under fire: Councillors hit out at pace of vaccine rollout
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A workman puts the finishing touches to a vaccination pod at the new look Longford vaccination centre in Newtownforbes );
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Longford s Covid-19 vaccination centre will only administer no more than 800 jabs a week, the Leader has learned.
It comes just days after a date of May 6 was confirmed for the opening of the county s Newtownforbes based facility.
It s believed the lower than anticipated administering of vaccines at the new centre is due to staffing and recruitment difficulties.
REVEALED: New Longford vaccination centre to administer less than 800 jabs a week
Newtownforbes facility opening expected to be brought forward amid claims county being left behind in vaccine rollout
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14 Apr 2021
A workman puts the finishing touches to a vaccination pod at the new look Longford vaccination centre in Newtownforbes );
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Longford s Covid-19 vaccination centre will only administer no more than 800 jabs a week, the Leader has learned.
It comes just days after a date of May 6 was confirmed for the opening of the county s Newtownforbes based facility.
It s believed the lower than anticipated administering of vaccines at the new centre is due to staffing and recruitment difficulties.