€132,385 allocated to support Longford groups to re-open their facilities post Covid-19
Community Enhancement Programme will provide small grants for repairs and renovations, new equipment and safety upgrades
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€132,385 has been allocated to support Longford groups to re-open their facilities post Covid-19.
Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, and Minister of State with responsibility for Community Development and Charities, Joe O’Brien TD, have today announced €4.5 million to support community groups impacted by Covid-19.
The 2021 Community Enhancement Programme (CEP) will provide small grants designed to assist in the re-opening of facilities such as community centres, men’s and women’s sheds, parish halls and youth centres.
Bus Éireann and Expressway issue updated travel advice for Longford customers
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As capacity on public transport increases to 50% from tomorrow as part of the phased reopening of the country, Bus Éireann is advising its Longford customers to travel outside of peak times, to book a guaranteed seat for inter-regional Expressway travel and to be prepared for greater demand on some services, especially during periods of fine weather, at weekends and morning/evening commute times.
“It is very welcome that public transport will now be operating at a capacity of 50% and we look forward to playing our part in the safe reopening of society.
Midlands hospital issues apology for distress caused to patients or their loved ones as Full Capacity Protocol implemented
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Regional Hospital Mullingar’s emergency departments and hospital is extremely busy and are seeing a lot of seriously ill patients, many of which are over 75 years of age with a variety of complex healthcare needs.
A spokesperson said this evening (Sunday, May 9): We apologise for the distress or inconvenience caused to patients or their loved ones who are experiencing long wait times.
AIDS first came to the world s attention with a June 5, 1981, report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about five cases of Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) among young gay men in Los Angeles. A second report on cases of PCP and Kaposi sarcoma in New York City and California followed a month later.
The disease that would come to be known as AIDS was first mentioned in the Bay Area Reporter in a July 2 Health Shorts column about Gay Men s Pneumonia potentially linked to poppers buried on page 34.
Dr. Robert Boland s gay health column in the August 13 issue was headlined New Bugs . No Alarm. Boland suggested Kaposi sarcoma (KS) and PCP might be linked to cytomegalovirus, a virus in the herpes family. No one knows what these new bugs have to do with gay life, he wrote. This is a truly hot issue and a number of eager researchers are involved. . Stay tuned for developments.