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Listen to your body - Cancer survivor urges people to act fast
#WorldCancerDay - Niamh Morrison pictured at home in Kileely, Limerick. She was diagnosed with diabetes and lung cancer in June 2018. Photo: Brian Arthur
Thu, 04 Feb, 2021 - 06:30
Niamh Griffin, Health Correspondent
Niamh Morrison has a small tattoo under her wrist with Love, Faith, Hope written inside tiny colourful hearts.
This was the mantra which got her through a lung cancer diagnosis, but she said it all started with a gut feeling there was something more seriously wrong than her first symptoms indicated.
Lung cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in Ireland with about 2,430 diagnosed annually. The outcome depends on both the type of cancer a person has and when it is discovered.
NI ambulance crisis could happen again
A doctor in the North says that the overcrowding could continue over the holidays
Medical staff return a bed to an ambulance at Antrim Area Hospital, Co Antrim in Northern Ireland.
Tue, 22 Dec, 2020 - 21:13
Niamh Griffin
A doctor in charge at the Northern Ireland hospital which saw 17 ambulances queued up outside on Tuesday said it is impossible to guarantee this will not happen again as the Covid-19 crisis deepens.
Cases of coronavirus in Northern Ireland have been increasing with a six-week lockdown now announced for December 26 as 510 new daily cases were confirmed on Friday.
Covid-19: Ambulance queues at all NI emergency departments
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image captionSome patients were being treated in ambulances outside Antrim Area Hospital
Ambulances queued outside all NI hospital emergency departments on Tuesday as they struggled with covid pressures, the ambulance service said.
Doctors treated patients in ambulances outside Antrim Area Hospital due to the hospital operating beyond capacity.
At 17:00 GMT on Tuesday, 17 ambulances were queued outside, although this had dropped to four by 20:45.
By 22:30 the ambulance service said it was not experiencing any major problems.
Amid the pressure, politicians were urged to urgently rethink loosening covid rules over Christmas.
Northern Health Trust operations director Wendy Magowan said it was the first time she had witnessed such a situation at Antrim Hospital.
Marshfield achievers
Boston College High School
Several Marshfield residents were named to the honor roll for the first quarter of the 2020-21 school year at Boston College High School in Boston. Students who earned high honors are John Dunderdale, William MacGrath, Connor McCabe, Gavin O Hara, Shane Roycroft, William Steinaway, Dennis Stiles, Luke Willett, Samuel Burns, Matthew Byrne, John Canavan, Alexander Church, John Church, Benjamin Galvin, Christian Kelley, Jake Minicucci, Sean O Connell, Seamus O Reilly, Aidan Walker, Eric Walsh, Thomas Atkinson, Andrew Gagne, Connor Goodwin, John Oliva, Robert Atkinson, Liam Enwright and Daniel Moylan. To earn high honors, a sophomore, junior and senior must have a quality point average of 3.8 or higher and all grades must be “C-plus” or higher. Freshmen must have a quality point average of 3.6 or higher and all grades must be “C-plus” or higher. Students who earned honors are Joseph Galvin, Christopher Capozzi, Wesley Fennell, B