19.23 28 Jan 2021
Saoirse McHugh was stunned when she first went to a GP seeking help for her bulimia.
The former Green Party candidate, who narrowly missed out on a seat in the national and European elections, said she was asked a host of strange questions by doctors when trying to get treatment.
She spoke to Paul O Donoghue for The Hard Shoulder.
Saoirse McHugh on living with bulimia: “The GP asked if I wished my sister had never been born”
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Wild lynx may soon be reintroduced to the UK s fields and woods in a bid to cut the soaring number of deer which are damaging young trees and crops and causing crashes.
The plans have been put forward by the Lynx Trust UK who say although sheep may be targeted by the feline predators, compensation would be available for farmers.
It is now estimated there are two million wild deer in the UK - the bigger number for a thousand years, helped by the extinction of their natural predators like wolves.
By feeding on the undergrowth and stripping the lower branches of trees bare, the deer damage potential nesting spots for birds.
Second bid to reintroduce lynx to Kielder Forest set to be submitted by very confident campaigners
The Lynx UK Trust will now apply to bring just three Eurasian lynx to Northumberland from Sweden in a five-year trial
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Paul O’Donoghue CE Supervisor/Manager pictured at work in the Lixnaw
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In 2007, the Department of Social Protection put in place eligibility rules - one of which is the length of time participants can remain on a scheme and the repercussions of this rule is being felt in 2021 as hundreds of staff are being forced off schemes.
If CE participants are under 55 they complete three years in total on rolling one year contracts and which must include training. Many now have to leave as their three years are completed. Once three years have been completed in any time since 2007 they are no longer eligible.