Nursing home evacuated over Covid-19 fears


A BALLYSHANNON nursing home has been evacuated over concerns of a possible Covid-19 outbreak at the facility.  The Irish Red Cross and Irish Civil Defence Forces were drafted in to help evacuate 19 patients from the Rock Community Hospital in the border town last week. The Herald understands a number of staff at the home […]


Covid nurse makes plea to play our part


A NURSE working at the South West Acute Hospital’s Covid-19 ward has appealed to residents to play their part in the battle against the invisible killer virus. Norma Bogle deputy sister of Ward 1 at the hospital on Thursday last, shared the following message. “We have been preparing for some time now to deal with […]