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MAYOR of Ennis, Cllr Tommy Brennan (Ind) is hoping to include local representatives from across the county in the council’s meeting with the minister for health next month. Clare’s four TDs, Minister Tony Killeen (FF), Deputy Pat Breen (FG), Deputy Timmy Dooley (FF)
and Deputy Joe Carey (FG) along with four councillors are to meet with Mary Harney on September 20 to discuss the future of Ennis Gen- eral Hospital.
Prior to the election the Minister for Health gave certain guarantees regarding accident and emergency services at the hospital.
The Ennis town mayor said that the
delegation of councillors would now be looking for a guarantee of “24- hour doctor led accident and emer- gency services for Ennis in writing”.
“IT was hoping to include mayors from Kilrush, Kilkee and county mayor Cllr Patricia McCarthy from Shannon if possible to show that this is not just an Ennis issue but a county issue,’ said Cllr Brennan.
The meeting has been moved from 10am to 11.30am to accommodate the train timetable.
It is not yet known if the newly formed Clare Cancer Concern, which will lobby for the return of mammog- raphy services at Ennis General Hos- pital, will also meet with the minster on the same day.
Deputy Carey told the last meet-
ing of the group that he would try to secure a meeting between it and the minister for the same day.
Meanwhile a meeting will be held on Monday next August 13, at 8pm in the Auburn Lodge Hotel Ennis to discuss the future of the hospital and gage public support for the campaign to retain acute services at the coun- ty’s main hospital.