Avian Flu is a highly contagious disease and has already had a severe impact on bird flocks across Europe

Deputy MacSharry claims that the Taoiseach used the complaint for political gain at national level

It will cater for suspected broken bones, wounds, minor burns and scalds among other services.

Doctor Brenda Wright of the Central Mental Hospital interviewed the 46-year-old over the course of several weeks.

Svetlana stresses the importance of children keeping up their native language as "language is a living structure, it lives as long as we speak it".

The money is part of a significant fund for dozens of groups across the country.

Sligo University Hospital has recorded the fifth highest level of overcrowding nationally with 700 people waiting on a bed at the hospital in October.

An increase of 225% in the number of children who are homeless in the North West region was also reported