Roscommon Hospital Action Committee says the number of local HSE staff assaulted last year is 'staggering'.
There were over 1,700 physical, sexual and verbal attacks on healthcare staff in the west and north west in 2025.
It's a 9 per cent increase on the previous year.
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Independent councillor and Roscommon HAC member, Valerie Byrne, is condemning the abuse:
