A Leitrim councillor is welcoming a U-turn on plans to charge seriously ill people for blister packs in pharmacies.
The government initially decided the state would not cover the cost of the packs for medicines.
But the HSE and the Irish Pharmacy Union has now struck a deal - which will see blister packs paid for by the state for vulnerable patients.
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Fianna Fáil councillor Gary Prior, from Aughnasheelin, welcomes the news:
