Mark Murphy from the Irish Heart Foundation says an over reliance on solid fuels is having an impact.

The global study found one in every forty people here reported using cocaine in the previous year.

The trend of increases from month to month has begun to stabilise according to the report.

The research was carried out by the University of Limerick and funded by the Department of Justice

The need for a much better public transport system in rural Ireland has been highlighted in a new report form Social Justice Ireland

The centre claims it has addressed the issues highlighted in the report.

The Hospital has bene under significant pressure in the last number of years.

HIQA stated they would cancel the centre's license if a sufficient programme of works was not implemented.