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'We weren’t expected to live to middle age' - Ireland's youngest thalidomide survivor turns 60

Ireland's youngest thalidomide survivor has turned 60 years old. According to the Irish Thalidomide Association (ITA), John Stack from Tarbert, Co Kerry said he's "delighted" to have reached the milestone age. Thalidomide was sold in Ireland in the ...

24 Jan 2023 at 10:42

Breaking News

Friends of St Ita’s hand over brand new bus to Newcastle West hospital

THE sun shone as residents and staff at St Ita’s Community Hospital in Newcastle West gathered to welcome the arrival of a brand new bus, which will make life easier and a lot more interesting for them all in the months and years ahead. The ...

02 Sept 2017 at 09:00

Local News

Killeedy all set to honour its patron saint on St Ita’s Day

CHRISTMAS doesn’t end in the parish of Killeedy until after St Ita’s Day, which is celebrated each year on January 15. And next Tuesday will see hundreds of locals and visitors gather to mark the day in the traditional way, “paying rounds” ...

13 Jan 2019 at 18:00

Health

Lack of action in providing new accommodation at Limerick community hospital criticised

A HIQA report on St Ita’s hospital in Newcastle West said it was failing to make the improvements to the premises which would meet residents’ needs. The inspectors were also concerned about an infectious outbreak there at the time of ...

13 Jan 2019 at 06:03

Local News

County Limerick hospital and nursing home wins Bloom show garden

AN award-winning garden is on its way to brighten up the grounds of St Ita’s Hospital in Newcastle West. Robert Moore’s dementia-friendly show garden, which won the People’s Choice Award and a Silver Gilt Medal at Bloom earlier this ...

01 Jul 2019 at 13:45

A'Feale

CE scheme at Limerick day care centre to close minister confirms

THE Community Employment scheme at St Ita’s Voluntary Housing and Day Care Centre in Abbeyfeale will finish at the end of this month, the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Regina Doherty has confirmed. The ...

16 Mar 2019 at 14:00

Community

Concern over future of day care services in County Limerick town

ONE of Abbeyfeale’s big success stories is at risk unless the decision to end the Community Employment scheme at St Ita’s Voluntary Housing and Day Care Centre in the town is reversed a local councillor has warned. “St Ita’s ...

08 Mar 2019 at 17:00

Health

St Ita’s Hospital in Limerick benefits as JP McManus Pro-Am golfing dream lives on

TWO teams of golfers have won themselves the right to keep the dream alive and the hope of a spot in the JP McManus Pro-Am in Adare in 2020, and all while being part of a wider effort to raise funds for St Ita’s Hospital in ...

15 Oct 2018 at 06:01

Community

Tradition lives on in Limerick village as St Ita’s Day is celebrated

MORE than 1400 years after her death, the tradition of St Ita’s Day lives on in Killeedy, where the woman known as the Brigid of Munster, founded a monastery in the early seventh century and where it is believed she lies ...

12 Jan 2020 at 09:00

Community

Golfers get an opportunity to make JP Pro-Am qualifier and raise funds for St Ita's

THE Friends of St Ita’s are offering club golfers a great opportunity to try and win one of the much coveted spots at the JP McManus Invitational Pro-Am tournament in 2020. “All you have to do,” says the chairman, ...

02 Jul 2018 at 06:02

Community

Zipping to fundraising success for community hospital in Limerick town

REMODEL your wardrobe and help a good cause at the same time, is the hard-to-resist invitation from the Friends of St Ita’s who have teamed up with Zip Yard in Newcastle West for an unusual fundraiser. On Friday, ...

20 May 2018 at 15:00

Local News

FG councillor calls for more respite care beds at St Ita's

FINE Gael councillor, Jerome Scanlan, has called for more respite beds to come on stream at St Ita’s Hospital in Newcastle West in order to reduce waiting times. There are currently 88 people who avail of ...

02 Apr 2016 at 15:00

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