Wicklow needs a Hospice facility in its own right. It is not acceptable in this day and age that people have to travel 60 or more miles to have Hospice care. Neither is it acceptable for families to have unnecessary stress added to the emotional trauma that arises when a family is faced with the difficulties that terminal illness brings.

The current provision of Health services in County Wicklow can only be described as dismal. We need to find a [...]

Responding to a flood of letters from people concerned about the proposed cuts to the Treatment Benefit Scheme, Andrew Doyle [...]