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Cancer test error to be investigated IRELAND’s
Minister for Health Mary Harney has apologised to a woman who was mistakenly
given the all-clear for breast cancer by a laboratory at University College
Hospital, Galway.
The woman, who lives in the mid-west, had two separate biopsy tests in
September and March and was incorrectly cleared of breast cancer on both
occasions.
The tests were carried-out at Barrington’s Hospital in Limerick
and sent to Galway for analysis and the false results delayed the woman’s
treatment by 18 months which doctors say left her extremely traumatised.
Ms Harney has now ordered an urgent investigation into the matter.
Children Stranded
More than 40 Galway youngsters and six adults were left stranded in London
after apparently being refused permission to board a Ryanair flight.
The soccer players from Mervue United football club were due to fly from
Denmark to Dublin before the plane developed a technical fault but when
the group arrived at Stansted Airport for a connecting flight to Ireland.
They were told they were too late to board.
The young stars, aged between 12 and 16, had won gold and silver medals
at the Allborg Youth Games in Denmark.
Cars giveaway
As the Irish housing market continues to dip some concerned property developers
have been forced to give away free cars alongside other incentives to
sell houses.
Meadowcraft Developments is now offering a car or home fittings worth
?20,000 to the first three buyers who snap up houses at their Whiterock
Hill development in Wexford town and company director Alan O’Connor
said it is a stark reflection of the current market.
The Irish Auctioneers and Valuers Institute said incentives from developers
are becoming more common following a 2 per cent drop in house prices in
the first half of the year.
Hotels close
This week marks the end of an era for two of Dublin’s best-known
landmark hotels, Jurys Ballsbridge and the Berkeley Court, as both closed
their doors for the last time.
The sites, which are located on Dublin’s southside, will now be
redeveloped for apartments and commercial units and the contents of the
hotels will be auctioned on Friday August 17.
Almost 600 staff have accepted a redundancy offer of seven weeks pay per
year of service from the Jurys Doyle group and the sale of the five acre
Ballsbridge site to developer Sean Dunne was thought to be the highest
price ever offered for a piece of property in Ireland when it was announced
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