Ireland
Protest at HSE plans to shut Loughloe House
Saturday, 15 May 2010
Over 1,500 people held a protest in Athlone this afternoon over plans to shut down a Health Service Executive retirement hospital for the elderly.
Staff members and relatives of over 25 people who have been asked to leave the hospital also took part in the protest.
There was widespread traffic disruption in Athlone town centre as a result.
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- Six One News: Ciaran Mullooly, Midlands Correspondent, reports that over 1,000 people protested in Athlone over plans by the HSE to close down a residential centre for the elderly
- Nine News: Ciaran Mullooly, Midlands Correspondent, reports that the families of 26 residents, who are being asked to leave Loughloe House, say the move is unnecessary
