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The operator of a Limerick mobile coffee truck is calling for exceptionally outdated bylaws on casual trading to be reformed.
Hook & Ladder is a ratepayer for its five locations in Limerick.
Andrew Moloney, Hook & Ladder s operations manager, has been running a coffee van during the pandemic offering free drinks and food to frontline healthcare workers.
However, he said the business has been threatened with prosecution by the Council for allegedly breaching trading bylaws.
Mr Moloney said the business received a letter dated February 5th from the Council that intended to bring a prosecution against the company for allegedly breaching the Casual Trading Act 1995 while operating on the grounds of University Hospital Limerick and the University Maternity Hospital.
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THE UL Hospitals’ Group has defended its management of administering vaccines against Covid-19 following concern over the disparity in distribution among hospital groups.
Senator Martin Conway said certain questions remained unanswered in view of statements made by Health Minister Stephen Donnelly on this issue.
He said it looks as if the national vaccination group approached all the hospital groups and asked them how many they needed to vaccinate and the micro management of the roll out was managed by the individual hospital group.
“Why did Ennis Hospital receive vaccines initially and Nenagh Hospital didn’t? Why didn’t the mental health nurses get it?
UMHL is part of the University Hospital Limerick (UHL) group, but is based in a different location in the city.
The vaccines for frontline staff in the mid-west region are being handled by the main hospital, UHL. In the first week of January, the hospital confirmed “a number of maintenance staff and management/administration staff were vaccinated”. However we are satisfied that most of the administrative staff who have received the vaccine to date are patient-facing and in the priority group (e.g. ward clerks, receptionists, nurse management). They also include staff who are in management/admin positions and who, by virtue of their clinical background, have been trained up as peer vaccinators and are currently vaccinating healthcare colleagues and nursing home residents across the Mid-West,” a spokesperson said.
Nurses at top maternity hospital have still not received Covid jab but management got theirs
Updated: 20 Jan 2021, 9:10
NURSES at one of the country s top maternity hospitals have still not received their Covid jab - while management got theirs.
Frontline staff at the University Maternity Hospital in Limerick are said to be anxious about the delay.
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Frontline staff at the University Maternity Hospital in Limerick are said to anxious about the delay.Credit: Alamy Live News
The vaccine rollout for those working in the hospital was cancelled last week but management, administration and maintenance staff in their hospital group were given the jab the week before.