Denis Mccauley
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Nearly 500,000 people over 70 to receive Covid vaccine from their GP
- Irish News
- January 19, 2021, 17:04
About 480,000 people over 70 will receive the Covid-19 vaccine from their general practitioner, under plans given to the Cabinet. The Government on T(...)

GPs, nurses, pharmacists and retired people could be used to give Covid-19 vaccine
- Health
- December 12, 2020, 11:47
The Government’s Covid vaccine taskforce was expected to issue its plan on the rollout of the vaccines to the Government this weekend. It is expected(...)

Four friends killed after car shot 20m into field and landed on roof, inquest hears
- Coroner's Court
- December 4, 2020, 16:01
Four friends were killed after their car left a narrow road and shot more than 20m into a field in Co Donegal, an inquest has heard. John Harley, Sha(...)

GP describes ‘terrible problem’ of suicide among young people
- Health
- December 3, 2020, 13:27
A GP and coroner in Co Donegal has said there is “a terrible problem” of suicide among young people in Ireland. Dr Denis McCauley, who is chair of t(...)

Covid-19 vaccine: Government engaged in ‘scenario planning’ for rollout
- Irish News
- November 30, 2020, 16:18
The resumption of normal life, even with a vaccine for Covid-19, will “still take some time”, a high-ranking Government official has said. Liz Canav(...)

GP representative added to coronavirus vaccination body
- Health
- November 18, 2020, 18:08
There was initially no GP representative on a new body tasked with planning for widespread coronavirus vaccination, even though they are likely to pla(...)

Call for all-island plan as Covid-19 cases rise in Donegal
- Health
- November 13, 2020, 01:00
An all-island plan is now “the only way” to tackle the high number of Covid-19 cases occurring on both sides of the Border, public health expert Dr Ga(...)

Coronavirus: GPs are continuing to care for patients in nursing homes
- Irish News
- April 21, 2020, 13:51
GPs have said they are continuing to care for patients in nursing homes, but that it is important such consultations are only carried out where necess(...)

No increase in family doctor numbers despite cuts reversal
- Health
- November 1, 2019, 02:30
There has been no increase in the number of family doctors since the Government agreed a deal earlier this year to roll back austerity-era cuts to gen(...)

GP out-of-hours service received more than €4m from HSE last year
- Health
- August 29, 2019, 21:02
The out-of-hours family doctor service in Carlow and Kilkenny, known as Caredoc, received more than €4.3 million in gross payments under the medical c(...)