Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Carrick in Carbon Disulphide Shock Probe Enquiry
Hey! Carrick is number one on the BBC NI website today! Seems that the houses near to us are built on poisoned ground. Fantastic. Seems the land we tested before they built the houses and was OK, but now they've come across records suggesting that Courtaulds may have been dumping carbon disulphide on parts of the land. The photos on the website suggest that the area affected is in Brackenridge, on the eastern outskirts of Carrick, so hopefully Rhanbuoy is far enough away to be OK. Sigh.
In other news, it seems that home is short of consultants. 111 of them, to be precise. It doesn't mention surgery, but there are several consultant surgical posts vacant right now. The Beeb suggests that there aren't enough docs coming through the system to fill the posts, but it might be closer to the truth to say that there are certain hospitals where no-one wants to work. I can think of 4 smaller hospitals where there have been vacancies for over a year, but no-one local wants to apply...
And another thought on the BBC NI website. Isn't there any good news from home? Usually it's all about beatings, assaults and the perilous state of the Peace Process. Today's stories are:
Homes may be near polluted land
Real IRA leader challenges fund
NI's schools to get an extra £79m
Shorts announces 280 jobs to go
Family's bid for autism tuition
Consultant shortage highlighted
Irish fury over ambulance clamp
Paramilitarism 'worse than raid'
Hotel Rwanda director Terry George brings Africa into focus
NI voters being urged to get onto the electoral register
SDLP's voluntary coalition stance leaves little wriggle room
It's a laugh a minute isn't it? The only story which raises a smile is the one about the dimmos who clamped an ambulance parked in the emergency zone at Dublin airport. Apart from that it's more money on schools, more jobs lost, not enough doctors, poisoned ground and the usual ups and downs (mostly downs) of NI politics. I mean, the Beeb is a bit stick-in-the-mud at the best of times, but it's UK, World and Americas sections have a lot more variety than it's NI page. Anyway, enough whinging for now, back to work, J.
In other news, it seems that home is short of consultants. 111 of them, to be precise. It doesn't mention surgery, but there are several consultant surgical posts vacant right now. The Beeb suggests that there aren't enough docs coming through the system to fill the posts, but it might be closer to the truth to say that there are certain hospitals where no-one wants to work. I can think of 4 smaller hospitals where there have been vacancies for over a year, but no-one local wants to apply...
And another thought on the BBC NI website. Isn't there any good news from home? Usually it's all about beatings, assaults and the perilous state of the Peace Process. Today's stories are:
Homes may be near polluted land
Real IRA leader challenges fund
NI's schools to get an extra £79m
Shorts announces 280 jobs to go
Family's bid for autism tuition
Consultant shortage highlighted
Irish fury over ambulance clamp
Paramilitarism 'worse than raid'
Hotel Rwanda director Terry George brings Africa into focus
NI voters being urged to get onto the electoral register
SDLP's voluntary coalition stance leaves little wriggle room
It's a laugh a minute isn't it? The only story which raises a smile is the one about the dimmos who clamped an ambulance parked in the emergency zone at Dublin airport. Apart from that it's more money on schools, more jobs lost, not enough doctors, poisoned ground and the usual ups and downs (mostly downs) of NI politics. I mean, the Beeb is a bit stick-in-the-mud at the best of times, but it's UK, World and Americas sections have a lot more variety than it's NI page. Anyway, enough whinging for now, back to work, J.
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