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At least 22 people have been killed and dozens of others injured in shootings at a bar and bowling alley in the US city of Lewiston, Maine. While some reported at least 16 dead, Lewiston city councillor Robert McCarthy toldthat law enforcement had “confirmed 22 dead, many, many more injured”. Maine public safety official Mike Sauschuck said he was not prepared to give a death toll, calling it “a very fluid situation.
Doctors have warned that patients who do not have a family doctor and are relying on out-of-hours GP services are at risk of their treatment not being safely monitored. Some out-of-hours services are struggling so much with increased demand they may no longer be able to accept patients who have no GP. The National Association of GP Co-ops has written to the HSE warning that 10% of the population does not have a GP.
Raw sewage from the equivalent of 54,000 people in 26 towns and villages is still discharged into the environment every day in Ireland. The Environmental Protection Agency said Uisce Éireann, formerly Irish Water, has not managed to tackle pollution in some of the most significantly impacted rivers, estuaries, lakes, and coastal waters.
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