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A Youghal based GP says he believes a new model for general practice in rural areas needs to be developed.

Dr Declan Matthews was speaking after it emerged that the HSE is currently struggling to fill three GP vacancies in Bandon and Macroom.

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The countdown to a General Election and four by-elections top the agenda for the Sinn Fein Ard Fheis in Derry this weekend. 

Brexit, Irish Unity and a general election in the UK are also in the spotlight. 

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Dozens of Coast Guard rescue boats have been withdrawn from service this weekend.

It's after a number of volunteers' life-jackets failed routine safety checks. 

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A 16-year-old boy who killed two students and wounded three others at his high school in southern California, before turning a gun on himself, has died in hospital.
 

 

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