# Southwest

This year

2023

Parents criticise 'contradictory' HSE denials over disability equipment funding

The controversy centres around the HSE’s €6-7 million annual budget for vital equipment for children and adults with disabilities.

Parents and TDs have called for more transparency in how the multi-million euro fund for disability equipment is handled.

Families in Cork and Kerry were finding their appeals for specialised equipment for their children rejected by the HSE, with a lack of funds cited as the reason.

They were repeatedly told that no data was kept on equipment funding, only to learn in recent days that the figures have existed for some time.

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Feb 12th 2023, 12:05 AM

All time

# global web outage

Major banks, airlines hit in new global online outage

The outage was confined to systems using the Akamai content delivery system.

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Jun 17th 2021, 10:18 AM

# flight into terror

US flight forced into emergency landing after engine explodes mid-journey

Southwest said there were 143 passengers and five crew members on board the Boeing 737.

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Apr 17th 2018, 8:00 PM

# Southwest

Teenager with intellectual disabilities left in foster home despite allegations of sexual abuse

The young person had been living in the home in the Cork/Kerry area since 2003.

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May 8th 2016, 2:52 PM

# BURRRRR

It'll feel a bit nippy this week as temperatures fall back

Gone are the days of the high twenties…

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Aug 18th 2014, 11:04 AM

# steward sass

Hilarious flight attendant's routine should be mandatory on Ryanair flights

Give this guy a promotion.

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Jun 20th 2014, 6:00 PM

# Air Travel

Southwest cancels 100 flights as cracks found in three planes

After a hole appears – mid-flight – in the roof of one plane, checks show at least three jets with structural problems.

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Apr 4th 2011, 3:27 PM