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Attending the Irish Rural Link Conference & AGM In Athlone – Health in Rural Ireland; Finding Innovative Solutions. Deputy Doctor Martin Daly and Prof Robert Scully addressing Irish Rural Link Conference

Well done to Madeline Michael Padraic Susan Val and all at IMO on this and DMO breakthrough not forgetting Martin.  As part of the 2023 IMO GP Deal, agreement was reached with the  HSE on the provision of a locum service for single handed rural  General Practitioners in receipt of

The AGM of the Rural Island & Dispensing Doctors of Ireland (Incorporated as the Institute of Rural Health) is scheduled to start at 12.30 pm on Saturday 7th June 2025 in the Hodson Bay Hotel Athlone.  This is followed by the rescheduled Dr Paddy Cosgrove Golf Competition (sponsored by the

Ireland has been well served by their single-handed family doctors for generations, and the continuity of care has been second to none, and its great benefit proven by hard research. The ongoing difficulty is that single- handed GP practices are disappearing fast and inner city and more rural areas are

Thirty-five annual conferences later and in the spirit of Alma Alta, the Rural Island and Dispensing Doctors of Ireland (RIDDI) assert the right of Irish rural dwellers to enjoy optimal physical and mental health, in addition to economic and social wellbeing. In this regard and recognising that Irish rural medical