The Cavan Tommy Hoey Trust (Ireland) would like to thank all the staff and management at George Best Belfast City Airport in giving our grandson Cavan such a memorable time, as Cavan has been in hospital for such a long time with XLP,EBVHLH,his only experience of a two tone horn was an ambulance either rushing Cavan to hospital or hearing them while in hospital. My own experience with this was when Cavan was visiting us and had a seizure while at Helens Bay, he was rushed to the Royal Victo... Read Full Story

The Cavan Tommy Hoey Trust (Ireland) would like to thank all the staff and management at George Best Belfast City Airport in giving our grandson Cavan such a memorable time, as Cavan has been in hospital for such a long time with XLP,EBVHLH,his only experience of a two tone horn was an ambulance either rushing Cavan to hospital or hearing them while in hospital. My own experience with this was when Cavan was visiting us and had a seizure while at Helens Bay, he was rushed to the Royal Victo... Read Full Story

The Cavan Tommy Hoey Trust (Ireland) would like to thank all the staff and management at George Best Belfast City Airport in giving our grandson Cavan such a memorable time, as Cavan has been in hospital for such a long time with XLP,EBVHLH,his only experience of a two tone horn was an ambulance either rushing Cavan to hospital or hearing them while in hospital. My own experience with this was when Cavan was visiting us and had a seizure while at Helens Bay, he was rushed to the Royal Victo... Read Full Story

A lifetime in a day Today, a year ago, Ella was admitted to BCCH for the second time... Today, a year ago, my beautiful little girl, whom I always felt was very sick, had to undergo more tests than most people will ever do in their lifetime... Today, a year ago, Ella's day started as it always had, happy and safe - except I had to hold off on feeding her because she was to do a baryum test, otherwise known as a swallowing study. It was the first of many appointments set up for us by our ped... Read Full Story

Time for 20mph zones? Posted on October 26th, 2009 Conall McDevitt 2 comments Ask anyone living in an urban area and they will be worried about traffic speeding through residential areas. Speed bumps, chicanes and cameras have all been deployed to keep motorists at 30mph in built up areas yet the simple fact is that you still stand a one in five chance of being killed if  hit by a vehicles travelling 30mph.  Drop the speed of impact to 20mph and the chances of surviving skyrocket (only one i... Read Full Story

Cavan In the seat of the Lord Mayor on his visit to Belfast City Hall The Cavan Tommy Hoey Trust would like to thank Belfast Lord Mayor Naomi long and Belfast City Council for the fantastic day they give our little grandson Cavan Grandaughter Maeve and Mum Debs. Cavan started his visit to Belfast with a greeting from George Best Belfast City Airport we thank Michelle Hatfield for the care she took in setting it up for us,Cavans illness stops him walking very far as he becomes very tired, Mi... Read Full Story

Cavan In the seat of the Lord Mayor on his visit to Belfast City Hall The Cavan Tommy Hoey Trust would like to thank Belfast Lord Mayor Naomi long and Belfast City Council for the fantastic day they give our little grandson Cavan Grandaughter Maeve and Mum Debs. Cavan started his visit to Belfast with a greeting from George Best Belfast City Airport we thank Michelle Hatfield for the care she took in setting it up for us,Cavans illness stops him walking very far as he becomes very tired, Mi... Read Full Story

Cavan In the seat of the Lord Mayor on his visit to Belfast City Hall The Cavan Tommy Hoey Trust would like to thank Belfast Lord Mayor Naomi long and Belfast City Council for the fantastic day they give our little grandson Cavan Grandaughter Maeve and Mum Debs. Cavan started his visit to Belfast with a greeting from George Best Belfast City Airport we thank Michelle Hatfield for the care she took in setting it up for us,Cavans illness stops him walking very far as he becomes very tired, Mi... Read Full Story

The bare facts – the top to bottom of walking statistics Walking, and high quality street environments, links to so many different policy areas it can be quite hard to separate out the information you’re looking for. We’ve tried to make it as easy as possible by putting our key facts and stats into different categories, linked to below. If you have any other queries, please contact Anna Powell, Press Officer Statistics for the new Living Streets Website General walking Walking and health W... Read Full Story

The bare facts – the top to bottom of walking statistics Walking, and high quality street environments, links to so many different policy areas it can be quite hard to separate out the information you’re looking for. We’ve tried to make it as easy as possible by putting our key facts and stats into different categories, linked to below. If you have any other queries, please contact Anna Powell, Press Officer Statistics for the new Living Streets Website General walking Walking and health W... Read Full Story