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THE Ennis General Hospital Devel- opment Committee is in the black following a very busy year for the lobby group.
According to the accounts present- ed to last week’s AGM of the com- mittee, the group has carried over €8,804 from last year.
Its treasurer, Fine Gael Deputy Joe Carey (FG), told the meeting that the
committee spent a total of €19,576.
Last year proved a busy and expen- sive year for the committee as it cam- paigned during the general election campaign for commitments to the future of the hospital and organised a protest rally for the streets of Ennis.
The greatest expense for the group was media advertising which totaled €7,951.
This included the cost of advertis- ing in the four local newspapers and
the local radio station.
Printing costs came to €4,151, which did not include car stickers, the cost of which was sponsored.
Postage costs for 2007 came to €3,520, public relations cost €300, Clare Cancer Concern was afforded €800, photography €1,098, the pub- lic health alliance €50 and bank charges came to €117.
The hospital committee raised most of its fund from church gate collec-
tions totalling €6,843.
Sales of the lobby group’s CD raised €5,/41, with further donations reaching €1,550.
The collection on the day of the hospital rally came to €2,800.
In total, the committee raised em eres
A carry-over of €10,646 from the previous year saw all the bills paid and the books in good stead for the Ley eaBNTSaA orb