. high street chemists across northern ireland are facing closure without an urgent cash injection from health officials, it has been claimed.. a senior northern ireland civil servant has apologised after hundreds of neurology patients were recalled for further testing.. civil servants have claimed they have no power to place restrictions on betting machines branded the crack cocaine of the gambling world..". plemmons added, "particularly in a time when mental health resources for children appear to be static, and woefully scarce across the u.s"....