Susie Long is remembered
Great to see Susie Long being appropriately remembered. In one of her final interviews she was asked by Miriam O’Callaghan. If you had one message for the Irish health service and those who run it what...
View ArticleIn Ireland, secrecy is always the knee-jerk response to scandal
Consultant obstedrician Peter Boylan does not believe there should be a public inquiry in the Savita Halapanavar case. He give two reasons: Mr. Halapanavar is grieving for his wife and expected child,...
View ArticleSavita Halapanavar: A transparent and accountable inquiry?
The Galway coroner who will be conducting the inquest into the death of Savita Halapanavar, Dr. Ciarán MacLoughlin, was crystal clear. The inquest would sit in early January. Will have over 30...
View ArticleMore power for James Reilly?
Independent TD Roisin Shortall was asked what will happen if the Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 is passed (This Week). It will create a situation where there is no independent...
View ArticleTallaght Hospital scandal: No need for accountability
I wrote recently about the missing link that marks the difference between how things are done in Ireland and how they’re done in functional democracies. When suspicions of corruption are raised in...
View ArticleSavita Halappanavar report: A great relief to all, except her family
Oh what a great relief. It seems that the draft report investigating the death of Savita Halappanavar shows that there was ‘a great systems breakdown’ among the clinicians and medics at University...
View ArticleSenator Crown has lots of questions to answer
What a very curious statement made under privilege in the Senate by independent senator John Crown (See full statement below). The senator makes extremely serious allegations not just against staff at...
View ArticleThe most frightening words…
The most frightening words an Irish citizen will ever hear. The bottom line he said is that the risk is very low and we are well prepared for it. Minister for Health Leo Varadkar on Ebola.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Shock at HSE survey
What….I’m shocked. A Health Service Executive survey of staff across the public health sector has found that most who responded do not have confidence in senior management in terms of their decision...
View ArticleHSE qualifications
So, Mr. X, why do you think you’re the best man to fill this high level position in the Health Service Executive? Three reasons: First, I have a first class PhD degree in spin. There is no situation,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Varadkar spouts the usual waffle in response to patient’s suffering and death
By Anthony Sheridan Minister for Health Leo Varadkar was dealing with the latest scandal in the HSE which included the usual suffering and death of patients. He said he sympathised with the latest...
View ArticleIn Ireland, secrecy is always the knee-jerk response to scandal
Consultant obstedrician Peter Boylan does not believe there should be a public inquiry in the Savita Halapanavar case. He give two reasons: Mr. Halapanavar is grieving for his wife and expected child,...
View ArticleSavita Halapanavar: A transparent and accountable inquiry?
The Galway coroner who will be conducting the inquest into the death of Savita Halapanavar, Dr. Ciarán MacLoughlin, was crystal clear. The inquest would sit in early January. Will have over 30...
View ArticleMore power for James Reilly?
Independent TD Roisin Shortall was asked what will happen if the Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 is passed (This Week). It will create a situation where there is no independent...
View ArticleTallaght Hospital scandal: No need for accountability
I wrote recently about the missing link that marks the difference between how things are done in Ireland and how they’re done in functional democracies. When suspicions of corruption are raised in...
View ArticleSavita Halappanavar report: A great relief to all, except her family
Oh what a great relief. It seems that the draft report investigating the death of Savita Halappanavar shows that there was ‘a great systems breakdown’ among the clinicians and medics at University...
View ArticleSenator Crown has lots of questions to answer
What a very curious statement made under privilege in the Senate by independent senator John Crown (See full statement below). The senator makes extremely serious allegations not just against staff at...
View ArticleThe most frightening words…
The most frightening words an Irish citizen will ever hear. The bottom line he said is that the risk is very low and we are well prepared for it. Minister for Health Leo Varadkar on Ebola.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Shock at HSE survey
What….I’m shocked. A Health Service Executive survey of staff across the public health sector has found that most who responded do not have confidence in senior management in terms of their decision...
View ArticleHSE qualifications
So, Mr. X, why do you think you’re the best man to fill this high level position in the Health Service Executive? Three reasons: First, I have a first class PhD degree in spin. There is no situation,...
View Article
