Another year, another AGM

The Irish Medical Organisation’s 2007 AGM kicks off in Killarney this afternoon (in a new hotel, as the Hotel Europe, where I personally have been twice now, is being renovated, unfortunately. This could have meant a new county and not just a new hotel, but tradition rules, obviously. It’s a pity it’s not in Galway, we could have saved money on bottled water.
This year may be quieter than previous years though, in the press at least. Today’s papers barely mention the conference. Usually they each have at least one story of pre-AGM soundbites from IMO doctors.
But it looks like nurses have stolen the doctors’ thunder, for now at least. Their work stoppages continue tomorrow, and unless the papers get bored of them (unlikely) the IMO will have to share space. The Irish Times today mentions the AGM briefly at the end of a story about the consultant contract negotiations; the Independent doesn’t mention it at all; and neither does the Examiner. All three are busy with the Teachers conferences and the nurses dispute.
At least Irish Medical Times covers every detail (or almost every detail), regardless of whatever else is going on.