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The Irish Medical Times Blog: The Vote '07

All entries for The Vote '07

Let's put the band back together

There's good news for all you Police fans - or anyone who loves really bad music sung by really old men. They're back together, and they're coming to the Point in October. I can already see all the Mercs and... Read more

Breakfast Roll Man

Breakfast roll man leaves his house in Portarlington or Cellbridge at 6.30 am every morning, grabs a bacon buttie roll in the 24 hour garage on the way to work and eats his lunch at his desk. Read more

Election Schadenfreude

So, at least one bloodsport can be good for your health! Forget which party has won, or done well, in the Irish Republic's general election. Look at the individual candidates' performances. It's great fun and is good for your... Read more

The Irish for punishment

I was in the middle of writing my blog entry today about why I hope things are about to change in this country when I stumbled upon this blog entry, which probably says it better than I was going... Read more

Happy Harney

Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting Mary Harney in Dublin Castle as she launched the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA). After the launch she spoke to journalists for about 15 minutes, answering questions about the nursing strike and... Read more

Minister Jack Hackett

Fr Jack Hackett will be the inspiration for the next Minister for Health, no matter who he or she is. You'll see why in a minute. First of all, read the health sections of the election manifestos of the... Read more

It's cool to vote, kids

Rock the Vote? Perhaps the campaign should be called Mock the Vote, since I can't imagine that anyone finds credibility, or an incentive to vote, in watching the humiliating and hilarious attempts of our general election candidates to get... Read more

Is there a doctor In the House?

What I predict or think will happen in this election doesn't really matter. But who cares? Speculating about the success or failure of Dáil Éireann wannabes is fun - especially when they're docs! And there's 10 of them running... Read more

Here we go again...

I don't know about you but I am finding it incredibly difficult to get worked up over the upcoming general election in Ireland. There is a certain amount of "ho-hum, seen it all before" about it. Well, when I... Read more