Terence Cosgrave on why no-one in Ireland is prepared to seriously tackle our problem with alcohol. The American writer P.J. O’Rourke once wrote about the effects of the drug Ecstasy (MDMA): “Maybe Ecstasy is very subtle. I remember thinking that cocaine was subtle, too, until I suddenly realised that I’d been awake for three days [...]
Dear Editor, A few years ago, I was ‘awarded’ a contract to provide services to members of An Post, when their regular GP retired. Initially, I was quite pleased to provide this service to our four local postmen, particularly when the post office is only a few doors from my surgery and the friendly postmen [...]
Dear Editor, I viewed with a mixture of interest and bemusement the performance of Dr John Crown on the Late Late Show last Friday night (18/04/2008). As always when he speaks about the state of the health service, he was eloquent, articulate, opinionated and passionate. His advocacy of a ‘social insurance’ style system of healthcare [...]
Dear Editor, In my response to comments from a psychiatric colleague also running under the ‘Other’ category in the Medical Council election: I have the honour to be nominated by distinguished medical specialists in Cardiology, Surgery, Public Health and General Practice. I hope to represent all of our profession on the new Medical Council. Lynda [...]
Dear Editor, I think it most unusual that a member of the ICGP Council should use the email list of the ICGP to canvass support. It is regrettable if there is any misapprehension on the part of the ICGP with regard to the position of the MCMSC. We will represent all doctors, including as we [...]
Dr Mark Hannon says constant criticism of the healthcare system for the sake of selling papers does no good, when short-term sacrifices must be made for a better service in the long term. Healthcare related scandals seem to dominate the Irish media at the moment. Maybe it’s because they have immediate emotional impact, maybe it’s [...]
Watching Ross Kemp travel to the world’s most violent places and ridicule, through a variety of ways, the suffering of others while glorifying everything white and western, is torture. And I don’t mean the kind of torture which is used against enemy combatants and the odd, oh, totally innocent dude who was plucked off the [...]
Dr Mick Molloy writes that as the coffers are emptying and public dissatisfaction grows over healthcare services, the country needs firm direction from Government now more than ever, Marching season is upon us again. It is that time of the year. Scenes of people marching with flags and banners — united under one intention — [...]
This letter was sent by the County Sligo General Practitioners Society to the Minister for Health Mary Harney. Re: The National Cancer Strategy Dear Minister, The County Sligo GP Society was founded in 1978 and draws membership from GPs working in Sligo, Leitrim, north Roscommon and south Donegal. The Society meets on a monthly basis [...]
Dear Editor, I have put forward my name for election to the Medical Council, as I feel that the Medical Practitioners Act (2007) has further marginalised doctors from the treatment of their patients. This is illustrated in a number of ways. h4. 1. Threatening environment I have been in the practice of medicine for 40 [...]
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