Mary Anne Kenny writes that it is time to review the interpretation of the in-camera rule in Irish courts, so as to effect more protection for children in the care of the State The murder of teenager Daniel McAnaspie, while he was in State care, is a sad first in the history of the 20 [...]
Gary Culliton writes that a HIQA job specification had to be changed after it was found that the advertised criteria limited the pool of applicants A job specification for a position in HIQA had to be abandoned mid-way through the appointment process because the Government’s Public Appointments Service (PAS) intervened, saying overly specific qualifications requirements [...]
Laura Finn reports that raised levels of cardon dioxide may be the cause of near-death experiences in survivors of cardiac arrest Near-death experiences (NDEs) are reported to include sensations such as seeing your life flash before your eyes; feelings of peace and joy; and apparent encounters with mystical entities and deceased persons. According to some [...]
The number of patients seen in emergency departments around the country is not relative to the number of ED staff, writes Gary Culliton There is no correlation between the number of emergency department (ED) staff and the number of patients seen, the Comptroller and Auditor General has found. Attendance per whole time equivalent (WTE) medical [...]
With the 99s in full force on Tramore beach, Dr Garrett FitzGerald is looking forward to a long, hot summer of stimulating sporting activity Summeroid conditions burst upon us without adequate warning last week. Unadvisedly, the shedding of clouts before May’s end is to be seen all over the land. Tramore beach is full of [...]
However insignificant in numbers, Dr Ruairí Hanley believes those who rioted outside the Dáil this month were launching an assault on democracy itself On Monday, May 11, a minor riot took place outside Leinster House. Excitable journalists from Sky News thought it a bit more serious, announcing live on air that the Irish Parliament had [...]
Dr Paul Heslin writes that to get us off the hamster wheel of vicious cycles, we sometimes have to approach things a bit differently A virus (upper respiratory tract infection, or URTI) can irritate the throat. This irritation causes coughing, which results in further irritation of the windpipe. This irritation causes you to be vulnerable [...]
Dr Mick Molloy believes that we will all have to ‘turn and face the strain’ posed by the possible loss of 900 recognised NCHD training posts this summer July is an interesting period in the life of an Irish hospital, as each year, hundreds of newly qualified doctors take their first steps in what should [...]
Dermot Casserly, Beauchamps Solicitors, looks at the legal issues that can arise if an employer makes a staff member redundant but then hires a new employee to fill the role In the private healthcare sector, many employees have been made redundant and/or suffered salary cuts in the last year due to the economic downturn. It [...]
The arrival of the Clongriffin Dart station has been a welcome and transformative experience for me, but the most interesting development has been the severe disdain we Clongriffinites receive from Malahide, Portmarnock and Drogheda commuters whose arduous journeys to the office now take approximately 120 more seconds and include about a dozen more people than [...]
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