With news of a 99-year-old Italian filing for divorce, Dr Muiris Houston wonders why couples in their later years are increasingly calling it a day.
Can you tell me how to get to 2013
January 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Dara Gantly looks at the likelihood the HSE will achieve the ambitious targets outlined in its Service Plan for 2012.
Case has impact for medical experts
January 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Ed Madden, BL, on a case were separate hearings into liability and quantum were ordered in a matter were the plaintiff sued for damages for injury allegedly suffered as a result of an RTA.
Criticism of the judicial system is a great concern
January 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Dear Editor, In response to Ambassador Dr Omar Al-Hassan’s letter to you (IMT, January 13, 2012, http://bit.ly/wKawzG) criticising my analysis of events in Bahrain in The Irish Times (November 29, 2011) and in your newspaper (December 9, http://bit.ly/rqXZec), I am heartened to learn that the King who “courageously” ordered the establishment of the Bahrain Independent [...]
Infamous Revenue mailshot was wrong on so many levels
January 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Dear Editor, I can still see the anguish on the face of my 79-year-old mother after she opened the post from the Revenue the other week. The letter was not addressed to her but to my father; he was buried 10 days previous, having died suddenly during Christmas week. All his tax affairs were in [...]
Medical students — then and now
January 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Dear Editor, When I lectured undergraduates on skin physiology I occasionally scrutinised the class and wondered did they resemble myself and contemporaries, with occasional outbursts of sociopathy. I also pondered if today’s teachers had the same number of ‘characters’.
GP cleared of negligence
January 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
John Savage of Beauchamps Solicitors looks at a case that examined GPs’ duties of care when certifying whether or not an elderly patient was fit to drive.
Time for Operation Condemnation
January 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Dr Ruairi Hanley once again implores the IMO to unequivocally condemn a regime responsible for the abduction and torture of Irish-trained doctors.
Our friends in the North
January 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Dara Gantly looks at what we might learn from the latest overhaul of the health service in Northern Ireland.
The North East fights back
January 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Dr Ruairi Hanley believes the temporary withdrawal of medical cards to thousands of patients at the end of the year was a cynical attempt by the HSE to cut its budget.
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