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May 23, 2012

When all else fails, talk to them

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Dr Garrett FitzGerald knows how to deal with the crisis of our departing doctors — ask our NCHDs what it will take to keep them at home, and make the changes to our failed system.

Headline acts give 20/60 vision

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Dr Garrett FitzGerald puts away his futurescope for the time being and reads de paper instead for an insight into what we can expect in the Ireland of 2060.

The dark side of happiness

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Dr Garrett FitzGerald knew it all the time — research suggests that being a happy kid can actually be the kiss of death I knew it all along. Happiness kills. A study of traits in children which may lead to longer or shorter lives is quite conclusive in its findings: happy, cheerful youngsters are doomed [...]

TGI Good Friday

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They certainly don’t do Good Fridays like they used to, recalls Dr Garrett FitzGerald, when laughter and games were replaced by long faces of piety and tumbleweed down Main Street.

Slow-release miracles are required

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With our health finances set to plummet even further, Dr Garrett FitzGerald advises our new Minister for Health to appoint a cohort of ‘hospitalists’ or ‘acutists’ to improve patient care.

Unholy communion in the Dáil

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With Ireland becoming a God-free zone, Dr Garrett FitzGerald wonders whether there is any room left on this island for either St Rita or St Enda.

Soldiering on through medical history

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The 1901 census gave Dr Garrett FitzGerald a glimpse into the medical lot of the old constabulary and an already well-established two-tier healthcare system — especially when it came to syphilis.

Abolishing the ‘Hate Yez E’

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When it comes to rankings of public hate figures, Dr Garrett FitzGerald believes the HSE is head injury and dislocated shoulders above the competition.

Minority rules in general elections

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Our wonderful electoral system will ensure that the least desirable candidate gets the top job — as long as he’s in a party, says Dr Garrett FitzGerald.

A grave undertaking

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Dr Garrett FitzGerald encounters some fellows of infinite jest on the ancestral trail in Co Mayo.

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