Messers Cowen, Lenihan, Harney and Drumm have tried to sell us a load of old cobblers on the State’s finances and the health service — and we’ve bought it, says Dr Garrett FitzGerald As the country goes down the tubes to keep German pensioners happy in their dotage, and the IMF waits in the wings like the grey-backed crow in

Dr Ruairi Hanley believes that it is time to abolish the entire GP-signed certificate system for social welfare payments A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of reading an interesting editorial in the excellent English magazine, The Spectator.

Dear Editor, I am an avid reader of Dr Ruairi Hanley’s column and have always admired his ability to speak his mind, even when not politically correct to do so.

Dear Editor, As a doctor, I am disappointed by the public humiliation of a colleague in the media.

Rory Hafford talks to Prof Patricia Casey about court cases, media mayhem and Mary Harney

Major staffing changes and a reconfiguration of services will be needed to implement the Government’s recently launched cardiovascular policy, outlines Gary Culliton The Report of the Cardiovascular Health Policy Group, Changing Cardiovascular Health: Cardiovascular Health Policy 2010-2019, is about getting the best care to the patient at the right time, in the right place, delivered by experts at all stages.

The Minister for Health has insisted that the move of cancer services out of St Luke’s Hospital was based on clinical criteria.

A technique of brain stimulation, known as repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, boosts the language ability of patients with Alzheimer’s disease, according to preliminary research.

Ed Madden, BL, on a Supreme Court case in which the Court dealt with an appeal against a High Court decision that the former North Eastern Health Board had the power to discontinue maternity services at Monaghan General Hospital On July 9, 2010, the Supreme Court issued its decision in an appeal brought by Shauna Tierney, and a number of

There are substantial regional differences in treatment practices for the care of the elderly with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), including receipt of hospice care and discontinuation of dialysis before death, according to new American research.