Privatisation: too far to turn back?

IMO AGM 2012 Former IMO President Prof Seán Tierney analyses the false allure of a 'privatised' health service and examines whether the latest Titanic reforms will float or sink In 2012, much of what we have taken for granted in Ireland is under scrutiny. Some of this scrutiny is long overdue and there is much that can, should and will, I hope, be changed in our society. There is also, quite rightly, a clamour for ‘change’ and it is crucially important that the response to the demand for change is informed by this scrutiny, because there are real dangers in…