Dara Gantly looks at how the story of 67-year-old Mary Smyth could have an impact on shaping the future of the health service
Editorial
On balancing life and medicine
Dara Gantly has some questions on the gender (im)balance across medical specialties, and suggests that a broader flexible training scheme might be part of the answer to some of the HSE’s problems
Are we preventing as well as curing?
Dara Gantly looks at whether we truly believe prevention is better than cure.
Back to the future of healthcare for Oireachtas
Dara Gantly looks at the important work ahead for the new Oireachtas Special Committee on the Future of Healthcare
Brexit, pursued by UK doctors
There has been no shortage of Brexit hypothesis in the press, but its impact remains uncertain, reports Dara Gantly
Better ways to pay for healthcare
Dara Gantly perseveres with the latest OECD report on health spending to discover where Ireland’s model may be heading
Still waiting for that ‘aha!’ moment
Alcohol is bleeding the health system, as the latest report shows again, Lloyd Mudiwa writes
Explaining health outcomes
Dara Gantly on the important ‘bigger picture’ on health data and what we can learn from the EU
Cancer’s postcode lottery
Dara Gantly looks at why addressing health inequalities remains unfairly-divided pie in the sky
Disappointment at non-stick ‘no-fry zones’
Dara Gantly is disappointed that his native county has backed down on the fight against childhood obesity