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Health Service
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NMH must be 100% public, secular & progressive
The resounding two-thirds majority vote in the 2018 repeal referendum vote was undeniably a vote for both abortion…
Beacon Hospital vaccine controversy — how the super-rich can ignore the rules
Vaccines being doled out as if they were tickets for a corporate box in the Aviva Stadium. This…
Covid crisis: Suppress the virus – health before profit
By Finghín Kelly Last week while being interviewed about Ryanair’s near €1billion loss Michael O’Leary arrogantly attacked the…
Irish government fails to protect healthcare workers
By Valerie O’Leary The proportion of healthcare workers contracting Covid-19 in Ireland is amongst the highest in the…
End private ownership of hospitals – with no compensation
By Colm McCarthy The severe pressure the health service has come under from the Covid-19 outbreak has led…
Healthcare in Ireland: A system at breaking point
By Finghín Kelly The Irish health system is at breaking point. Last year was the worst year on…
Oppose union busting: Victory to striking paramedics
Ambulance paramedics, advance paramedics and emergency medical technicians are striking today for union recognition and against the Government’s…
“Difficult and dangerous” working conditions- A nurse speaks out
Below is a powerful testimony from a nurse (who wished to remain anonymous) about the conditions that she…
Clamouring demand grows to…Separate Church & State
By Cillian Gillespie The eighth amendment, passed in September 1983, symbolised everything that is insidious and rotten in…
Showdown looms ahead of political storm
Government faces growing political and economic instability.
