Vincent Browne’s “People’s Debate” show visited Tuam this week. Vincent gave a platform to survivors of the Tuam Mother & Baby Home. The tragedy of the Tuam Mother and Baby Home has been prolonged, as is always the case in Ireland, while the victims’ stories are dismissed by those in power. The local paper, The Tuam Herald, far from doing a job of journalism while an institute of guilt, misery and death ran … Read More
Minister Reilly Please Resign.
On the day the he announced a redress scheme, Survivors of Symphysiotomy (SoS) have called for the immediate resignation of the Minister for Health, Dr James Reilly. There’s background on SoS via theJournal.ie and updates from Reilly’s press conference this morning via the SOS_Ireland Twitter account. The following Press Release has been issued by Survivors of Symphysiotomy: SoS Chairperson Marie O’Connor said that the group, which represents 99 per cent of survivors in Ireland, had … Read More
An Unhealthy State Of Affairs
Did Dr James Reilly, Minister for Health, know the company believed to be recommending closing Portiuncula maternity hospital was ‘Health Partnership’ set up by his appointee as Chair to the Hospitals Group which acts on the report? An exchange in the Seanad last night between the Cathaoirleach Paddy Burke (Fine Gael) Senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Féin) suggests as much. The exchange took place under House privilege and allegations … Read More
Free For Those Who Can Afford It
Junior Health Minister Alex White (Labour) appeared on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland this morning and was asked if he intended to push for a charge instead of the proposed universal free GP care. Following the introduction of free GP visits for the under 6’s it is expected that Minister James Reilly will introduce universal free GP visits by 2016; asked several times whether he could rule out point-of-access charges as the … Read More
Savita and the real ‘culture of death’
The draft report into the death of Savita Halappanaavar has been issued to all parties involved. James Reilly the hugely controversial minister for health says he hasn’t seen it yet. Someone should get him a copy of the Evening Herald. According to the report the infection that contributed to Savita’s death went undiagnosed for three days at Galway University Hospital. It adds that by the time she was admitted to … Read More
Reilly couldn’t give a f*ck
He really doesn’t care what you think. Almost as though he is modelling himself on Brendan Grace’s frightful character, Father Stack, Reilly seems to genuinely not give a flying fuck as long as he has his fun. Here’s a beautiful letter he wrote to the people of Roscommon prior to the last election…and prior to his closing the hospital’s A&E Department. For more great political leaflets, letters and posters visit … Read More