40,000 without payment
“How did it happen and why?”
Pourquoi?
The Minister for Health has given himself plenty of room here for burying contributions which he does not like
The Department of Health has reported that 6,577 abortions took place in 2020, a figure almost equivalent to the 6,666 abortions which took place in 2019, the first year of the new abortion regime. Pro-life organisation, the Life Institute, said that the “deeply saddening” scale of abortions taking place showed that the procedure was “anything […]
Dulce et Decorum est, Pro Patria Mori, wrote the Roman Poet Horace, at around about the time of Christ’s birth. It’s a famous Latin phrase, which translates to English as “it is sweet and honourable to die for one’s country”. In its time, the phrase was designed to encapsulate the highest form of patriotism, and […]
Labour leader Alan Kelly called the situation “embarrassing”.
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As you may have heard, the new Secretary General of the Department of Health is to receive an annual salary of €292,000. This represents an increase of 40% from the previous salary for the position, which was a mere €211,000. The Government’s position is that the sum is necessary. If you pay peanuts, you get […]
Figures obtained by Independent TD, Carol Nolan, suggest that almost a thousand women changed their mind and did not proceed with abortion because the three day waiting period gave an opportunity for reflection.
For the past two weeks the country has been transfixed with Golfgate: who attended, did they wear masks during the shindig (No), what kind of tour of the country did Big Phil take, who was going to resign, what on earth were they thinking, and much more. This is understandable. The arrogance and sense of […]
Down Syndrome Ireland has raised concerns with the Department of Health over concerns that their coronavirus guidelines may lead to certain vulnerable groups being unable to access essential care. The issue was sparked in response to the government department’s document on the ethics of prioritising patients, which states that when there are too many patients […]