The ‘controversy’ of the National Maternity Hospital is causing people to lose their minds. The most visible manifestation is the minor demonstration in front of the Dail of a few hundred disgruntled activists wearing silly clothes and carrying silly signs. The prominence given to the small gathering by all major news outlets indicates that they […]
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“Everything in the State, nothing outside the State, nothing against the State.” Benito Mussolini’s formulation remains one of the most enduring definitions of modern totalitarianism. The hyperventilated discussion about the new national maternity hospital has revealed some surprising – and not so surprising – tendencies of most of the political leadership in Ireland. Notwithstanding the […]
42 consultants at the National Maternity Hospital have said that “misinformation” and “misunderstanding” around the planned move to the St Vincent’s campus could delay the creation of a “world-class” hospital. In a letter published in today’s Irish Times, the consultants, including the current master and three former masters, insist that all procedures will be available […]