Horses for main courses
Dr Ruairi Hanley Dr Ruairi Hanley believes the media needs to re-evaluate its priorities and focus its spotlight away from horse burgers and back to more ‘meaty’ issues facing society. Once upon a...
View ArticleA scandal-setting agenda
Government is constantly reacting to the latest PR crisis Reflecting on the great Irish crèche crisis, Dr Ruairi Hanley wonders why we always have to wait for a Dr Ruairi Hanley scandal before our...
View ArticleRead my lips — no cover-up?
Dara Gantly Dara Gantly looks at the latest care scandal to hit a beleaguered NHS. Are you kidding me? This can never be in the public domain nor subject to FOI.” The now infamous alleged uttering of...
View ArticleNot even a sausage for Letterkenny
The building was evacuated as contaminated water flowed throughout Dr Ruairi Hanley Dr Ruairi Hanley believes the disparity between the coverage in some sections of the media of the flooding at...
View ArticleTo cast the first stone
Dr Ruairi Hanley Dr Ruairi Hanley casts the first stone at the media and GP representative bodies’ handling of what he believes to be an imprudent policy revealed in the recent Budget 2014. The...
View ArticleMedia should have doctor analysts
By Catherine Reilly. The mainstream media are often “totally irresponsible” in the reporting of medical matters and every big media organisation should have a doctor analyst or journalist contributing...
View ArticleThe HSE is leaking like a sieve
When your team keeps leaking that many own goals, then you should know it’s going to be a long, hard season, writes Lloyd Mudiwa. The HSE has shipped a lot of criticism since its inception in January...
View ArticleMaintaining the fourth estate
Dr Ruairi Hanley singles out a number of journalists for high praise for their sterling work in holding the HSE and the Government to account for the failings of our health service.Over the past number...
View ArticleUnlike Twink’s dog, trolleys never disappeared
Dr Ruairi Hanley bemoans excessive coverage by the media of Twink’s ‘pilfered’ pooch while making a dog’s breakfast of reporting ‘life-saving’ news. A few weeks ago, I broke with my habit of 20 years...
View ArticleA pregnant pause on unfair criticism
Dr Ruairi Hanley welcomes moves to inform the public of the world-class obstetric care provided in Irish hospitals, to counter what he sees as the unfair blanket criticism of the specialty in the...
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