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Too many tragedies: Mental health epidemic must be urgently addressed
By Finn Mc Kenna The recent tragic, untimely death of Shane O’Connor, son of musicians Donal Lunny and…
A crucial battle: NASRA workers must not stand alone
By Katia Hancke On 19 July, ambulance workers across the country organised in Nasra, a branch of the…
Non-medical support staff vote for strike action
By Carol Brogan As we go to press, SIPTU have announced 20 June as the day for 24…
Tackling the mental health crisis
by Ryan McNally Mental health services continue to be so overwhelmed by demand that people seeking help routinely…
End the scandal of a two-tier health service
By Rita Harrold Successive governments have presided over the implementation of cuts and austerity that have devastated our…
Capitalism & Period Poverty
By Ingrid Doyle For a growing number of women, trans and gender non-conforming people, periods are not just…
Backward ideas hold back essential HIV drugs
By Thomas White Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) is a new pill that prevents those who are at risk from…
The deadly legacy of health cuts
By Michael O’Brien Back in August I was given a glimpse of the developing crisis situation in Beaumont…
Medical card debacle – free healthcare for all!
“An attempt to improve the medical card system, to bring fairness and equity to the system” is the justification spewed by Health Minister James Reilly following the government’s announcement that 15,300 discretionary medical cards callously revoked from the most vulnerable will be reinstated.
Grandiose promises of ‘better and cheaper’ single-tier health care system are a sham
Responding to the government's white paper advocating universal health insurance, Conor Mac Liam, husband of Susie Long and Anti Austerity Alliance candidate in the upcoming local elections in Kilkenny said:
