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18 Oct 2008
Storm over Medical cards rumbles on.
An article about Mary Harney seen on limerickblogger.ie/blog
Another politician laying low is Mary Harney. She has cancelled an appointment to speak at a nurses conference in the Southcourt Hotel. Earlier today, speaking to Marian Finucane on RTE, Harney declared that that there would be no …... Continue reading »
16 Oct 2008
Morning Ireland 15 October 2008
An article about Mary Harney seen on rte.ie/radio1/morningireland
Ennis Vox Budget Re-Ax. Minister Mary Harney Live in Studio and Eamonn Gilmore – Budget reaction.... Continue reading »
28 Sep 2008
news: harney's big mouth
An article about Mary Harney seen on comhra.blogspot.com
BreakingNews.ie reports that Minister for Health, Mary Harney claims that the new so-called 'centres of excellence' will eliminate cancer misdiagnoses. The situtation at Ennis General Hospital (where a number of patients were given the …... Continue reading »
Harney says HSE cares 'for a Majority'
An article about Mary Harney seen on inishtrahoull.blogspot.com
The Minister for Health, Mary Harney (photo), has said that “the vast majority of cancer patients have nothing to fear from the health service”. Now, that is a really reassuring statement, isn't it? And it leads to three questions: …... Continue reading »
"Health cuts hurt the old, the sick and the handicapped…" Over …
An article about Mary Harney seen on 1169andcounting.blogspot.com
Mary Harney , Millionaire State Minister for Health in the current Leinster House administration. STATE PRIORITIES: Recently a new facility was built inside Leinster House – a sweet shop. At a cost of €1.3 million it is said to have …... Continue reading »
Harney confirms Noonan claim over misdiagnosis of cancer patient
An article about Mary Harney seen on irishtimes.com
MINISTER FOR Health Mary Harney has confirmed claims made earlier this week by Fine Gael TD and former health minister Michael Noonan that another woman with cancer in the midwest was misdiagnosed.... Continue reading »
Row over cancer expert's no-show
An article about Mary Harney seen on hse-ireland.blogspot.com
Tom Keane, who was appointed by Health Minister Mary Harney to overhaul Ireland's cancer services, agreed to a one-to-one interview with Pat Kenny to allay fears about cancer misdiagnoses. He pulled out hours before the broadcast, …... Continue reading »
23 Sep 2008
Demise of PDs an opportunity for Fine Gael/Libertas
An article about Mary Harney seen on greatdearleader.blogspot.com
With Mary Harney rejecting the poison-chalice of returning to the leadership she vacated in 2006 in favour of McDowell, and with such a long interregnum in a party none of its elected members wanted to lead, it is evidence that the …... Continue reading »
The demise of the PDs
An article about Mary Harney seen on irishtimes.com
It is impossible today to convey the engagement which its founding fathers – Des O'Malley, Mary Harney, Michael McDowell, Bobby Molloy and others – had with the electorate at public meetings.... Continue reading »
PDs: “…a one-generation party of conviction politicians”
An article about Mary Harney seen on sluggerotoole.com
… over support for Bertie Ahern’s unorthodox financial dealings in the general election campaign. And when their leader, Michael McDowell, abandoned them, and Mary Harney declined to fill the void, there could be no coming back.... Continue reading »
Weekend Link Lurve
An article about Mary Harney seen on beaut.ie/blog
… (and current Antiopdean), Belle’s just started a blog! Rosemary ruminates on leather leggings and Mary Harney. No no, not leather leggings on Mary Harney, thank Christ; Is the Irish Sentinel Ireland’s answer to the Onion? You decide.... Continue reading »
14 Sep 2008
Funding For Clarecastle Daycare Centre
An article about Mary Harney seen on theclareherald.blogspot.com
The funding has been approved by the Health Minister Mary Harney under the National Lottery Grant and will be a welcome resource for the 250 people in and around Ennis and Clarecastle who avail of the services of the district daycare …... Continue reading »
PDs in secret talks to join Fianna Fáil
An article about Mary Harney seen on tribune.ie/section/news
While other party figures are reluctant to acknowledge this even privately to the media, it is understood that health minister Mary Harney bluntly told last Thursday night's meeting of the PD National Executive that the party was over …... Continue reading »
Cork locals slam plans for co-located hospital
An article about Mary Harney seen on hse-ireland.blogspot.com
The controversial hospital co-location project is a key plank of health minister Mary Harney's plans to reform the health system but has prompted significant opposition in some quarters. In its response, BMG said it had sought an …... Continue reading »
12 Sep 2008
Harney to meet husband of Ennis cancer victim
An article about Mary Harney seen on theclareherald.blogspot.com
Speaking to RTE News this morning, Mary Harney said cancer reform is needed in light of misdiagnosis instances such as that of Ann Moriarty. She said mammography services at the hospital were suspended to improve patient safety. …... Continue reading »
Experts missed woman’s cancer 3 times
An article about Mary Harney seen on hse-ireland.blogspot.com
HEALTH Minister Mary Harney (pictured) has been accused of presiding over yet another breast cancer scandal as it emerged a woman died of breast cancer — after she was misdiagnosed three times. The family of 53-year-old Ann Moriarty has …... Continue reading »
10 Sep 2008
When it comes to women and power, there’s some good news, and some …
An article about Mary Harney seen on theantiroom.wordpress.com
I just wish more women would get elected whose politics I agree with, but alas I fear that, as in the cases of both Thatcher and Palin and even Mary Harney, a conservative women is always going to be less threatening to the masses than …... Continue reading »
29 Aug 2008
10000 babies still awaiting TB vaccine in Cork
An article about Mary Harney seen on irishtimes.com/breakingnews
Fine Gael has called on the Minister for Health Mary Harney and the Health Service Executive (HSE) to take immediate action to reduce waiting times for the BCG vaccine in Cork.... Continue reading »
24 Aug 2008
Open letter to Minister Harney
An article about Mary Harney seen on europeanlifenetwork.blogspot.com
Here is the text of an open letter sent by European Life Network to Irish Health Minister Mary Harney following an announcement that a cervical cancer vaccine is to be made available to girls in Ireland aged 12 and over. …... Continue reading »
16 Aug 2008
(Eamonn Ceannt Commemoration , Sunday 17 August 2008) HYPOCRISY …
An article about Mary Harney seen on 1169andcounting.blogspot.com
Mary Harney (PD) . When this female millionaire was State Minister for Health in 2006 she declared – “No one , particularly no older person , should sleep overnight on a trolley in a hospital corridor . I am determined to put an end to …... Continue reading »
12 Aug 2008
Guide dog funds of €780000 announced
An article about Mary Harney seen on irishtimes.com
MINISTER FOR Health Mary Harney has pledged to give careful consideration to providing additional funding to the Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind after announcing funding of €780000 to assist with a €4.5 million redevelopment of its …... Continue reading »
10 Aug 2008
Legal loophole allowing private clinics to operate without checks
An article about Mary Harney seen on hse-ireland.blogspot.com
A HIGH-level commission set up by Health Minister Mary Harney has called on the Government to close the legal loophole which allows private cosmetic surgery and fertility clinics to operate unregulated. The Commission on Patient Safety …... Continue reading »
03 Aug 2008
Fine Gael lists 'top ten' missed health targets
An article about Mary Harney seen on hse-ireland.blogspot.com
Last night, a spokesman for Health Minister Mary Harney said her department could not find 22 instances where targets were missed to a “significant degree”. He said two of Fine Gael's 'Top Ten' had been substantially delivered upon, …... Continue reading »
26 Jul 2008
Berlin or Boston – Does Irish Academia Go East or West ?
An article about Mary Harney seen on academictenure.blogspot.com
This experience has led him to the conclusion that over the past decade “we have got used to thinking of the development of the Irish economy and Irish society in terms of the remark originally made by Mary Harney and ask whether we …... Continue reading »
25 Jul 2008
New vaccines recommended for children
An article about Mary Harney seen on irishtimes.com/breakingnews
Minister for Health Mary Harney will today unveil new immunisation guidelines at the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI) that recommend further vaccines for children.... Continue reading »