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16 Aug
(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
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
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
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
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decade “we have got used to thinking of the development of the Irish economy and Irish society in terms of the remark originally made by Mary Harney and ask whether we …...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
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 »
21 Jul
The Problem with Risk Equalisation
An article about Mary Harney seen on drtod.wordpress.com
However, the issue seems to be with the mechanics of the system Mary Harney introduced rather than against the principal. Risk equalisation is a legitimate and reasonable proposition within health insurance: the young pay slightly more …... Continue reading »
13 Jul
Saving the HSE
An article about Mary Harney seen on biopsy.wordpress.com
The Health Service Exexutive (HSE) was established on January 1st, 2005, a few months after Mary Harney took over as Minister for Health. At the time she promised that the HSE would bring about a more integrated, effective and …... Continue reading »
10 Jul
Harney defends record of new leader
An article about Mary Harney seen on irishtimes.com
FORMER PD leader Mary Harney yesterday defended the record of her successor Ciarán Cannon since taking over the leadership this year.... Continue reading »
HSE To Explore Development Of Satellite Dialysis Unit At Ennis …
An article about Mary Harney seen on theclareherald.blogspot.com
Mary Harney TD, Minister for Health and Children. According to Minister Killeen, “During the meeting I impressed upon Minister Harney the urgent need to move ahead with the EUR39 million capital project for Ennis General Hospital. …... Continue reading »
07 Jul
PDs on last legs
An article about Mary Harney seen on oconallstreet.com
Speculation is that Mary Harney will remain a minister as an independent TD. As for Senator Cannon these fifteen minutes of missed fame may be all we ever hear of him. It’sa sad end to a party which made such a splash when in 1986 …... Continue reading »
04 Jul
The hollow rhetoric of ‘centres of excellence’ - unmasking the …
An article about Mary Harney seen on savestlukes.wordpress.com
Mary Harney, for example, has publicly boasted of UPMC’s electronic link to a private cancer centre in Pittsburgh, but she has firmly ruled out the idea of a network that would allow public hospitals in Sligo and Castlebar to link to …... Continue reading »
26 Jun
wouldn't you mind, would ya?
An article about Mary Harney seen on thelittlegreenbug.blogspot.com
Otherwise you would get yourself - the entrepreneur, asking your hotel guest if they mind sharing the room, because you are putting one or two extra beds in their room. By the way, the photo is the health face of Mary Harney, …... Continue reading »
When is a political issue not a political issue
An article about Mary Harney seen on final-nail.blogspot.com
With a blatant disregard for the constitution, Mary Harney delegates to anyone willing to accept the responsibility (or at least until they can in turn delegate to someone else, further down a never ending ladder). …... Continue reading »
Briitish and Irish race to kill off hospital bugs
An article about Mary Harney seen on sluggerotoole.com
… C-Difficile and the like, I’m still amazed the hospital system hasn’t be convulsed in crisis over the death toll. Good to see the Republic’s Health Minister Mary Harney competing with GB to start the checks. Is NI in om the act, …... Continue reading »
25 Jun
We need a handsome politician
An article about Mary Harney seen on twentymajor.net
He’s like a St Bernard crossed with the offpsring of Mary Harney and Andre the Giant. He looks like he should be wearing a bib at all times. I keep expect him to just start saying ‘flobbalobobabble’ because that’s what his mouth looks …... Continue reading »
19 Jun
Not Lisbon. Bullying in Health Service? Does it happen in Ireland?
An article about Mary Harney seen on greenboil.wordpress.com
Mary Harney’s alleged plan to reduce that power seems to mean putting them in charge totally rather than having to compete with managers and other health professions?! Daaaw? Sadly doctors who were bullied all along their training path …... Continue reading »
15 Jun
No vote to Lisbon Treaty delivers shock to Irish and EU elites
An article about Mary Harney seen on garrettmullan.wordpress.com
In a radio debate, Mary Harney, Minister of Health, bitterly complained that Joe Higgins and the Socialist Party had put up posters all over the country claiming that health was going to be privatised. An email sent to the Socialist …... Continue reading »
Waterford nominations sought for Carer of the Year Awards
An article about Mary Harney seen on munster-express.ie
The Carers Association, Waterford are seeking local nominations for The Emergency Response Carer of the Year Awards 2008 recently launched by Minister for Health, Mary Harney TD.... Continue reading »
06 Jun
Campaigning on Lisbon Treaty intensifies
An article about Mary Harney seen on jacqo-eire.blogspot.com
Listen closely to Joe Higgins in this report where Mary Harney, Minister for Health, and Joe Higgins, Socialist Party, discuss the issues following the latest opinion poll on the treaty. RTE radio report News at One …... Continue reading »
24 May
Health Care in Ireland - Part I
An article about Mary Harney seen on pandapeters.wordpress.com
There was hope that he would make some sweeping changes in the way the government was run, including replacing Mary Harney, the current Minister for Health and Children. Sadly though, it appears that holding the status quo is going to …... Continue reading »
20 May
Notes From Chancerdom 20/05/08
An article about Mary Harney seen on thechancer.ie
Minister For Health Mary Harney presents the pick of the interweb litter… 1. “It would not be appropriate for the department to direct or advise a school in relation to any aspect of its policy on dress code”… Hil-arious. …... Continue reading »
18 May
The expensive Irish Heath Service fails again.
An article about Mary Harney seen on digoutday.com
The HSE said it is reviewing 6000 chest x-rays and 70 CT scans as a precaution and the patients will be informed as soon as their tests are re-examined. Mary Harney still continues in her job and still thinks she deserves a pay increase …... Continue reading »
13 May
Angry Hospital Protest in Waterford
An article about Mary Harney seen on inishtrahoull.blogspot.com
She has asked for Mary Harney, Minister for Health and Children (right) to come to her bedside and explain to her why she must wait another possible two to three years to have her operation. Sadly Mary Harney will not oblige, …... Continue reading »
09 May
Paying the Price
An article about Mary Harney seen on biopsy.wordpress.com
She believes that Mary Harney and Brendan Drumm are not listening to advice and have forgotten about the patients in their determination to reform the system. She accuses them of constantly talking about the cost of running the health …... Continue reading »