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HSE
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Full support to striking Ambulance workers
Text of Solidarity leaflet on today’s strike by ambulance workers Solidarity and our TD Ruth Coppinger stand fully…
Rusty springs, rotten system – scoliosis scandal exposes the cruel legacy of profit-driven healthcare
By Drew Frayne The horrific revelations of rusty, unapproved metal springs being implanted into the spines of vulnerable…
HSE recruitment freeze rubs salt in the wound–Solidarity with HSE staff
Fórsa members are engaging in a campaign against the moratorium on recruitment from the HSE. We send our…
Record number on hospital trollies: Legacy of underfunding and austerity
By Donal Devlin 2023 opened with an all-too-familiar story of overcrowding in public hospitals across the state –…
Inhuman working hours: Junior doctors ballot for industrial action
By Mick Barry, Socialist Party TD HSE junior doctors are expected to vote by a decisive majority to…
What’s impeding the vaccine rollout?
By Keishia Taylor The end is in sight – over a million Irish residents, or just over a…
Families of children with autism subject to state spying operation- What is behind this outrage?
Last week a whistle-blower in the Department of Health revealed that the Department has been secretly compiling dossiers…
Irish government fails to protect healthcare workers
By Valerie O’Leary The proportion of healthcare workers contracting Covid-19 in Ireland is amongst the highest in the…
End private ownership of hospitals – with no compensation
By Colm McCarthy The severe pressure the health service has come under from the Covid-19 outbreak has led…
COVID-19: Invest in public healthcare now!
By Finghín Kelly The Irish health system is entering the Covid-19 crisis in a very poor position. Before…