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Health’s ‘rapid response’ to austerity
Dara Gantly examines a new expert report on the health policy options facing a Government that is already an ‘outlier’ in Europe, strapped for cash and constrained by the EU-IMF-ECB troika. The Irish...
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‘Rapid response’ to austerity II
Dara Gantly concludes his examination of a new expert report on the health policy options facing an Irish Government whose hands are economically tied by the troika. Ireland is not alone in having...
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Austerity…
Photo by Image Broker / Rex Features How came we to this sorry pass? Stuffed by the political class, Self interest, it ruled the day, No Whitaker and no Lemass. Those we held in such high regard, In...
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Rise in suicides in Greece linked to introduction of austerity plans
Suicides in Greece reached a 30-year all-time high in 2012, with a sustained upward trend starting in June 2011, the month that the government there introduced further austerity measures to help pay...
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Austerity has been a bitter pill for Greeks
When a system cannot provide basic cancer drugs or feed vulnerable infants, then it’s fair to say austerity driven cutbacks to Greek health services have gone too far, says Dr Muiris Houston. Will...
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Recession has had significant impact on suicide and self-harm
Pic: Getty Images Five years of economic recession and austerity in Ireland have had a significant negative impact on rates of suicide in men and on self-harm in both sexes, new research has found....
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Outgoing President laments lost optimism
Dr Ray Walley The outgoing IMO President has described how his optimism upon taking office last year that the Government was about to move away from its damaging policies of austerity to ones of...
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