Dr Pat Harrold
When chickens come home to roost
The pandemic has led to thoughts on how we treat our poultry When I saw the local paper open on the kitchen table at a page looking for volunteers to rescue hens, I knew it had already been decided. I had heard Pauline McLynn on the radio and I knew that many thousands of farmed…
Read More‘Them and us’ and the parish-pump politicians
The so-called urban/rural divide is nothing but fodder for populist politicians I am not sure if the term ‘Rural Ireland’ is doing anybody any favours. There are rural matters, of course, and rural medicine and even rustic gates but I think the term ‘Rural Ireland’ has outlived any usefulness it ever had. It is now…
Read MoreA Christmas visitation
A doctor never forgets their ‘long case’ “You had better go before the roads get too bad. It’s a dirty night for Christmas Eve”. “I will so. I have a few last things to get in town. Don’t stay too late.” “Just a bit of paperwork.” “Ah, leave it for once. I’ll see you in…
Read MoreOptimism, pessimism and realism for 2019
Dr Pat Harrold notes down his hopes and fears for the year ahead
Read MoreLife pours its ordinary plenty during Advent
Dr Pat Harrold reflects on the modest and quiet pleasures of an unheralded time of the year
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