he Covid-19 pandemic has ramifications for all aspects of society and our daily lives. As lockdown becomes our ‘new normal’,…

It was always going to be the case that the unity which characterised the health service’s and medical community’s reaction…

Some things are noticeable by their absence. During these early months of the Covid-19 pandemic, there has not been much…

ne of the most worrying trends in the spread of Covid-19 in Ireland has been the outbreak of infections in…

Speaking recently to the New York Times, Ms Sandra Zampa, Under Secretary of Italy’s Health Ministry, said when Covid-19 first spread…

Perhaps the only thing to match the spread of the new coronavirus, or Covid-19, are news articles and social media…

n our last editorial, we focused on how healthcare was the most important issue for the electorate based on an…

As this editorial is being written the country is still shaking from the ramifications of the general election results, which…

Perhaps the defining moment of the Claire Byrne Live health debate on 20 January came at the end of the…

Mary Harney remarkably did not use a computer during her time as Minister for Health. Yet her tenure marked the…

In the previous issue of the Medical Independent (MI), we revealed how the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER)…