Issues
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Towards a new health care system
ESRI Director, Professor Frances Ruane, outlines the recommendations put to the Department of Health and Children for a complete reform…
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The green challenge
In these times of unprecedented economic crisis the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is focused on keeping the environment centre stage.…
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Fundamental change
The Report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes (An Bord Snip), recommended that fundamental changes…
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Strong local government
Amid the challenges of trying to implement the Dublin Waste Management Plan and the Poolbeg incinerator, dealing with the recent…
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A gentler route to recovery
David Begg General Secretary of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) spoke to Meadhbh Monahan about his view on…
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Cutting carbon
Budget 2010 saw the introduction of a carbon tax. eolas looks at what the carbon tax will mean for the…
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Government savings: Aileen Murphy
Aileen Murphy suggests how the health care system can fairly implement the McCarthy report’s recommendations that people contribute more to…
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Co-locating care
Health Minister Mary Harney promised 1,000 beds would be created through co-location, a scheme where private hospitals would be built…
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Caring at the end of life
While the Health Research Board has found that many terminally ill patients would prefer to die in a hospice than…
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Competitiveness: the new challenge
Financial journalist Eamon Quinn examines the National Competitiveness Council’s latest report which urges Irish export companies to take steps to…
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