G.P. Practice: Foreshadowing Dystopia?
When the Irish government via the HSE (Health Services Executive) introduced a Chronic Disease Management…
Browsing: Science & Environment
The Vanishing Cat
When the day becomes the night and the sky becomes the sea, when the clock…
The Implications of Evolution
Evolution by natural election is the ‘greatest idea ever’ — a view which has been…
COVID-19 in Ireland: Lives Lost
Irish Times health correspondent Paul Cullens reported on February 13, 2023 that a disturbing 1,300…
Housing: Vacancy and Dereliction
In 1841 the population of county Leitrim stood at 155,297. By 1901, however, it had…
Interview On The Liffey
Jonathan O’Brien of City Kayaking says they began taking litter out of the River Liffey…
Circular Economy: ‘Make-Use-Return’
The Stone Age didn’t come to an end because they ran out of stones. Similarly,…
The Big House: Censorship of the Medical Profession in Ireland
’From my experience of my patients on the front line since March 2020, I estimate…
Psychedelic Eucharist
In October 2018, I wrote an article for the Irish Medical Times entitled: ‘Acid Test-are…
Cost of Living: Digging for Victory
Standing outside a Dublin hostelry in the drizzle, I fell into conversation with an Ulsterman…
Covid-19 Absurdities
Foremost among Utopian absurdities, we had the false promise of ZeroCovid. This continues to inflict…
COVID-19: Torches of Freedom
‘Harold Evans used to say that an investigation only really began to count once the…
Bob Quinn’s Bog Graffiti
It’s easy to despair in the face of our species’ (homo sapiens: ‘wise man’) apparent…
Spina Bifida Parents Demand Treatment
The HSE, and health care access more generally in Ireland, has never been under such…
The “Strawman” Conspiracy Theorist
In two hundred years doctors will rule the world. Science reigns already. It reigns in…
The Fight for Water in a Thirsty World
La Soif Du Monde (‘A Thirsty World’) and ‘The Fight for Water: A Farm Worker…
Vaccine Passports “Inherently Illiberal”
On October 5th of this year, Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly spoke before the Dáil…
Chay Bowes: HSE Perpetuating Dysfunction
In the controversy surrounding the leaking of a confidential document by then Taoiseach Leo Varadkar…
Is General Practice a Victim of Pandemic?
I loved working for the NHS (National Health Service), especially as it was configured in…
Pandemic Considerations
As an immediate disclaimer, I am a doctor training to be a general practitioner in…