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They included former Tanaisti Mary Coughlan and Mary Harney, former ministers Dick Roche, Mary Hanafin, Dermot Ahern and Martin Mansergh.Several of Mr Ahern's closest aides from his Drumcondra constituency -- including Des Richardson, former TD Cyprian...
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Under the scheme announced in October 2010, staff had to leave by the end of December 2010 - a time-frame described by Mr Kenny as "very tight". In October 2010, then Health Minister Mary Harney announced a severance and retirement scheme to cut...
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It was to combine the functions of the old Companies Registration Office with a new enforcement role. Mr Appleby, who had been head of the company-law administration section at the Department of Enterprise and Employment, was appointed as its first...
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The nurses are now untouchable.Such is not the case for the doctors, from GPs through to medical consultants and surgeons. Their representatives seem to feel a kind of embarrassment at defending their dedication and skill.They are fair game; in fact,...
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Under Fair Deal, nursing home residents who sign up for the scheme, pay 80% of their weekly disposable income, 5% of their non- cash assets and up to 15% of the value of their homes ( after their death) towards the total expense of their care.The State...
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Healthcare secured planning permission and a contract with the HSE to build a 196-bed facility on the grounds of St James's Hospital in Dublin.The sod was never turned on the project however and it has now been scrapped.The co-location project was...
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“Many clapped. Some didn’t. A few beasts hissed.” “Green jersey” and “talking down the economy” were the Irish political versions of clapping to keep Tinker Bell alive and defy the few hissing beasts. The green jersey cliche started, I think, with Mary...
About Mary Harney
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Mary Harney (Irish: Máire Ní Áirne; born 11 March 1953) is an Irish politician and is the current Minister for Health & Children. She is a Teachta Dála (TD) for Dublin Mid West and served as Tánaiste from 1997–2006, and as Minister for Enterprise, Trade & Employment from 1997–2004. Full Article
