Posts Tagged ‘ portlaoise ’

Reports On Irish Health Scandals Published

Mar 7th, 2008 | By Bock | Category: Scandal, health

Not one, but two reports were published on the disgraceful state of our cancer care, and guess what? Neither report blamed a single individual for the disastrous mistakes that caused the Portlaoise breast-cancer debacle.
Not one!
Nobody!
It’s all systemic this and organisational that and communication the other fucking thing.
Well, would you like to know something? It isn’t.
It’s [...]



Irish Breast Cancer Scandal

Nov 25th, 2007 | By Bock | Category: Politics, Scandal, health

Why did ninety-seven terrified Irish women have to gather together in one place yesterday, under the glare of the media, and wait all day to find out if they had breast cancer?
How did it happen that these ninety-seven women heard on the news that they might have breast cancer?
When the HSE discovered that 568 ultrasound [...]



Jailbirds

May 10th, 2007 | By Bock | Category: Crime

I see Paris Hilton is going to the slammer. Jesus, isn’t that terrible? Paris, apparently, has taken up a petition to keep the poor lamb out of jail, and if you should feel inclined, you can sign it. Have a look at the site and enjoy the sweetness of it: you can’t [...]