Following reports which suggested that up to 400 people were awaiting admission to hospitals across Ireland the HSE has insisted that ‘there’s nothing to worry about’.
Each of the patients is currently lying on a hospital trolley in a corridor, janitor’s closet, hallway or atrium but hospital administrators say media reaction has blown the problem out [...]

Minister for health, Mary Harney, has today reneged on her earlier decision to cancel the cervical cancer vaccine, stating that the life-saving treatment would hopefully be made available by the year 2081.
Following the dissolution of the Hutt Party yesterday, it’s been an extremely busy week for the Minister. She now finds herself without her political [...]

Independent TD Jackie Healy-Rae has accused Minister for Health, Mary Harney, of being ‘the angel of death’ after she revealed plans to have all 12-year-old girls vaccinated against a virus that causes cervical cancer were to be scrapped.
The Minister claims that due to the economic downturn that resources cannot be made available and must be [...]

The Minister for Health Mary Harney has been praised for her courageous strategy in solving the recent medical card crisis.
Together with Brian Lenihan, the two ministers have devised what they call a ‘fair and balanced’ plan to ensure that nobody over 70 is left out in the cold following this year’s highly controversial budget.
Under the [...]

Independent TD Finian McGrath has called on Mary Harney to meet him after Dail today for a punch-up over the medical card issue.
Not content with simply withdrawing support for the government the Dublin North-Central TD has promised supporters that he’ll give the Minister for Health the ‘kicking she deserves’. A friend of McGrath’s told the [...]

Mary Harney has announced today that women who wish to have their cancer results rechecked will not be charged for the privilege. The health service are kindly absorbing the cost.
In a completely unrelated story, a man was accidentally served a putrid, piss-covered  badger carcass in a top Dublin restaurant yesterday. The Sentinel learned that the [...]