Ireland
The Gist: Exit, Voice and Loyalty
The NMH debate revealed the most valued behaviour in a political system devoted to protecting groupthink.
National Maternity Hospital
National Maternity Hospital
The Gist: The Maternity Hospital, in brief
After a week of assertion and counter-assertions we're settling on a generally agreed set of facts about the new National Maternity Hospital plan.
Ireland
The Gist: The Maternity Hospital’s Difficult Birth
A spooked Cabinet refused to approve the Maternity Hospital deal after a mobilisation campaign saw TDs' phones and emails hopping. This is the Gist.
Ireland
The Gist: Healthcare, Not All There
The Government is trying to move forward with their plan to gift the National Maternity Hospital to the nuns' chosen vehicle. This is the Gist.
The Gist: Whose National Maternity Hospital?
The reassurance statements given by the Government for years over the plans to pay for the building of a National Maternity Hospital, and then gift it to the nuns are wearing thin. This is the Gist.