Following the revelations in last weekend’s Business Post, new recorded meetings of Health Department officials show more worrying concerns over the HSE’s recruitment crisis, money being spent without proper assessments and a breakdown in trust between those overseeing Ireland’s €21 billion health budget
Details of budget overruns and ‘fake targets’ in a leaked recording of a meeting of officials in the Department of Health initially brought angry denials from the HSE and the department, but many of the details were later confirmed
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the exiled opposition leader, wants Ireland to urge the UN to discuss last year’s ‘act of aircraft piracy’ following completion of ICAO report
A growing number of medical experts are increasingly optimistic that the pandemic may be about to peak, with Omicron causing far fewer deaths and showing a reduced virulence. While there is still some caution, their predictions suggest we can get back to normal soon – but what will that look like?