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17.20 20 May 2021 NHS staff in the UK are set to receive a 1% pay rise but is it enough and what needs to happen here as many nurses are leaving the profession? It comes after the nurse who cared for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in intensive care when he contracted Covid-19 resigned criticising the government's handling of the deadly pandemic. Anne Noonan, who works in University Hospital Limerick and Professor Anthony O’Connor of Tallaght University Hospital joined Kieran on the Hard Shoulder to discuss. Listen and subscribe to   

You can’t have too much of the best political virtues. by By Vanessa Foran. I want to take you back a few months to a mad little incident that keeps coming back to me. “You are almost too transparent and informative”.   This is what PR man and registered lobbyist, Conor Dempsey, a self-declared  ‘close confidante’  (sic) of Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly, DMed to Dr Anthony O’Connor earlier this year. Dr O’Connor is a practising clinician, a public healthcare activist, and a Labour Party member who has put hi...

Charles Vernam on the ball before the snow got even worse. Picture: Thomas Gadd SCUNTHORPE boss Neil Cox had joined the army of ground staff to make their pitch fit for purpose for City’s visit.’ He need not have bothered after the 15-strong group of helpers saw the earlier hard work come to nothing when ref David Rock abandoned proceedings after half an hour. That was the second time he had stopped play after heavy snow made it impossible to see the lines. The weather had caved in virtually right on kick-off and proceeded to get worse – leaving the official with no choice but t...

Barrow 1 [Quigley 37 (P)] BARROW were the architects of their own downfall as early goals in each half condemned them to a 2-1 defeat at Bradford. Danny Rowe opened the scoring to mark his home debut in style. Centre-back Anthony O’Connor fouled Scott Quigley in the box and handed the Bluebirds a lifeline with the striker bagging his fifth goal in seven games. But Callum Cooke struck after the break to ensure Bradford’s new management duo are yet to taste defeat. Michael Jolley’s battling Barrow remain just two points above the relegation zone, but crucially have two games in ...

A PR consultant, who claims to be a close confidante of Health Minister Stephen Donnelly, admitted to using an anonymous Twitter account to criticise Fine Gael for its “nigh on treasonous” undermining of the coalition Government.