Monthly Archives: April 2013

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Sibling of Daedalus writes:

The  proposal, made on a number of occasions in the 19th century, for a canal from Dublin to Galway through which transatlantic steamers would travel on their way to Europe.  Had it gone ahead, it would have been the Irish version of the Panama canal, severing the country in two.  It never happened, possibly because it was quicker for the ships to go the longer way round than to stop at every lock…

 

National Library (NZ)

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Medical specialists in Ireland are now the lowest-paid within the English-speaking world, the president of the Irish Medical Organisation has said. In his presidential address to the organisation’s annual conference on Saturday, Dr Matt Sadlier (above) warned the recent 30 per cent cut in salaries for newly appointed hospital consultants could cause “generational damage” to the Irish health service.

 

The IMO president neglects to say that existing hospital consultants are paid one third more than their counterparts in the North and Britain in the NHS.

*lifts tiny violin to chin*

Medics in Ireland are lowest-paid in English-speaking world, IMO told (Irish Times)

(IMO)