Death of Maurice Neligan

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The death has been announced of former cardiac surgeon, patient health services campaigner and newspaper columnist Mr. Maurice Neligan. He was 73. A great man.

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tricky D

RIP

He helped keep my da alive for the last 20 years.

ballsymchugh

heard him on the radio yesterday, speaking common sense to the very end. if only he was listened to.
ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam uasal.

sagat2

Very sad news.

Squiggle

Very sorry to hear that. My heart went out to him and his family in 2007 when his daughter was murdered. It seemed a strange irony to me that he spent his life saving lives yet his daughter's life was cut short in a brutal way. I often read his articles and listened to him being interviewed - he was a man of deep faith and believed he would be reunited with his daughter some day. Today I hope he is. RIP.

Mushy

RIP

No more to add to what has been said.

Aidric

A very humble and intelligent man. A big loss to the country.

RIP.

oppenheimer1

I'll always remember him for how he corrected that "Who wants to be a millionaire" question - Lunula...


RIP

NUTLEY BOY

Extremely sorry to hear this news.

He really was one of the good guys. If only we had more people like him.

kelle

I can't believe it. He was a very good man.

He is now re-united with his daughter Sara.

My condolances to his family. May he RIP.

orourkeda

He was interviewed very recently on radio. Sorry to hear of his passing.

astaines

He was a lot of fun, a phenomenal surgeon, and not a bad writer. He will be sorely missed. My sympathy to his family. RIP

nacho libre

As was said he was really one of the good guys. A humble and compassionate man, whose accomplishments, as well as learning, always lightly worn, were considerable!

RIP

Butch Cassidy

He worked on me when I was a child. It's amazing how many lives he touched. You'd probably find just about anyone you know that either knew him or saw him. A great man. Doesn't help that our health service is being sold off down sh*t creek.

panda100

He was one of the very few medical writers I respected and enjoyed reading. Sad news

foxinsox

tricky D wrote: »

RIP

He helped keep my da alive for the last 20 years.

He trained the guy who helped keep my da alive for the last 20 years.

RIP to the man, he was a great surgeon and a good man.

Wasn't the on Newstalk yesterday or the day before?

Anyway RIP to an amazing man. A man that quite literally spent all his adult days, working for the welfare of others.

galwayrush

Very sorry to hear this. he was so dignified after the horrific death of his daughter, that episode obviously took a lot out of him.R.I.P.

Twinkers

He was a great man indeed. He carried out my late father's heart transplant in 1985 and gave us over 13 more years together. The warmth and compassion he showed us over the years was something that I will always hold dear. Very saddened today when I heard the news. Sincere condolences to his family. May he rest in peace.

epgc3fyqirnbsx

Have never heard of this man, apart from the loss of his daughter, but by the sounds of it he was a lovely fella without the oft seen detachment from surgeons

RIP

saltandpepper10

RIP a great man who helped countless others

bad2dabone

He performed a heart transplant on my dad, gave him 25 more years.

A great man.

RIP.

ballsymchugh

salonfire wrote: »

Wasn't the on Newstalk yesterday or the day before?

Anyway RIP to an amazing man. A man that quite literally spent all his adult days, working for the welfare of others.

just yesterday. he was slating the decision to build the new children's hospital on the mater site, and rightly so. he worked there, and was probably the most eminent person to voice against it in preference to a greenfields site off the m50, with easy access to most of the country. but it had to be built in bertie's constituency. he saw through it from the start. hopefully there will be someone to pick up his ball and run with it.

ascanbe

Obviously a very gifted surgeon and always came across as an extremely intelligent, self-aware man; passionate and forthright in his opinions but no egoist.
Wrote some excellent articles in recent times.
R.I.P.

JuliusCaesar

I'm so sorry to hear this - one of the few doctors to have a weekly column in the Irish Times where he gave out about present Harney developments in the downgrading and privatisation of the HSE. Who can replace him?

And he was humble enough to say when he got things wrong.

My sympathies with his family.

Mr Benevolent

Operated on me too. That said, any other heart surgeon could've done the job just as well.

Erica<3

He operated on my grandad twice and saved his life.. Gave me a few more precious years to spend with him..

Condolences to the family, RIP