President Higgins in hospital

dublincc2

Taken in as a ‘precautionary measure’ which is similar rhetoric to when Elizabeth II was dying, hope he pulls through. There’s life in the old dog yet and he has just under two years left to serve.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0229/1435274-michael-d-higgins/

Larbre34

"which is similar rhetoric to when Elizabeth II was dying"

Please give me feckin strength. Its nothing like that at all. She was 96 and a half years old and they had all that BS choreographed since about 1975.

NIMAN

Doesn't sound too serious. Hopefully he's OK .

Hope he doesn't have to spend half the night sitting on a trolley in a corridor waiting to see a doctor.

Furze99

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121834810#Comment_121834810

LOL!! No chance of that at all, at all.

alan partridge aha

Too many big dinners, he's very stout

Larbre34

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121834831#Comment_121834831

Nonsense. He's the perfect weight for any 5'11 man.

hotmail.com

He may well resign before his term ends.

Foggy Jew

Get well soon Miggledy. You are a National Treasure.

DellyBelly

Hopefully he pulls through....

elperello

Get well 🔜

Musicrules

I'm not a fan but hope he's ok.

hoodie6029

Where’s the Vice-President?

G_R

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121835135#Comment_121835135

We don't have a vice president, we have a council of state who can act for him if needed.

Strumms

A busy day yesterday looking at his schedule for a fella of his vintage in fairness.

”Last night, President Higgins presented the 2024 Volta award to British film director Steve McQueen, at the Dublin International Film Festival.

Earlier that day, he received a courtesy call from Bui Thanh Son, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Vietnam.

He also met Peter Pellegrini, Speaker of the National Council of the Slovak Republic and a parliamentary delegation to Áras an Uachtaráin.”

you’d imagine he’d be doing some research and be on the receiving end of a briefing or two before each meeting…..

So it’s not exactly down the pit but it’s a fairly active day.

hoodie6029

It’s not so hard when you’re driven everywhere and handed well prepared briefing papers by your staff. All these interactions are planned months in advance.

He doesn’t have to worry about doing the washing and hoovering when he gets home either.

Jinglejangle69

You would think he would just retire like 99.9% of people his age in this country.

There was uproar on this website when people took the piss outa English monarch being unwell.

but its ok to slag off the Irish president.??

Have some manners, respect and pride. I hope our President is safe and sound & not reading this ****

jippo nolan

Wa he in the A&E in the Mater Hospital, I hope not because he’d still be there awaiting triage!

mickdw

Lost all respect for him when he did a U turn on his promise to do only 1 term.

Age was an issue in his first campaign and he confirmed he wouldn't seek a second term if elected. Of course when he got his feet under the table, he soon forgot what he had promised.

Loafing Oaf

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121835242#Comment_121835242

He doesn’t have to worry about doing the washing and hoovering when he gets home either.

As an expert on Bunreacht na hEireann he knows that's Sabina's job and is privately hoping for a no in the upcoming referendum...

Strumms

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121835274#Comment_121835274

Kinda did too and if he’d had any credible competition he’d probably have been ninjad….the cast of Dragons Den and some also rans…for most people it was probably better the divil you know.

JP Liz V1

What age is he?

I hope all ok with him

PTH2009

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121834845#Comment_121834845

He's 5'11 ?

silliussoddius

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121835274#Comment_121835274

And let's not forget about the eulogy for the great fella Castro.

_Kaiser_

He's a career politician who won the ultimate retirement plan. A champagne socialist great at pontificating to others but not so good at keeping his word as others have highlighted above, and if not for that infamous Frontline debate probably wouldn't have been elected in the first place.

Despite that though, on a personal level I hope he pulls through whatever it is.

machiavellianme

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121835371#Comment_121835371

Yep, he sure is (as long as he is standing on an 8 inch heel)

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121835357#Comment_121835357

He'll be 83 in a few weeks.

TheValeyard

Hope he makes a speedy recovery!

MrMusician18

Interesting that the Aras didn't say which hospital he went to.

I don't think he was left on a trolley like the rest of the plebs.

Doe Tiden

Hope he’s ok but not a fan, he’d never have been elected the first time if he wasn’t done over by pat Kenny on frontline

silliussoddius

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121835722#Comment_121835722

I think one of the PBP mouth breathers made a comment about this after the death of John Bruton.

Wanderer78

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121835722#Comment_121835722

...more than likely being kept in the back of an ambulance id imagine.....

MrMusician18

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121835767#Comment_121835767

Is it unfair? What do you think will happen to you if you call an ambulance and be assessed to have "no immediate concerns identified". Do you think you'd be brought in and get a bed straight away, like miggeldy? If they even took you, you'd be put on a chair or a trolley if you're lucky.

Look at what they get and look at what the rest of us get.

Padre_Pio

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121835722#Comment_121835722

He's more important than us plebs

Ten of Swords

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121835722#Comment_121835722

Probably St Bricin's if I had to guess

_Kaiser_

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121835806#Comment_121835806

Some people are more equal than others. I bet the Ambulance was there within minutes too!

In any case, Newstalk headlines reporting he's in good spirits this morning so presumably on the mend.

horse7

It's not how ill you are,it's who you are.Its taking me 2 weeks to get a GP appointment. Also the emergency phone helpline in the mater for rheumatology hasn't responded to an issue, still waiting after 3 days.

hoodie6029

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121835145#Comment_121835145

So if Bills need to be signed into Law while he, or any President, is incapacitated, can they do that? Genuine question.

ELM327

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121836228#Comment_121836228

Yes, it would simply be handled by the presidential commission.

The functional element of the president role is minimal. They do less than the UK monarchy, if that's possible.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Commission_(Ireland)

He's being kept in St. James's over the weekend to monitor his blood pressure.

jmayo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121838622#Comment_121838622

Tell him he can stay until the grand opening of the new Children's Hospital.

That should cheer him up no end.

If hes got a bed he's as well to stay in a few days, dont let them discharge him too early back out to that drafty old house up in the park.

beachhead

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121834845#Comment_121834845

Yes,5 11 he is Tay be sure

roverjoyce

Should be told to finish up and send himself and Sleepy Joe the old folks home

silliussoddius

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121843946#Comment_121843946

Leave Mr Bloggs out of this.

John arse

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121835145#Comment_121835145

I thought it was Bertie???💷💷💷

John arse

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121834831#Comment_121834831

He's nearly wider than he is tall?

I always laugh when people talk about “being left on a trolley”. Does nobody realise that these times you need to be especially lucky to get a trolley, a chair for 15 hours is the default. Trolleys are in as short supply as a bed. Two categories get the trolleys, the very elderly with legs falling off, and people with addiction issues as they immediately wheel the latter away to a separate trolley area away from mainstream patients to stop them cutting up rough. At least this is the case in SVUH

volchitsa

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121844559#Comment_121844559

Agreed. Trolleys are actually fine: my mother (aged 83) was on one until she was admitted at 3am. I can't understand how they were admitting people at 3 am, mind - did the previous patient get the all-clear at midnight?? - but she was comfortable enough, despite not being able to sleep in a corridor. And did get proper medical care, TBF. (This was NI, not the Republic, so not about the HSE, just about problems in hospital admissions generally)

Compare that to the woman in England recently who died while waiting to be called to be seen - she lost consciousness while sitting in a chair with her coat over her face because she was so unwell. When they called her and she didn't reply, they just went on to the next person on the list. Could happen on a trolley too, but jayzis, the indignity of it. She was only 39.

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/mother-found-a-and-e-nottingham-brain-haemorrhage-waiting-times/

hoodie6029

Does anyone else think that, should the unfortunate happen, Eamon Ryan would try to swing it to have Trevor Sargent appointed to the Presidency?

I’m sure he’d be happy to rest the collar for a few years.