azimuth17 wrote: » https://dohresearch.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3PpursZru30J1e5 I think this is it on https://health.gov.ie/consultations/
Captain Red Beard wrote: » Butler and Mulligan both voted against the boundary extension, with Butler being an outspoken no voter on the 8th ref she has also voted against women. How anyone can think of voting FF in Waterford is beyond me.
Blaas4life wrote: » She polled wicked strong out west around lismore ballysaggart etc as it was felt she was only canditadate to go back door to door there How John deasy walks home everytime is beyond me....I'd love to see the stats for his speaking time in the Dail....imo coffee probably deos enough to get relecected and transfers to carry deasy Been pleasantly suprised how cullinane has done and be disappointed I'd he didn't get a second run (and probably take a lot of halligans votes?) But halligan and Mary butlers seat are there for the taking if right candidate was to emerge
Gardner wrote: » the only change in TD's in the next election will be Coffey for Deasy. Halligan and Cullinane will be re-elected in City. there is no decent candidate in the east to challenge those two. Dunphy of PBP is dire and O'Sullivan of the Greens is very poor in any debate i seen her in and having a green TD generally comes with no benefit. Having a 24/7 candidate TD would be a complete disaster for Waterford and politics in general. if they want to run candidates there is a local election around the corner to do so and if successful in a local election it will show everybody how null and void one single issue is..... the next Dail will be a combination of FG and Ind's again so we need to be clever in how we vote.
friendlyfun wrote: If we had a workers socialist republic things would work out well
Wanderer78 wrote: » Capitalism is here to stay for the foreseeable future, it's probably best we try reshape it so that it works for all
friendlyfun wrote: » It's a pity. Cuba and North Korea aren't true representation of communism in action. Workers should own the means of production and control their own Labour. It happened in their city before for brief period.
Gardner wrote: » the next Dail will be a combination of FG and Ind's again so we need to be clever in how we vote.
Gardner wrote: was having a discussion over the weekend with a former Cllr in Waterford (retired) and the whole 24/7 campaign came up. He said while SEPAG and other 24/7 groups can claim that 2 people have died as a result of no 24/7 since the beginning of the protests, the actual figure is one, as communicated by Eamonn Keane on Deise Today last Friday (very contentious issue as stated by Eamonn). He said the issue is been used as a political football by his own party to score potential votes and he also said there are several personal agendas behind the campaign that will come to fruition in the coming months. Personally i agree with some of the above but its an interesting view and something that should be debated at length. i personally believe there are more pressing, bigger and serious issues within UHW than 24/7 cardiac care but why aren't they to the forefront of been a top election issue locally?
Wanderer78 wrote: » I know someone that recently died from a heart attack, if rumours are correct, I obviously need to confirm this, emergency response times were disturbingly slow, it should have taken emergency services litterly a few seconds to get to the victim. Even though I know this isn't directly related to what you re saying, I still find it some what disturbing
BBM77 wrote: » Have to say I agree with the last few posts. 24/7 cardiac care has become famous for want of a better word. However, the real problem is general lack of resources for the size of population. When the crash happened in 2008 and the government started cutting spending WRH was already like for like getting 10’s of millions less in funding. Remember reading once that one of the hospitals in Dublin serves the same population size as WRH but was getting €20-30 million more funding from the government per year! So, when the government started cutting they were already cutting from a lower base. Those of us old enough to remember will remember that Waterford used to have two hospitals, WRH and the Infirmary plus the maternity hospital. Now there is only one which has to serve as a general hospital for the city and surrounding area and a regional hospital both with less beds than there was in total in the 1980’s for a bigger population.
Wanderer78 wrote: » this is a clear indication of simply, austerity doesnt work, this has been proven worldwide
BBM77 wrote: » Think it is more to do with lack of ministers from Waterford over the years. Austerity comes and goes. Unfair resource allocation from government is a long term problem for Waterford.
Max Powers wrote: » Heard of similar things myself, I'd guess a lot of us have,I also heard of people with potential heart issues/attacks putting off calling ambulance out of hours because they know they can't get regional treatment and they don't want to go to cork so they arrive in to UHW Monday morning, hello,I might have had a heart attack or something over the weekend. I.e. people die because they don't have local reasonable access.
Gardner wrote: » Matt Shanahan on WLR yesterday stating the same thing over and over again. little bit of a war cry more than anything else and now this morning an attack at Halligan and Butler on Facebook. i wouldn't be surprised if something is announced soon enough about candidates.SF wont be happy with this as they would be appealing to their voters who would be the less educated, influenced by popular rhetoric etc. etc.
Wanderer78 wrote: » thats a bit uncalled for in fairness, nobody has the right to say that about any voter
Gardner wrote: if you read the comments under the status i'm talking about my point is very much proved!
Gardner wrote: » 3. Darren Skelton is a very poor journalist. he claims to well informed on the matter and patted himself on the back when he said he saw one of these labs..... a 3d graphic presentation. you couldn't make this **** up
friendlyfun wrote: » He's probably right. Sinn Fein are all bark and no bite.
Wanderer78 wrote: » people should be allowed to vote for who they like, and not be lambasted for their choice, is that not what democracy actually is about?c
