Primary care centers were designed to stop people going to A&E by being treated in the centre instead. So it’s just stupid to think an area should not have a centre because there is a hospital near it.

Mike perhaps the point Esther was making is that there are no emergency hospitals in the entire county of Wicklow (unless you count Newcastle which is a psychiatric inpatients centre).
Closest ones are Wexford General or Loughlinstown (no longer 24 hours) / St Vincent’s. Each at least 50km away, if not more.

What I want to know is what he is doing with his hand in that pic?

Is he miming as a puppeteer or about to make some pulling hair back aggressively type gesture?

Gotta hand it to them, our politicians aren’t exactly model material, but the journal do manage to get the best unflattering pics out of all the media outlets :)

his hand is starting a tornado, taking the life breath from the people!

Hahaha! Good observation

He has to Mike. Because with Logan and Reilly…Enda would be thrown out of his job.

Without Hogan and reilly….damp phone.

i give up :-)

Leslie Alan, Never give up :-D

Roscommon is shortlisted for two primary care centres to be fair.

They deserve them after your boss inda lying about roscommon hospital………to be fair.

the people of Roscommon need their A & E, that was a great boon until it was stolen.

He’s stating fact,.He didn’t close Roscommon A&E, Did you Dave?

Reilly is a total liar and he lied by stating that HIQA recommended the closure of Roscommon A+E then t was revealed that HIQA Never even entered Roscommon Hospital Then James Reilly stated that the HSE closed it then he came out with false fatality figures REILLY IS THE PROVEN LIAR

@ D Higgins Primary Care Centres are NOT and NEVER will e Accident and Emergency Dept so please stop spouting what you have no knowledge of and stop being a sheep to the liars of a party you so worship

Bernadette Dunne
I have never in my life referred to another person as a total liar and there are a number of reasons as to why that might be true.
We can start with the politeness rule. Most people with a modicum of basic education and social awareness know that such an accusation is rude and vulgar. It also tends to attract responses that challenge in a way that generally we would want to avoid.
Next there is the old legal issue of people so accused wanting to protect themselves and their good names by using particularly strong intermediaries such as the Courts to punish us for causing us damage.
The next and important reason is the old hypocrisy rule that’s says it’s dangerous to bring peoples attention to ones own deficits when there is little truth in our allegations.
Bernadette what Political Party do you support….and don’t avoid the question because I can answer for you if you’re too dishonest to answer yourself?

Very true indeed

I think he’s one of the best ministers of health since the foundation of the state. The job he has cleaning up after generations of mismanagement is akin to cleaning up Chernobyl.

@strongbow can you please explain what exactly he has done other than close more beds/hospitals and cut more services? i see no improvement in the health service

Michael Lowry, the list goes on. They are scared, like a hare caught in the Headlights. It’s not a moped running them over, Its the orient express at full speed! it has just left the station and it’s coming your way Enda and Eamon!

Here’s the simple truth…o Reilly out to line his own pocket, take the massive pension and doesn’t care about looking after the health care portfolio that he was entrusted with…where is his dignity??..