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MINISTER FOR HEALTH James Reilly will not be speaking at the annual conference of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) as planned this lunchtime as he is “unwell”.
The minister was due to speak just after noon today at the conference in Kilkenny. However the organisation was informed yesterday evening that he would not, in fact, be able to attend.
A spokesperson in the minister’s department confirmed that the minister would not be giving an address “because he’s unwell”. They declined to give further details.
Ambrose McLoughlin, Secretary General in the Department of Health, will stand in for Reilly at the conference.
A number of motions will also be put before delegates representing nurses and midwives at the conference, including one on bullying and an emergency motion on Universal Health Insurance.
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A room full of nurses is the best place for him if he’s unwell!
Ha ha ha, Shatter didn’t attend his conference on religious grounds! Our Minister for Health can’t attend this conference as he’s Sick! You really couldn’t make this up.
I don’t see that issue, Jews don’t do the Sabbath. They take it seriously, if you knew any.
You shouldn’t be exempt on the grounds that you believe in ancient superstition. I’ll ring my boss and tell him I can’t come to work because I’m a pastafarian. Friday is when my pastafarian brothers and I sit around and eat spag ball to worship his noddleyness. I’m sure he’ll understand.
It was his religion, it was his cowardice
@ Michael: What conference did Shatter not attend on religious grounds? I’m just curious as I don’t recall it.
There was an event/conference with the senior members of the Gardai I think it was, around Ash Wednesday time and he didn’t go because it was a day of obligation for him. I remember it being mentioned on the news too.
Of course they don’t, it’s not a verb!
Thank you Barbara!
He has a dose of the chicken sh*%s
Ruairi Quinn advised him to pull a sickie due to a pandemic of foot in mouth disease in the Dáil.
I’ll bet he’s not lying on a trolley in a hospital corridor.
*ironically when I misspelled trolley the autocorrect on my phone changed it to Reilly
Oh dear James Reilly seems to have contracted Kerins-Flannery Syndrome. I do hope his trolley is not too uncomfortable.
He is probably SHATTERED. :-)
(Sorry)
Why is it that this guy and the last health minister look ill? Cant figure that one
Angola can have that effect I’m told.
Angola Kerins?
Fingers crossed he makes a speedy recovery and is not in too much pain. But on a more serious note, chances are he’s scared shitless of the reception he’d get while making his way to the podium.
He may not even get to the podium.
Those nurses can pull a mean syringe on ya if your not careful mr Reilly . U made right decision not to go an meet the ordinary working class people . Hope you didn’t have to wait too long for a hospital bed like I did .
Another first class parasite that no doubt Kenny and co have full confidence in.
Sure doesn’t Kenny owe him? He backed Kenny during the failed Brutin Coup d’état, he was only in the Dail a wet weak and was made deputy leader!
I hope James Reilly doesn’t get trolley sores in A+E,
While he is waiting for a hospital bed….
Coward
Get well soon J. I’m sure you’ll be able to reschedule a meeting with the Nurses.
O Reilly like the rest of Fine Gael didnt want to be seen talking out of his bum cheeks.
Regardless what you think of his politics, can we not accept at face value that he is in fact unwell, when he says he is.
Will he provided a sick cert!!??
He learned from the best … Angela Kerrin!
Our fearless leaders
He was never really the picture of health anyway !!
I heard hes up in St Clabberts with a dose of Hairy Hand Syndrome
Well yeh, he’s not a well man.
he was unwell yesterday also when he was due in Waterford regional hospital to rename it Waterford university hospital, (ie. the hospital that’s not beside a university, in fact Waterford doesn’t even have a university) if, in fact his heart had failed after 5.30pm in Waterford, he would have had to go to cork for treatment.
He won’t show up cause he has made a joke of the hse and he doesn’t want confrontation from nurse’s,also taking medical cards from sick children he should step down and do us all a favour.
Didn’t know being a coward was classed as an illness !!!
Physician heal thyself!
With all the controversy regarding cover-ups, ministerial law breaking, government issuing of threats to the population and vilification of whistleblowers during FG/FGlite’s stewardship I forgot we had a controversial obese unhealthy, minister for health.
Isn’t that convenient!?
Thank god he has a medical card then
Guys, if he is unwell, you may regret some of your posting. Online discourse can be savage, you only have to look at the tragic news from Australia yesterday regarding the man who flooded the hotel.
Don’t be so melodramatic. According to the RTE news, has a sore throat.
In fairness, Rob, that’s an absolutely ridiculous comment.
Robscanlon, no dont care
Just like Shatter and his ‘Passover’ excuse.
ahhh poor james you would think he would enjoy all the care available to him at the conference………..more like doing anything to save the odd vote for fg in euro and local elections.dont want more negative publicity now would they
Healthy…
Simple reason why he did not attend ,his head is bigger than his mouth.
Because he’s unwell? More like because he’s an ignorant so and so
Fingers crossed he’s not so sick that he gets stuck on an A&E trolley for 4 days.
Sounds like he may be having a Kerins moment !
Minister. Get well soon.
He must be. On the. Bear again. He’s. A funking. Spuffer another. Shatter only. Time. Before. He goes
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