HOSPITAL consultants have blamed political interference by Health Minister Mary Harney for destabilising talks on new contracts.

DISSIDENT EBS director Ethna Tinney may have had the overwhelming support of the 1,000 or so members who turned up to the society’s fractious annual general meeting yesterday but the board was not without its backers in the audience.

WORK is underway to improve hygiene standards at Kerry General Hospital (KGH), Tralee, according to the Health Service Executive (HSE).