Health Minister favours review of wider issue of Church-State relationship

Health Minister Simon Harris is keen to begin a review of the ownership and patronage of dozens of hospitals across the country as he feels it is time to settle the wider issue of the Church-State relationship, senior government sources have said.

Health Minister favours review of wider issue of Church-State relationship

By Fiachra Ó Cionnaith and Jimmy Woulfe

Health Minister Simon Harris is keen to begin a review of the ownership and patronage of dozens of hospitals across the country as he feels it is time to settle the wider issue of the Church-State relationship, senior government sources have said.

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