Taoiseach’s seminar attendance a step towards removal of HIV stigma

Stigmatising those with HIV is the current manifestation of an unchanging human reality.

We have always defined ourselves by who we are and by who we are not. We do it by race, colour, creed, weight, disability, accent — and illness. Particularly illness.

The morning after Bertie Ahern was re-elected taoiseach, he was busy. Very busy. But the organisers in the meeting room in Buswell’s Hotel were confident he would turn up to launch their new website. They weren’t sure precisely when.