Health secrets - Shameful, self-servingcollusion

TODAY we report on a self-serving collusion between the Department of Health and the HSE to control information about the extent of a cancer scandal.

Sat, 01 Mar, 2008 - 00:00

Editorial

Despite requests made under the Freedom of Information Act the real figures cannot be published because the department and the HSE felt they would cause public concern and misunderstanding.

How right they are.

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