Hospital campaigners get a few valuable tips from a veteran

I SERVED for 12 years in a voluntary capacity as secretary of the Mallow Hospital Retention Committee under the chairmanship of the late Joe Sherlock TD who was at that time a socially committed member of Mallow Urban District Council.

He and I were ably abetted by the late Rev Dr Donal O’Driscoll, Dean of Cloyne, who was at that time a curate in the parish of Charleville in north Cork.

During that time – 1970 to 1982 – I put four ministers for health through my hands – Erskine Childers, Brian Lenihan, Brendan Corish and Charlie Haughey.