Gerard Howlin: Mental health must be central to Stephen Donnelly's new system

Stephen Donnelly, Fianna Fáil's newly-appointed Minister for Health.

Consulting remotely can't be the new normal in mental health. And it won't suit every elderly person, writes Gerard Howlin

Our new Health Minister, Stephen Donnelly, may not see it this way, but Covid-19 is his lucky star. The poisoned chalice of Health is temporarily free from internecine warfare within, and a gnawing lack of public confidence without.