Elaine Loughlin: Delay takes the good out of goodwill gesture to Ireland's frontline workers

What started as a way to honour healthcare staff now looks like a measly half-hearted afterthought — and it's still not been paid

Almost 10 months after it was first promised, our frontline healthcare workers have been reduced to scrapping for a token thank you.

It’s little wonder we have serious recruitment and retention issues in our health service when workers are treated with such a disrespect, that is now bordering on contempt.