Irish Examiner view: HSE-CHI merger debacle reminds us to watch out for last-minute emails

Reading the runes in the timing of official statements and the words deployed therein has become a modern art form

Children’s Health Ireland CEO Lucy Nugent says she was only informed of the decision to subsume CHI into the HSE a few hours before the plan was made public. Picture: CHI

When a company or organisation announces a major change of direction, the manner in which plans are communicated often says as much as the actions themselves.

Reading the runes in the timing of statements and the words deployed has become something of a modern art form.