Question of priorities

LATELY I read of the Government’s generous donation of €50 million to combat HIV in Mozambique - and yet we can’t afford minor surgery to treat a bleeding ulcer in Monaghan or undertake minor emergency surgery in Dundalk. Where is the logic?

Question of priorities
Mon, 07 Nov, 2005 - 00:00

Should the Government not start by sorting the problems nearer home before trying to solve those of Africa and the rest of the world?

Holly Gavin

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