Facing up to Lyme disease

Is it too much to hope that an important public health matter, such as Lyme disease, will be an issue in the general election? There’s been a worrying reluctance by the authorities to face up to the extent of the disease here.

A leading infectious disease consultant, Dr Jack Lambert, of the Mater Hospital, Dublin, who is treating Lyme patients from all over the country, believes the number of cases is greatly underestimated.