Comhghairdeas to my fellow UCC H-Dips in Applied Psychology on graduation today! It's a bit surreal to be watching the conferring online but proud of myself all the same.
Currently filling class slides full of @memesnag to keep the class engaged and entertained (but also edicated) while I hit on main grammar lesson points
Not that I'm suggesting this happen, but it's interesting to think that the people who were failed under their governance had options to deal with corrupt & unjust leadership. Today we have nothing to hold them accountable in real time, just the vote every 4 years. (3/3)
@MaryLouMcDonald made the point this week that the country is now reaping the harvest of over 10 years of underfunding & cuts to the Irish a health services. This is particularly apt to point out as we head into winter & as the harvest season is upon us. (1/3)
In Irish history, there were consequences for Irish rulers if they did not give Right judgement and failed their people, incl. a poor harvest, plague etc. There were other consequences too, such as ritual killings & being thrown in a bog, believed to keep them in purgatory (2/3)
If the Gov are using with private hospitals to up capacity would it not be prudent to use those for the backlogs of non-COVID services? Surely that would have been possible earlier in this Pandemic when millions were paid to them & they weren't used? @LeoVaradkar @DonnellyStephen