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Sunshine Sniffles and Strikes

10-03-2010
It has been sunny for almost a week straight now, and by god I am enjoying it. I was born to live somewhere hotter / drier / less tempestuous weather wise than Ireland. Less of the ‘sunny one minute, raining the next minute’ (or snowing as it seemed to mainly be recently) and more of just sunny, or at least even consistent so I could get used to one weather system at a time. Maybe then I wouldn’t have to leave the house dressed for sunny spring weather with an umbrella in my hand, a spare cardigan in my bag, along with gloves a scarf and ear muffs, because lets face it really, in Ireland you can never be sure how the day will turn.

All this ever changing weather though has left our office a happy home for the flu. Two girls have already been struck down by it, I have a little touch but smartly I caught it early so it is just annoying more than anything. The latest casualty it has claimed is my other half. He spent most of the night up coughing and sniffling. You would think he would take some of his own advice and work from home. That would make sense. Too much sense for him and so he is in the office this morning being the martyr the eejit.

In other news, 7 big name hospitals were served with strike notice yesterday. 48 hours in protest of the latest pay cuts in the public sector. I don't like to take sides in this endless debate, or at least I try not to, especially when it comes to cutting pay in the health service. I don’t agree that nurses pay should be cut, they work extremely hard on tough shifts doing the jobs that no one else in the hospital wants to do and they don't get enough recognition for it at all. Others in the public sector could learn a lot from them.

I did notice though that one of these hospitals striking was Tallaght and this is the point I actually found ironic. The very same hospital is now caught up in a whirlwind of trouble regarding almost 50,000 X rays that were not read by a radiologist. A mistake this big, correction, a mistake this monumental in a private sector situation would result in a lot of big heads rolling, a lot of jobs on the line and a serious shake up of policies within the organisation. I can't wait to see how this is dealt with, before the staff of that very hospital take to the streets in protest of their wage cut.

All this almost makes the news interesting

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