Terence Cosgrave

We must prepare for a period in which global cooperation survives not because of American leadership, but in spite of its absence, writes Terence Cosgrave I would like to wish a Happy New Year to everyone and begin immediately discussing the issues and problems of the Irish health service, but it’s a bit pointless when the United States government is murdering its own citizens, invading and ‘capturing’ any countries it feels it has a right to ‘own’, and is possibly intent on starting a war...

Through the rush, the health service will do the thing it has always done best: work heroically in spite of itself, writes Terence Cosgrave As the rest of the world drops down a few gears, preparing for the eventual slowdown and subsequent Christmas hiatus from the workplace, competitive colleagues and the grim business of making a living, doctors are just warming up for what looks like being an extremely busy Christmas.

I’m done arguing with people who think Trump is good for the American economy or the world, writes Terence Cosgrave Humans, as you probably know, are a funny old bunch. We are prone to all sorts of ridiculous ideas. And many of us – or at least too many of us – are evil, though of course we don’t think of ourselves as such. Many of us choose not to think for ourselves at all. These things are related.