The press secretary of the Tánaiste Hugh O'Connell on the scoliosis scandal when he was a journalist. “This is an intolerable situation for hundreds of families up and down the country.” @oconnellhugh speaks about the long wait times for scoliosis surgery, and a broken promise from then Health Minister, Simon Harris, back in 2017. #ResignHarris #JusticeforHarvey #Scoliosis Let's keep up the momentum for #PoliticalAccountability 🤳

Jim O'Callaghan didn't back Frances Fitzgerald will he be backing Helen McEntee?

Another Garda Whistleblower Scandal involving a FG Minister. Labour TD Alan Kelly has accused Minister Helen McEntee of either "incompetence or a mistake" in her handling of a protected disclosure, adding that it is something that will "haunt" her and the Government in which she served. ✍️ Julie Juliette Gash Deputy Doherty said that safety concerns about Garda gun holsters were made known as far back as 2020 when Helen McEntee was Justice Minister. He accused her of repeatedly dodging questions on the issue of the holsters, which he said led to the death of a Garda. Gary Gannon said "last night's RTÉ Investigates programme was shocking and showed that the oppressive and vindictive culture which existed when Maurice McCabe was targeted for speaking out.. has not been rooted out of An Garda Síochána". #HelenMcEntee #Garda #RTEInvestigates #Whistleblowers #HowIrelandWorks rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/091…

FF Senator paid €16,700 in travel expenses while sick at home for eight months ✍️ Mark Tighe Tipperary-based Imelda Goldsboro, a Taoiseach’s nominee to the Seanad, has been absent since November 2025 and last spoke in the house in October of that year. The Senator has been treated for a serious illness in that time. Asked whether she would repay the €16,779 in #TAA that was paid to her in 2026, the Senator initially said she did not believe that was necessary. “I’ve been working all the time; the evidence is there,” she said. #Expenses #Oireachtas #Senator #DáilEarning @IrishTimes irishtimes.com/politics/2026…

'I blew the whistle on Harvey case at CHI' ✍️ Maeve Sheehan A former manager at Children's Health Ireland (#CHI) has revealed she is the whistleblower who flagged concerns around Harvey Morrison Sherratt's care. Anita Little, a former spinal services business manager, who settled a legal employment dispute with CHI last week, told the Sunday Independent: "Yes, I can confirm I am the whistleblower." She said she made a protected disclosure to the Health Minister after it came to her attention that Harvey who suffered from complex scoliosis and spina bifida, had been inexplicably removed from the waiting list. He died, aged nine. last July. "I felt the Minister for Health had the power to find out what happened with Harvey" she said. "I was also aware that his parents did not know he had been removed from the waiting list which is just absolutely outrageous." Standing by the allegations she made in a protected disclosure, which was sent to the minister last August 31, Ms Little said she is willing to testify at the statutory inquiry or any inquiry. "There are patients at risk due to suboptimal processes, lack of transparency, communication and waiting-list management practices at CHI." In a statement to the Sunday Independent, Ms Sherratt [@GillSherratt23] said the family still has no answers, two years after Harvey was removed from the waiting list. Ms Sherratt added the scope of the inquiry must be “wide” and “deep” enough “to truly uncover everything that’s been allowed to go on at CHI”. #PublicInquiryCHi #Whistleblower #JusticeforHarvey #CHI #HowIrelandWorks *Edited Front Page* independent.ie/irish-news/i-…