Sir, – All the best to Leo Varadkar in his personal disclosure; however that is barely of passing interest. The pressing matter for citizens is his failure to resolve the shortage of consultants, the essential collapse of the Fair Deal nursing home arrangements and the predictably recurring emergency hospital trolley issue whereby ill people are expected to endure dreadful conditions, notwithstanding the very best efforts of front-line medical staff. Many of us expected him to deliver decisive action; however there is no evidence of that yet. – Yours, etc,
D O’SHEA
Grange,
Cork.
Sir, – Leo Varadkar says he has “lifted a weight from his shoulders” by publicly revealing his homosexuality. With that done, could he now please lift a weight from the shoulders of hospital patients and start reducing the number of people on trolleys and waiting lists?
Mental health services also need Mr Varadkar’s urgent attention, because they are now almost non-existent, due to cutbacks. – Yours, etc,
TIM BUCKLEY
Cork.