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Brian Lenihan diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer
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According to TV 3 News Brian Lenihan has been diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer.
Update by Cian:
The later post to this has been removed following complaints. The Department have not confirmed the story and we will wait until they do so. This post stays up to note that TV3 are reporting the minister is ill.
Report from TV3 website
TV3 News has learned that the Finance Minster Brian Lenihan has been diagnosed with cancer.
Earlier this month Mr. Lenihan admitted himself to hospital after losing sleep and experiencing discomfort with a suspected hernia problem.
TV3 News understands that initial tests revealed that the Minister is suffering from a malignant tumour, and that Mr. Lenihan has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer within the last fortnight and is set to undergo further tests and treatment.
This afternoon the Department of Finance issued the following statement to TV3.
“The Minister is well and enjoying Christmas with his family. He does not propose to talk to the media about anything until the new year”.
Brian Lenihan was appointed to the job of Finance Minister in May 2008 and the following 18 months have brought some of the greatest economic challenges the country has ever seen.
Mr. Lenihan has recently passed a third Budget in 14 months, along with the NAMA legislation and the Govt. bank guarantee scheme.
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Get this off, privacy more important.
shall we have a whip around for him?
ah sure we’ll all pitch in and pay for his treatment.. if we dont they’ll just take it out of our payslips, hey .. at least its not a course to study frogs
If you have any decency, DElETE this post
Having been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer myself at the age of 41 I would not wish this disease on anybody irrespective of their political persuasion or alleged mishandling of the economy. I wish him all the best. The survival rates for pancreatic cancer have not changed in over 40 years (only 3 % survive to 5 years) This must change!
“Now TV3 knew about this on Christmas Eve but we held back announcing it out of respect and consideration for the minister, for his family, and for the fact that it is Christmas time,” gushed TV3’s ‘political editor’ Ursula Halligan, outside the near empty Government Buildings providing the appropriate stage prop background for her dramatic revelations.
‘Respect’? ‘Consideration’? She must be having a laugh!
TV3’s behaviour marks a new low in the standards of Irish journalism.
Half of Dublin was aware from the beginning of Christmas week that the Minister for Finance’s operation may have revealed a deeper malaise than a simple hernia problem, but they had the ‘respect’ and ‘consideration’ to keep it to themselves. People who are confronted with the possibility of serious illness are entitled to sufficient time and space to come to terms with it, irrespective of whatever public position they may hold. Any half-decent human being can recognise that. Not TV3 apparently.
No public interest is served by TV3’s publication of this story at this time, except TV3’s.
No political interest is served by a premature announcement (that may not be wholly accurate in any case), except for the self-interest of the reporter.
The privacy of the Minister himself, and of his family, has been breached in a way that it utterly reprehensible by any standards.
As for the judgement of Professor John Crowne in allowing himself to be drawn into the TV3 commentary on what its redoubtable ‘political editor’ “understands” to be the final diagnosis, no doubt it’s something he’ll want to think about in the coming days.
For the record, the full transcript of the TV3 broadcast, as published in the Sunday Independent is below, and it’s enough to sicken the proverbial dog.
“TV3 news has learned that the Finance Minister Brian Lenihan has been diagnosed with cancer.
“Our political editor, Ursula Halligan, is at Government Buildings this evening. Ursula, how serious is this?
Ursula Halligan: “Certainly Colette it is very serious. You’ll remember just before Christmas, on the last day of the Dail, just before they broke up for the Christmas recess, that Brian Lenihan had to be suddenly taken into hospital for a suspected hernia. We all understood it was a minor procedure.
“We now understand that the problem is much more serous than a hernia. TV3 understands that initial tests revealed that the minister is suffering from a malignant tumour.
“The precise location, and severity of which, will be assessed in the next few days as he undergoes more tests.
“Now TV3 knew about this on Christmas Eve but we held back announcing it out of respect and consideration for the minister, for his family, and for the fact that it is Christmas time.
“This afternoon the Department of Finance has issued the following statement to TV3. It says the minister is well and enjoying Christmas with his family.
“He does not propose to talk to the media about anything until the new year.”
CF: “Ursula, this really is very shocking news.”
UH: “Yes, Colette, this is very shocking news and sad news especially for the minister’s family and especially coming at Christmas time.
“But it’s also shocking news for members of the public. Brian Lenihan was, eh… eh… is regarded as one of the most popular members of the Government. The people had a soft spot for Brian Lenihan. In fact, he is seen by many as being one of the most competent members of government.
“People like his upfront, affable manner. He isn’t afraid of the media. He is a good communicator and people tended to forgive him whenever he did make any mistakes. In fact, it seems like he has been Minister for Finance for ages now but it’s only been for 18 months — but what a hectic 18 months it has been for him.
“In those 18 months, he has had three budgets, the recapitalisation of the country’s two big banks, nationalisation of Anglo Irish Bank. Then there was the bank deposit guarantee and then on top of all that there was the whole setting up of the Nama scheme — so it’s been an absolutely hectic 18 months for Brian Lenihan.”
CF: “Is it too early to talk about the political consequences?”
UH: “Yes, it is, Colette. It really is unclear, politically what all this means. Obviously it is a blow for Brian Cowen’s government, but really it is far too early to talk about what this means or where it might go because, of course, the minister continues to undergo further tests.”
CF: “There we’ll leave it. Well, TV3 understands that the minister has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. John Crown is a consultant in oncology in St Vincent’s Hospital in Dublin. John, what does a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer mean?”
Professor John Crown: “Well, Colette, this is a very serious condition. It is a life-changing diagnosis, I’m afraid.
“Depending on what stage the disease is, a patient — with early stage of the disease where it is confined to the pancreas — may be offered the option of radical surgery in an attempt to remove it completely and to effect a cure.
“Now that, unfortunately, is a little uncommon with this condition. Most patients are not candidates for surgery, the disease has spread a little bit, and under those circumstances the aim of the treatment is really more in the area of control, comfort, survival prolongation rather than outright cure.”
CF: “And John, how do you get pancreatic cancer?
JC: “Well, Colette, that’s a great mystery in most cases. We have some hints about some risk factors but for most patients who are afflicted with this disease, unfortunately, no readily identifiable factor is obvious. Certainly smoking cigarettes is the single major thing that people can avoid which increases the risk. If you stop smoking within 10 years your risk of getting the disease becomes much lower — so again the message here, as in so many other areas, is to stop smoking.
“It is associated with middle-aged and elderly usually, although young people can get it. It can be associated with obesity and certain other predisposing diseases like chronic inflammation of the pancreas.”
CF: “John, what quality of life can you expect after a diagnosis with this cancer?”
JC: “Well, it really is very variable. For somebody who has early stage disease, who has the surgery, well clearly for several weeks or a month or two after the operation they will be in a very definite recovery phase when they will be dealing with the after effects of a truly major operation.
“For other patients who, unfortunately, are not deemed to be suitable candidates for curative intent surgical removal, much of their quality of life at that stage will be dependent on the treatments they’re getting.
“Obviously some patients will be getting chemotherapy which can help some side effects; although, in truth, the side effects of chemotherapy are much, much gentler than they used to be, much better controlled. One of the things which used to be a real problem with pancreatic cancer was chronic pain.
“Thankfully, for the overwhelming majority of patients with pancreatic cancer, pain is now very well controlled due to advances in palliative medicine.”
I made a point in the other post (that has now been deleted) in response to a FFer who was cmuch oncerned about showing “humanity” and ‘decency” to cancer sufferers (FF ministers in particular).
I think it bears repeating that we could do with a lot more of both from the same Fianna Fáil who have declined to provide the cervical cancer vaccine to girls.
EWI,
I have to believe that if you ever had the experience of a close family member being diagnosed with a possibly life-threatening illness in their prime of life, or risked losing someone in that way, you would have a very different response to that above.
This has nothing to do with politics. It’s about standards in journalism.
Both Mr Lenihan’s constituency colleagues have been widely quoted in media bulletins today, with Fine Gael’s Leo Varadkar, who is a medical doctor, describing the TV3 broadcast as “absolutely inappropriate.”
“I had heard about this last week, but I wasn’t sure if it was true. I don’t think it was right for this to be aired on the news.
“I think Mr Lenihan should have been given the opportunity of at least a couple of weeks to digest the news with his family before deciding whether or not he wanted to make a statement,” he said.
The Labour Party’s Joan Burton was reported as “angry” about the broadcast.
“I think it’s a terrible intrusion into Brian and his family’s privacy and especially at Christmas. The man has young, teenage children,” she was reported as saying.
“It’s certainly not a departure in the media that I would welcome. I’m really shocked that a story like that could be broadcast at Christmas. I just want to wish Brian well.”
Once TV3 reported this story it became news and open to public discussion. On a personal level, I feel for the Minister and his family and wish him the best. I genuinely hope for his recovery.
On a practical level, once this became news it has and will have an effect on the national and international view of the Irish economy. The Minister has been seen as effective and the loss of a man of his ability during this rocky economic depression could have distinct negative effects for every person in this country.
The argument about press reporting and the borders of reporting are part of a wider discussion that has been needed for a long time but not in the context of this instance alone, rather as part of a genuine reflection on the variety of aspects that need to be considered to discuss the topic properly.
I think the people have the right to know about the state of health of their elected representatives and public figures. As a cancer patient myself, I think that speaking out about all types of cancer is helpful in contributing to public awareness and can help in prevention efforts.
More than likely the cancer is caused by the irish disease, haemachromatosis , where the build up of iron in tissues, overtime, causes the generation of free radicals and hence cancer. Brian’s father died of a similar disease
ok we get it veronica, your in the know well done, congratulations, now back the public figure and his high vital position in our government
If it is in fact true that Ireland’s Minister for Finance has received a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, and that this fact has been widely known in media circles, then congratulations to TV3 and Ursula Halligan for breaking the news out to the public and the world.
To my eyes, this is market-sensitive information which is relevant to trade on sovereign debt markets. If the story is true it should not be suppressed, whatever about sentiment or squeamishness, or ‘mental reservation’.
don’t believe it
2 days before Christmas and TV3 give the man 2 days to tell his teenage family that he is most likely dying. THAT is the most offensive piece of media behaviour in the history of the state.
Ok you disagree with his policies. Ok you cling on to some college debating concept of public figures having no right to a private life. Its your right to hold those beliefs.
But its Christmas for the love of god. Could the editorial staff in TV3 not give the man’s daughters one last happy Christmas with their father. Even if he beats the odds and lives for many more Christmas dinners the shadow of this awful disease will always blunt the shine of any future happy moments. If you have any doubts go look at your children and then imagine having to hold that conversation with them on christmas eve. If Christmas is a miserable time of year for you and you feel some perverse satisfaction from some teenage children having a more miserable time than you well thats just too screwed up for words.
A week. Thats all they needed to give the man. The stock market would not have collapsed. The people who voted for him would not have been less represented. And lets face it this story would hardly be one that deserves to be “exclusive”.
Personally I now wish nothing but bad things for that miserable bit€h and her editorial staff but i would not wish on them the pain they inflicted on the Lenihan family. Hopefully P45s will be issued.
I am appalled that this can be used politically against Brian Lenihan at this time. I like the man and saw him doing good stuff for the Irish Hard of Hearing Association over the years and especially during the last months of Pat McKenna’s (ex IHHA president) life span.
Should go without saying that it’s a human tragedy, and only a few lunatics would make jibes about FF policy over this. But it’s important. The fact that a senior minister – effectively the second most powerful figure in the land – is very, very ill IS a matter of public interest, regrettably. Nothing to do with standards in journalism. It was never going to be a nice thing to break and people would be upset whenever it was reported, especially with cancer diagnoses being something a lot of people can relate to. I’m afraid it goes with being a public figure. And if TV3 hadn’t reported it, they would have been scooped in the next few days anyway.
We like to separate the private from the public person. But if you have a relative in one of mental institutions the private cannot be separated from the public (see today’s Irish Times). Neither can it be separated if you pay exorbitant prices for phone service which is now being sold to a company in the Far East (also today’s Irish Times). This is a government which has destroyed the private sector at the behest of speculators and chancers. Is the public sector going to be spared?
Let’s hear him spinning his way out of this one – if it’s true (a hernia! They couldn’t even tell the truth about that.)
You can be sure of one thing though: his family’s monarchical-model political dynasty will survive.
It will take six generations (200 years) for the Irish to undo the pathetic financial machinations dreamt up by this smug minister and his pals.
Ataraxia
As nightmares before Christmas go, this medical diagnosis, if true, really is up there.
However, let’s keep it in perspective – people are mortal, middle-aged men like I am know we are moving closer by the day to medical events like this reported one (Brian Cowen has often alluded to his potentially short lifespan). Live life by the day.
I see no Constitutional impediment to his continuing as a member of the Government, and he could even do this as a Minister without portfolio, if he so desires.
Even the lowliest civil servant is entitled to a year of sick leave on full pay. Let’s not presume to know the future of this man’s reported medical condition.
The health of a senior politician can be an essential component in making important decisions.
The partition of India and Pakistan displaced up to 15 million people with estimates of loss of life varying from several hundred thousand to a million.
Mohammad Ali Jinnah died in September 1948, a year after Pakistan’s formation.
Jinnah had called for a day of ‘Direct Action’ to achieve the formation of Pakistan. This resulted in massive riots in Calcutta between Muslims and Hindus/Sikhs. More than 7,000 people were killed in Bihar alone.
Through the 1940s, Jinnah suffered from tuberculosis and only his sister and a few others close to him were aware of his condition. He died from a combination of TB and lung cancer.
When the then Viceroy of India, Lord Louis Mountbatten, learned of Jinnah’s illness, he said, “had they known that Jinnah was about to die, they’d have postponed India’s independence(from Britain) by a few months as he was being inflexible on Pakistan”. Hundreds of thousands of lives could have been saved, and these killings have been described as hundreds of thousands of individual murders.
How much has Brian Lenihan’s illness contributed to his recent controversial decisions in Govt? The public should know these things and it is right to publicise them.
(Ataraxia)
The outrage over the public being told is bizarre. He IS the government. Have we learned nothing? Secrecy is the enemy. We’re entitled to deal with the truth.
I wonder will he take as little notice if FF rob his sick fund, as he did when his father’s fund was robbed.
i wish @araxia to get pancreatic cancer so that she should also get the same opportunity as the poor minister with little children got….its sickening…we should all leave miister alone to come to terms with his condition an dhave quality of time with his family…
Something beautiful for Christmas and the New Year, 2010, to teach us all (myself more than most) a lesson in how to love our friends and neighbours.
@araxia
Here is an excerpt from “A Gift of Laughter” by Allan Sherman:
“There was something in the way he touched that harp — it was an act of love, almost too private for us to watch. There was something you could see then of the almost unbearable beauty of this man and his love for music. And you could feel his love for every other creature on earth in the way he touched his harp and in the way he played the music.”
“…there was always something about Harpo I couldn’t imitate. Later on I knew what it was. After meeting Harpo I knew it was the simplicity of the man — the beauty inside, the thing that God gives to maybe one in every one in fifty million of us. To see, and to laugh, and to give joy to others in a way so special that you can’t imitate it — it’s a gift from God to one person alone at a time.
“Harpo was a child who never grew up. He was the best part of a human being — the innocent part that can see things with Wonder. He was beautiful, like a naked child dancing around free-form because of joy, because the world is music to dance to, because other people are delights to laugh with and play with. And Harpo had in him that wonderful vision that made him see in others the Beauty Part, the Good Part, the Happy Part.
“He knew very well that there were Sad Things and Bad Things, and he knew that these are the things we call by the name of Reality. But Harpo could see more clearly than that. He could see deeper, where the real reality is, inside all of us where there is a warm place bubbling with fancy and laughter and music and playfulness and love. Harpo could feel all those things inside himself and inside every human being. He knew we were all born like that, but most of us get so scared to go around dancing free-form or singing out loud in public or laughing at the madness around us — most of us get so scared, so civilized that we teach ourselves how to be ashamed and embarrassed, and we invent a disguise for ourselves, and we walk around looking serious and acting very sombre and self-important. And we call it grown up.”
“…Harpo Marx had the good sense and the great gift never to Grow Up. And that was the soul of his Comedy. Children loved him and old people loved him because they saw themselves in those beautiful big rolling eyes. They saw themselves moving and dancing free and unembarrassed and not a bit worried about being Grown-Up. And Harpo made eyes at pretty girls, the way we all wish we had the nerve to do, and he invented harps out of broken pianos, and piccolos out of strands of spaghetti. And wherever he was, there was music for everyone, and laughter. And when he was sad, he was so sad, so very very terribly sad that we could all see that there is even something funny about being sad, and so we laughed and forgot some of the things that made us sad.
Harpo was Comedy.
Comedy is gentle and sweet and good and intelligent and honest, and that is what Harpo Marx was.
Comedy makes you feel good, and that is what Harpo Marx did.
And when I met him, I found out the best thing of all: That the man, the person, was even more beautiful than the image.”
(The quotation above is an excerpt from “A Gift of Laughter” by Allan Sherman.)
I have to agree with most of the comment above. Brian Lenihan and his family should have been let handle their sad news in their own way over Christmas. It is and will be a very difficult time for them. I don’t think the comments about India and Pakistan are relevant. Nor does the idea that giving the man a week or two to dissolve the news over Christmas amount to a “culture of secrecy”.
The blasphemy law
from another website
“I don’t get it.
“Yeah yeah, non-glee, pancreatic cancer is very nasty indeed and I wouldn’t wish it on anyone, etc.
“But IMO Lenny has been mad, bad and dangerous in Finance. The Bank Guarantee? NAMA and the NAMA SIVs? Propping up the corrupt management in the banks? Failure to tackle the budget deficit meaningfully? Very very dodgy morally with his attacks on the vulnerable while sheltering the quango FF croneyist welfare sector? Borrowing gazillions to bail out his mates? Condemning the country to at the least a few decades of poverty while we repay all this deficit and NAMA debt?
“I see no reason to act all sleveenish, mealey-mouthed, insincere and dishonest by praising the man’s actions in Finance just because he’s very ill. He was a bloody disaster in Finance, all talk no trousers, all bluster and sleight-of-hand, and twould be best for the country and for him if he resigned immediately in order to concentrate on making a full recovery from his illness – before he does any more damage in that job that we’ll all be paying for for generations to come.
“Why is Ireland such a profoundly cowardly and dishonest country? We can’t tell the truth, about anything.”
Let’s consider a hypothetical situation with regards to media privacy. Well-known media figure A has a well-known offspring (also a media personality) who shockingly commits suicide. Now, rather than (i) report the truth or (ii) not report it at all (a minor lie-by-omission for a matter which is not of serious public interest), the Irish media establishment reports it as an ‘accident’ at home.
But by reporting this tragic death as an accident they (the media) have clearly misled the public (and violated broadcasting rules as well). And I am aware that this actually happened, a couple of years ago.
Now, on the other hand, the Minister for Finance isn’t just any old member of the public (or even the Dublin establishment). He’s the man most directly responsible for directing the Irish economy at a time of severe stress brought about by the collapse of the bank’s property bubble and the reality of an unsustainable tax base. As well, the standard for disclosure on the health of a vital senior executive is pretty high in business (see the furore around Steve Jobs’ health of the last couple of years), so the ‘privacy’ argument in this case is pretty weak beer.
By not reporting this the Irish media (some of whom apparently knew but didn’t divulge it) were conspiring in misleading the public -and the markets – in covering up a matter of serious public concern, which is a story worth examining in its’ own right.
(Still doesn’t excuse TV3 from being wankers, though. Or the FF government, especially the Minister for Finance, for being assholes who cut the cervical cancer vaccines for women for (supposed) reasons of cost.)
I have to believe that if you ever had the experience of a close family member being diagnosed with a possibly life-threatening illness in their prime of life, or risked losing someone in that way, you would have a very different response to that above.
I have (as has everyone else, I’d guess. I wonder what your point is meant to be?).
Still doesn’t change my revulsion at the way this FF government have treated this matter – ostensibly for reasons of cot, but it also happens to be a dog-whistle Catholic issue. As I’ve said elsewhere, the Catholic stance on the vaccine is more or less that “sluts should get cancer and die”.
I’ll leave it up to others to make up their own mind as to which reasoning this FF government (which has made it a priority to protect the RCC from fallout from child abuse and to enact blasphemy laws) was more concerned with at the time.
This has nothing to do with politics. It’s about standards in journalism.
See my 17.01 comment.
The people at TV3 reponsible for this ought to be ashamed of themselves. It is revolting. I don’t believe a minister’s health is any of our business – only his or her performance and capacity to act. If a minister becomes ill to the extent that their capacity to carry out their duty is affected it is then our right to know – but only to know that their capacity is affected. We have no right to know the details of their illness. The way TV3 handled this was awful. With their ticker about the story of national importance, they were possitively gushing at having what they saw as a big scoop. They truly are contemptible and pathetic. Of course this demonstrates why we shouldn’t watch TV3 for news in the first place.
Look lads, TV3 is one of the most UNRELIABLE source of news ever, so best to stick to RTE news for accuracy and professionalism. TV3 just promote invasive journalism and if the Minister is unwell, surely like any person unwell and trying to cope with “news like that” will not want to upset his family or talk about it…
Privacy laws should be introduced, Ryan Air should be scrapped by boycotting it and TV3 should get a life and we all need to start selling our unwanted gear on EBAY, EBID AND BONANZLE lads!
Come on!! 2010 Positive thinking!! Cheer up!
Having listened to the news at one and the Joe Duffy show immediately afterwards on the day he told us in gory detail what was wrong with him after keeping the nation in suspense for a week all I can say is that Elvis and the Beatles would be proud of his manager(s)
Jesus, Eddie, give us a break.
The nation wasn’t in suspense for a week. For a start, half of Dublin heard the whisper on the grapevine. And those that didn’t had TV3 to break it to them “gently”.
It was also strongly hinted over the holidays that BL would stay on in finance, and so it turned out.
So anyone who felt any sort of suspense at all in advance of the News at One interview must have been deaf in one ear, or just not listening for the past week.
For a start, half of Dublin heard the whisper on the grapevine.
So I’ve heard. Interesting how “Dublin” is obviously defined by insiders as themselves, in much the same way as when our media refer to “the country”, “the nation” etc. they’re only referring to the better-off classes.
(Thank you, Hugh Green)
@EWI
I hasten to add that I didn’t hear anything on the grapevine myself, I wasn’t even in Dublin for the Christmas. Just heard second-hand after the fact, from them that did. I guess that makes me an outsider and/or a member of the worse-off class.
The Hugh Green reference also went way over my head.
Hugh Green reference:
http://hughgreen.wordpress.com/2009/07/30/the-simple-things-you-see-are-all-complicated/
The “Hugh Green reference” – brilliant. Now I know why no one in “the media” (propaganda purveyors)have not taken up the blatant subvertion of the English language in today’s world. As usual the Americans are masters of the art as anyone with an interest in the elimination of “terrorists” by the “international community” in bringing “democracy” to…………… will see.
My mother was diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer in 2008, she had the surgery ( whipple ). Her quality of life since then has been horrible. I have no love for the Minister but one would have to have a stone cold heart not to think about what this means for his family, there is NO FUTURE once diagnosed with this disease,even with treatment, it always comes back. Shame on TV3 for breaking this story, so they gave him a few days to tell his family. big deal. There was no compassion, they didn’t want to be beat to the story, that’s the bottom line.
All the FF press and hangers on are concerned about this privacy thing. He is our minister for finance and in an important position. His health is a matter of public concern.He brought in NAMA to rescue toxic banks and builders closely associated with FF. In his radio interview he said “friends” had suggested to him to go abroad for treatment. No doubt these are the same friends who raised money to send his father to the Mayo Clinic in US for liver transplant,and laid on a private jet for him. The famous Haughey stole over $250,000 from this fund. Yet Brian jnr read the lesson at the state funeral for this scoundrel thief. This is how FF work- the omerta and loyalty. The present Mr. Lenihan is finance minister of a government that has condemned young girls to future cervical cancer by denying them the vaccine to prevent it. And no friends will offer to send them abroad for treatment either. I do wish him well though as I do not want to see anyone with cancer. I had a sister who died from it.
One further thought that occurs to me, would an ordinary worker be allowed to go on in his job if he was diagnosed with cancer and had to have treatment. Say for instance a treacher, gardsa, nurse, would they not have to go on sick leave and absence. Is it a bit like Dempsey on holidays, it does not matter whether you are there or not.But of course full pay is availed of. Different rules for different people.
Delighted to see that the cervical vaccine problem has been reversed. It may well be that Mr.Lenihan’s illness had something to do with this. Out of evil often comes good, and I hope that good man wilkl recover to full health in time.