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Spreading pain

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

I spent the morning trying to get my head around what the customer wanted. A long dragged out mail thread between him and his erstwhile consultant – sacked because he couldn’t understand what was needed. Okay, so he needs to track hours. Fine. And he explained to what degree and purpose at one point. Labour [...]

The week that was

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

Last week was one of those weeks where seven days weren’t enough to get through all that had to be done. One of those weeks when I’m make a plan of action for the day at 5, and by 7 it would be all changed. I hate that. I hate that as much as I [...]

Frankie-four-times

Friday, February 8th, 2008

Many moons ago, my parents’ house was renovated by the County Council. As with all public authority works, it was put out to tender. The builder awarded the contract had worked as an accountant in the Council for many years. Whether he knew the ins and outs of the system, or simply knew people, is [...]

Irish readers – Check this out now!

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

Readers from outside the State, probably don’t realise the state our health service is in. Read about a real life – real time – example here. Irish readers, accustomed to the state our State is in, please copy. It might help. Probably not, but it’s worth a shot.
Maybe you could let your local representatives (fellow [...]

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