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Richard Curran: Uncontrolled health spending splurge shows little has been learned from the last big crash
Paschal Donohoe is allocating an extra €2.7bn for health spending over this year and next. The move may be part of an attempt to bring the health budget from the realm of fiction and into the world of reality, but it reflects a lack of accountability …