Rita Doyle
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Administrators getting Covid vaccine before GPs, says doctor
- Health
- January 13, 2021, 01:00
GPs have responded angrily to news that they might have to wait up to eight weeks to be vaccinated against Covid-19, long after other frontline health(...)

Medical Council critical of working conditions in health service
- Health
- December 4, 2020, 14:59
Poor working conditions and a lack of access to further training is driving hundreds of doctors to cease practice in Ireland, according to a new repor(...)

GP to close practice after threat of suspension over anti-mask views
- Health
- October 8, 2020, 14:22
A Dublin GP says he has decided to close his practice after being threatened with suspension by the Medical Council over his anti-lockdown and anti-ma(...)

Doctors returning to fight Covid-19 feel betrayed, says IMO
- Health
- June 19, 2020, 20:12
Doctors who returned from overseas to help combat Covid-19 in Ireland now feel “betrayed” after being told they are no longer needed, the Irish Medica(...)

Medical Council took no steps to check struck off doctor’s story, court told
- High Court
- June 15, 2020, 18:03
The Medical Council has told the High Court it took no steps to check whether a hospital doctor, who was struck off the UK medical register for dishon(...)

A GP writes: ‘We have had to dramatically change the way we work’
- Health & Family
- March 25, 2020, 06:01
“Living with uncertainty” is a term general practitioners learn in training. It describes a type of resilience, a calm assessment and realistic planni(...)

Coronavirus: Doctors have ‘ethical duty’ to self-care
- Health
- March 9, 2020, 18:07
Doctors have an ethical duty to “self-care” in order to protect themselves, colleagues and patients, the Medical Council has said in its first comment(...)

Fair City actress ‘the life and soul of the party,’ funeral hears
- Irish News
- December 31, 2019, 16:25
The funeral of Fair City actress Jean Costello, who played Rita Doyle in the series, has heard she was “the life and soul of the party” and “would alw(...)

Fair City actor Jean Costello, known for playing Rita Doyle, dies
- Irish News
- December 28, 2019, 17:24
Fair City actor Jean Costello, who played the role of Rita Doyle, has died aged 76, RTÉ announced on Saturday. “Everyone in Fair City is deeply sadde(...)

Doctors abused and bullied in health service, Medical Council warns
- Irish News
- October 9, 2019, 17:21
Doctors are being abused and bullied, and are shown a lack of respect, the head of the Medical Council has said. President of the council Dr Rita Doy(...)