Linda will also be part of Fórsa's delegation to address the Oireachtas Joint Health Committee later this morning on staffing levels in the HSE. While Linda and Ashley address that committee, our colleagues in Tralee will be protesting this lunchtime at University Hospital Kerry, and tomorrow at Clonmel.
Fórsa member Karen Condon, who left the HSE in August to take up a higher graded post with the Civil Service, will feature on Radio Kerry's Kerry Today programme talking about how the recruitment embargo prompted her reluctant career move. My thanks to my colleague Seamus Smith for helping to set that up!
Elsewhere, the Occupied Territories Bill will be formally referred to the Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs next week as a signal from the Government of its unequivocal backing for the legislation. While the Bill will not be finalised before the Dáil is dissolved Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said the Government was also prepared to issue a 'money message' for the legislation, a necessary step for any piece of non-Government legislation to complete its passage through the Oireachtas process.
Zen
Your Zen moment this morning features a band who've always been a Zen favourite over the years. The Specials' A Message to You Rudy was released 45 years ago this week. The original version 1967 version by Dandy Livingstone (pictured above) was released on the legendary Trojan Records. Livingstone only found out about The Specials' version after seeing their performance on Top of the Pops, after which he found out Carlin Music was the publisher and they had been trying to find Livingstone's whereabouts. Both versions hold up very nicely indeed.
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