Former Minister Dr. Rory O'Hanlon reflects on GP career and healthcare
Mentioned: Dr. Rory O'Hanlon, Jack Lynch
In a radio interview, former TD, government minister, and Fianna Fáil member Dr. Rory O'Hanlon discusses his early career as a GP in Carrick-on-Shannon and East Cavan, where he worked under the old dispensary system. He reflects on balancing medical practice with political life for 10 years before becoming minister in 1987, and comments on how modern healthcare differs from the vocational approach of past decades.