Reilly's primary care centres mess

James Reilly has spent almost three weeks trying to defuse a crisis that surfaced when it emerged he added two sites in his own constituency to a list of primary care centres.

The Minister for Health, Dr James Reilly, has spent almost three weeks trying to defuse a crisis that surfaced when it emerged that he added two sites in his own constituency to a list of primary care centres being developed by the state. The story took a dramatic turn with the resignation of the minister of state with responsibility for primary care, Róisín Shortall.

Since then, Reilly has struggled to explain why he ...