With the pharmacist’s job becoming increasingly admin-heavy, Fintan Moore wonders if this opens up new…
Cheap, But Not Cheerful
The simple fact is that a lot of medicines on the Irish market are now too cheap and money may be…
Pricewatch Praise Shocker
It was nice for once to see a benevolent mention in the consumer press than the usual negative narrative about community pharmacy The relationship between…
The Codeine Conundrum
Codeine. There’s no quick fix to codeine addiction and pharmacy-hopping behaviours but the…
The King Who Talks To His Plants
Fintan Moore hopes that the coronation of King Charles won’t mean a shot in the arm…
Lightbulb Moment
Sadly, ‘parish Pump Politics’ May Be The Way To Go For Promoting Pharmacists’ Interests…
Unboiling The Frog
Temperature. I doubt that this is likely to improve, so if you’re planning on a lot of long-distance driving…
What We Have, We Should Hold
With Rising Costs Everywhere, Pharmacists Need To Act As A Collective To Identify What Expenditure Can Be Reduced, Writes Fintan Moore. They say that money…
Stay Or Go?
Fintan Moore Looks At What May Have Changed In The Past Decade In The Profession And Why…
AFTER THE BAWL IS OVER
At time of writing, the votes have been cast in this year’s round of IPU elections, so it’s now just…
After The Bawl Is Over
At time of writing, the votes have been cast in this year’s round of IPU elections, so it’s now…
Ladies who lift
Fintan Moore puts hid reporter’s cap on and examines what attributes to become a successful career shoplifter People often worry nowadays that with the increased…
Points Missing the Point?
Record highs in the leaving cert results led to a jump in the marks needed to do pharmacy, but the reality is more nuanced, writes…
Hell is other people
Fintan Moore notes the impact of negative encounters in the pharmacy, but he tries to be philosophical about it… The phrase ‘Hell is other people’…
Days of Our Lives
Fintan Moore weighs-up the pros and cons of being a pharmacist compared to a life in other professions It’s a natural thing among all people…
Vaccination Nation
Fintan Moore ponders the ‘Expression of interest’ form and the myriad of potential responses to its questions After being a bit slow to get going,…
Plan for the worst?
What could a canoe trip down the zambezi river and the high tech hub possibly have in common? Fintan Moore explains Years ago when I…
A Pointed argument
While pharmacists should be vaccinating for Covid-19, the strain on resources shouldn’t be underestimated, writes Fintan Moore Like many of you, I recently downloaded the…
State of the Union
Because of human nature, being at the head of the IPU is something akin to coaching the Irish rugby team, writes Fintan Moore It often…
Pack Animals
FINTAN MOORE TAKES AN IMAGINARY TRIP INTO THE BOARDROOM WHERE PACKAGING DESIGNS ARE APPROVED I would like you to picture the following scene — it’s…
The Know-nothing Know-it-alls
It may be a hopeless task to try to convince anti-vaxxers of the error of their ways, writes Fintan Moore We have learned a lot…
A New Improved Year?
Fintan Moore observes that while 2020 was a year to be forgotten, it also spawned advances and accelerated change It’s safe to say that most…
Go Forth and Multiply
Fintan Moore considers work-life balance, happiness (or lack thereof) in the pharmacy, and mechanical sloth scanners There are different reasons why people choose to own…
Fronting Up
With a new lockdown now in place, Fintan Moore considers how ‘battle fatigue’ is setting in for a lot of people So we’re now seven…
Refereeing the breakdown
Fintan Moore looks at the debate on breaks to reduce pharmacist fatigue and finds that there are more layers to this onion A topic of…
The Game of the Name
In the world of pharmacy, there are some phenomena that have no convenient name. Inspired by Douglas Adams, Fintan Moore tries to remedy that situation…
A pointed question
Fintan Moore explains why he didn’t previously participate in the flu vaccination scheme and why that may now change While I think the introduction of…
Experts … What do they know?
Dealing with Covid-19 might have been easier if some people had put their mouths in lockdown, writes Fintan Moore One of the downsides of freedom…
Retail revolution
The pandemic may present an opportunity for retailers to take the politicians to task, writes Fintan Moore The attitude of official Ireland to retailers seems…