title: Politics and palliative care: Ireland.
abstract: Éire, or in its English language form, Ireland, is a constitutional republic island state bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on its rugged north and rocky west coasts and the rough Irish Sea on the east. After a period of calm, financial promise, and prosperity, the so called Celtic tiger's roar is less pronounced at the moment. A recent change in the Irish government heralds a period of austerity after a decade or more of almost double-digit growth.
authors.affiliation: Birmingham City University, UK.
authors.forename: Dion
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Smyth
mesh_terms: D020407:Internet; D007494:Ireland; D010166:Palliative Care; D011057:Politics