Talk:Noël Browne

Dublin South East 1973
A small point of history:

The inference in the text is that Noel Browne was refused the Labour Party nomination in 1973.

I attended the Labour Party selection conference for Dublin South East constituency before the election in 1973. Fine Gael and Labour had already agreed to fight that election as the National Coalition. Noel Browne was in essence offered the opportunity to stand but refused, basically because he was unwilling to work with Fine Gael in any form after the Mother & Child saga. The selection conference then proceeded to nominate Ruairi Quinn as the candidate.

Mother and Child Scheme
The Mother and Child Scheme points to this article - it was a significant event in the history of the Republic of Ireland. I intend to demerge the material, from this article, and create an article in its own right. Any comments? Djegan 22:56, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Excellent idea. Palmiro | Talk 14:08, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Agree (Gnevin 16:15, 19 February 2006 (UTC))


 * Done. Djegan 00:01, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

Relationship with Catholic Church
He seems to have had overt problems with the Mother and Child Scheme. But other more minor events seems to suggest he was already in conflict with some of the sectarian requirements of the Catholic Church in Ireland. He attended Trinity College, Dublin which the Church generally prohibited at the time, and apparently attended the funeral of the first President of Ireland Douglas Hyde at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, again prohibited to Catholics. Was he excommunicated? Or just distrusted? --Henrygb 20:08, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Father a member of RIC
This article states that Browne's father was a member of the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC), but does not cite its authority. Seán McBride makes a similar assertion in his self-serving memoirs, and it is considered a smear. According to Senator David Norris ('Speaking Ill of the Dead', RTÉ Radio 1, 14th December 2006), who was a friend of Dr Browne, his father was in fact an inspector with the RSPCA who lost his job when he developed TB. It was this that led to the family's impoverishment and to Browne's determination to eradicate TB. Unless a better source can be provided, I think the entry should be edited. Kadugli 12:38, 10 August 2007 (UTC) I've corrected this item (it's NSPCC, not RSPCA or RIC), and made additional revisions to this section, drawing on material from Against The Tide JXM 15:17, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

Diabetes
This article made references about his criticism of a former colleague who ate cakes. It could may not have been known by browne that the minister had diabetes, as well as that criticism could be justified if that was the case as high sugar levels are can lead to nephrotpoxicity and liver damage in diabetics. Also diabetes mellitus is directly linked to obesity and poor diet and as a doctor his displeasure may be somewhat justified. I omitted this discussion about diabetes from the page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.1.229.15 (talk) 21:53, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Offer of presidential candidacy
This section lacks an appropriately neutral tone and comes across as subjective and anecdotal. The phrase "some left-wing member" requires clarification. If the person is known to the author then they should be named, if they cannot be named then suppositions should not be made (as to whether they are left-wing or right-wing), particularly when its sounds so dismissive. Also the sentence "he spent the remaining seven years of his life constantly criticising Robinson" is highly subjective. It may be based on anecdotal stories from the two books quoted as sources but nonetheless the tone is highly inappropriate. Links or references to news articles would also help add veracity to the claims made here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Frontier psychiatrist (talk • contribs) 02:11, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

New theory
The article says that Browne suffered from numerous attacks of TB. This was probably true, when he was young. It is possible that he benefited from Streptomycin, which became available widely in 1948 and later. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.27.157.20 (talk) 14:32, 20 March 2011 (UTC) Streptomycin has a reputation for causing ear damage, mentioned. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.27.157.20 (talk) 14:37, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

Ivor Browne
It is not clear if the two are related or not. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.139.116.7 (talk) 13:04, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

Birthplace
The first sentence of the Early life and career section gives his birthplace as Waterford, yet the Personal Details section of the infobox gives Dublin - is there a WP:RS that can clarify this? Autarch (talk) 01:11, 30 July 2015 (UTC)

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