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""Government Health Warning"" is just that: not a warning by the government but one to the government that it has been rumbled. This collection of cartoons features all the stars of the current health system: the beleaguered minister, Mary Harney; the computer system that never worked; the chaotic A&E departments where even trolleys are scarce; mercenary consultants and the sellers of health foods and alternative medicines that promise the earth - but cost the earth as well. Acutely observant, hilarious and, above all, true, the cartoons in this collection hold a mirror up to a central aspect of Irish life. The surprising thing is that so little has changed since Aongus Collins began this series of health cartoons in 2003.

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Aongus Collins comes from Cork. He has been a professional cartoonist and illustrator since 1986, working under both his own name and the signature, 'Scratch', including editorial cartoonist for the Evening Herald, the Star and the Sunday World. The cartoons in Government Health Warning were first seen in The Irish Times, for which he was produced a weekly health cartoon since 2003. Aongus Collins's work may also be seen regularly in the Sunday Tribune and the Irish Independent. He has illustrated many books, and written three of his own: The Legend of U2, 1990 (with Colin Kerr); The Legend of Charlie Haughey, 1988, with a new edition in 1998; and A History of Irish Sex and Morals, 2001.

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