e-metro.ie 22.02.2010 Ireland may be without a defence minister until April as Taoiseach Brian Cowen considers a Cabinet shake-up. After Willie ODeas resignation, the Taoiseach is believed to be deciding whether to wait until Easter for a wider reshuffle P4 news Cowen mulls his Cabinet options Several students have been suspended from an American school after the tragic death by suicide of Irish schoolgirl Phoebe Prince. The 15-year-old was bullied in the days before her death, and some students could be charged P5 news Suicide girl bullies suspended Roman Pavlyuchenko stepped out of the shadows to give Tottenhams Champions League push a shot in the arm at Wigan yesterday. The Russia striker came off the bench to score twice P24 sPORT Pav gives Spurs the edge Staff at a frozen food plant say they will join a colleague on hunger strike if bosses refuse to reinstate or compensate three sacked staff. Green Isle shop steward Jim Wyse began his protest last week P18 Business Hunger strike may step up Shamed golfer Tiger Woods and wife Elin Nordegren apparently jetted off together a day after his grovelling live TV apology. The estranged couple were spotted boarding a private jet for an unknown destination P7 news Woods and Elin jet off together No time? Watch a movie in just 60 seconds see P3 FG vows free GP visits for everyoneFINE Gael has proposed universal health insurance and free GP care for everyone. Launching its FairCare campaign yes- terday, the party also promised primary care units and an end to waiting lists. It claims the plan is the most radical change to the health system since its es- tablishment. Under Fine Gaels FairCare Plan eve- ry household will have access to free GP care, said Fine Gael health spokes- man Dr James Reilly. Irelands health system is now ranked 24th in Europe in value for money. Ire- land can do better. Fine Gael will give Ireland the health service that we de- serve within five years. Leader Enda Kenny said the plan was based on the best elements of the world renowned health system in the Nether- lands, as well as the hugely successful system in Northern Ireland which elim- inated hospital waiting lists through the establishment of special Service Delivery Units that rigorously managed waiting times and bed allocations in hospitals. This model delivers universal health insurance for all, which means that Fair- Care eliminates the two-tier system of health that we have at the moment and makes the patient the central focus of the health service, not the bureaucracy and the infrastructure as often seems the case today, Mr Kenny said. He claimed the plan could be deliv- ered within existing budgets, in the par- tys first term if elected to government. In Holland, they spend less per head of population on their health service than we do but achieve more. If it works for the Dutch, it can and will work for us, he added. Dr Reilly said the plan would intro- duce a money-follows-the-patient budgeting system, which would see hospitals paid depending on how many patients they treat. Patients will no longer be seen as costs to the health service, but as a valuable resource, he said. The primary care facilities would give patients access to X-ray, ultrasound and endoscopy, as well as free treatment by GPs and other healthcare professionals. By Ross McDonagh Jonathan Rhys Meyers and girlfriend Reena Hammer at last nights glitzy Baftas ceremony in London. Irish actress Saoirse Ronan missed out on the best actress Bafta after scooping best actress at the Iftas in Dublin on Saturday P8 Picture: Getty Lights, camera, pout index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html