RTÉ’s Upfront with Katie Hannon fails to tackle serious subjects with the depth they need

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RTÉ’s Upfront with Katie Hannon fails to tackle serious subjects with the depth they need

On September 24 this year, the Sunday Independent’s Mark Tighe reported the concerns of Professor Donal O’Shea – the HSE’s national clinical lead for obesity and a consultant endocrinologist with the National Gender Service (NGS) – that treatment for young people who identify as transgender was being led by activists rather than qualified doctors and that this was “dangerous for patients”.