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Sat 04 Apr 2007Health rifts widen as consultant posts to be advertised Tensions between the Government and thousands of health professionals, including nurses and doctors, were growing last night. Eithne Donnellan, Fiona Gartlandand Dr Muiris Houstonreport.The divisions deepened yesterday when Minister for Health Mary Harney told doctors face to face that she was going to advertise 50 new consultant posts next week on terms which have not been agreed with their unions.