Airline to improve complaints systemAer Lingus is to revamp its procedures for dealing with complaints from passengers after acknowledging that its current system…Wed Mar 22 2006 - 00:00
Donegal detective admits mistreating womenMorris tribunal: A Co Donegal detective garda has told the Morris tribunal that two women arrested as part of the investigation…Wed Mar 22 2006 - 00:00
VHI prices to rise despite any change to risk equalisationGovernment report: The Government's new report on the private health insurance sector indicates that whatever happens in the…Tue Mar 21 2006 - 00:00
State paid €840,000 legal costs in negligence casePublic accounts: The State has paid out €840,000 in recent weeks to meet the legal costs of a child born with cerebral palsy…Tue Mar 21 2006 - 00:00
Contract talks to resume next monthConsultants: Talks between health service management and medical organisations on a new contract for hospital consultants could…Tue Mar 21 2006 - 00:00
Consultants criticise HSE over €56mThe Irish Hospital Consultants' Association has criticised the board of the Health Service Executive (HSE) over the controversy…Mon Mar 20 2006 - 00:00
Wait for orthodontic care 'not acceptable'The chief executive of the Health Service Executive Prof Brendan Drumm has said that it is unacceptable that children have to…Mon Mar 20 2006 - 00:00
Finance wanted HSE checked by accountantsThe Department of Finance wanted a team of outside accountants brought into the Health Service Executive (HSE) last January to…Sat Mar 18 2006 - 00:00
Family offers reward to recover bodyThe family of the Dublin schoolgirl who fell from a cruise ship off the coast of Mexico in January is to offer a $250,000 (€205…Sat Mar 18 2006 - 00:00
Carlow CPO of house, surgery to be challengedA Co Carlow eye specialist says she will stage a sit-in at her house and surgery next week to prevent it from being taken over…Sat Mar 18 2006 - 00:00
FoI needs more scope - O'ReillyThe Information Commissioner has said she disagrees with the recommendation in the recent report on Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital…Fri Mar 17 2006 - 00:00
VHI customers may face 50% rise over three yearsThe country's 1.5 million VHI subscribers are facing price increases of nearly 50 per cent over the next three years, according…Wed Mar 15 2006 - 00:00
STAMPED OUT: postcard errorAn Post had to withdraw one of its series of St Patrick's Day postcards after it emerged that the Tricolour was printed back-…Wed Mar 15 2006 - 00:00
A&E needs major reforms to cut delays - reportHospital service: A consultants report for the Government and senior health service management on problems in accident and emergency…Tue Mar 14 2006 - 00:00
Harney criticises Tallaght hospital over A&EMinister for Health Mary Harney has criticised Tallaght hospital in Dublin for its handling of accident and emergency services…Sat Mar 11 2006 - 00:00
Ethical dilemma faces pensions fundThe National Pensions Reserve Fund wants to join an international grouping which would seek to eliminate "unethical investments…Fri Mar 10 2006 - 00:00
Figures show fewer patients on trolleysThere was a significant drop yesterday in the number of patients on trolleys in hospital accident and emergency departments.Fri Mar 10 2006 - 00:00
State urged to invest in improving road standardsBetween 1 per cent and 3 per cent of GDP globally is lost through motor accidents, and the Irish Exchequer would receive a significant…Wed Mar 08 2006 - 00:00
'Culture of speeding' contributes to collisionsNew research has found that there is a sub-culture of young people in Border counties who engage in high-risk driving and who…Wed Mar 08 2006 - 00:00
Radiotherapy network to cost €480mInvestment: The Government's planned investment programme to develop a nationwide network of radiotherapy facilities will cost…Tue Mar 07 2006 - 00:00
Older consultants may be exempt from 24-hour serviceHealthcare reforms: The Tánaiste and Minister for Health, Mary Harney, has suggested that older hospital consultants be excluded…Tue Mar 07 2006 - 00:00
Harney may set up hospitals inspectorateOperational review: The Tánaiste and Minister for Health Mary Harney has told the Medical Council that the Government is considering…Tue Mar 07 2006 - 00:00
Six tenders received for €500m children's hospitalFive of the main adult teaching hospitals in Dublin have made submissions to be considered as the site for the new national children…Mon Mar 06 2006 - 00:00
Claim that garda gave information to IRA is 'monstrous lie', inquiry toldCounsel for a retired Garda detective sergeant has described as a "monstrous lie" claims by a leading unionist politician that…Sat Mar 04 2006 - 00:00
Collusion will be studied 'in broadest sense'The chairman of the new tribunal of inquiry which is to examine whether there was collusion by gardaí in the murder of two senior…Sat Mar 04 2006 - 00:00
Tribunal opens into fatal shooting of RUC menA new tribunal of inquiry to investigate whether there was collusion between members of the Garda or other State employees in…Fri Mar 03 2006 - 00:00
Call for law to compel doctors report concerns about colleaguesThe president of the Medical Council has called on the Government to introduce legislation to make doctors legally obliged to…Fri Mar 03 2006 - 00:00
€115m owed in welfare over-paymentsPublic Accounts Committee: There is €115 million outstanding in over-payments which were made to social welfare recipients, …Fri Mar 03 2006 - 00:00
40% support tax rise to pay for elderly careAbout 40 per cent of people are in favour, in principle, of increased taxation or higher PRSI contributions to meet the cost …Thu Mar 02 2006 - 00:00
Baby boom as registered births increase by 25%The State is experiencing a baby boom, with the number of births registered over the summer period last year up by nearly 25 …Thu Mar 02 2006 - 00:00
Hospital issues apology to the womenOur Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda last night issued an apology to the women affected by Caesarean hysterectomies carried…Wed Mar 01 2006 - 00:00
Doctor with 'deep fault line' which was never correctedThe report of Judge Maureen Harding Clark maintains that Michael Neary was not an evil man or a bad doctorWed Mar 01 2006 - 00:00
Neary inadequately supervised, report findsThe report on the high level of peripartum hysterectomies carried out at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda says that the…Wed Mar 01 2006 - 00:00
Report: main recommendationsThe report of the Inquiry into the high level of peripartum hysterectomies at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital has recommended that…Wed Mar 01 2006 - 00:00
HSE to be updated on consultant contract talksProgress report: The board of the Health Service Executive will hear a presentation on Thursday from its senior negotiators …Tue Feb 28 2006 - 00:00
Capital funding used to pay for deficitsHSE finances: The board of the Health Service Executive (HSE) was informed in a series of financial reports late last year and…Tue Feb 28 2006 - 00:00
Draft GP contract promised by mid-AprilPrimary care: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has said it will have a new draft contract for general practitioners for the…Tue Feb 28 2006 - 00:00
New rules would restrict visiting hours at hospitalsInfection control: The Health Service Executive (HSE) is to recommend to hospitals that visitors should only be allowed in to…Tue Feb 28 2006 - 00:00
NEC tells unions decision to close plant is finalJapanese electronics giant NEC yesterday told an Irish delegation, including Minister for Communications Noel Dempsey and officials…Fri Feb 24 2006 - 00:00
Service concerns for those with disabilitiesA report on the experiences of independent living by Irish people with disabilities has revealed concerns about a lack of uniformity…Thu Feb 23 2006 - 00:00
O Cuiv defends law on translatingMinister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs Éamon Ó Cuív has said he doubted anyone was suggesting that local authorities…Thu Feb 23 2006 - 00:00
Regions receive €5m in new marketing pushThree new 'super regions' created, with emphasis on promoting rural tourismWed Feb 22 2006 - 00:00
State urged to manage nursing refundsThe Opposition has called on the Government to manage the nursing home repayment scheme from within the public sector rather …Sat Feb 11 2006 - 00:00
Nursing home owners want legislation updatedThe operators of private nursing homes have called on the Government to introduce legislation which would set down minimum standards…Fri Feb 10 2006 - 00:00
HSE contracts decision infuriates consultantsTalks between hospital consultants and health service management on a new contract were adjourned yesterday following an acrimonious…Fri Feb 10 2006 - 00:00
Mobile firms are liable in any Garda phone mast casesMobile phone companies using masts on Garda stations or other public buildings will have to meet the costs of any compensation…Fri Feb 10 2006 - 00:00
FF deputy proposes review of risk equalisation schemeThe Fianna Fáil chairman of the Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children, John Maloney TD, has proposed that the Government…Wed Feb 08 2006 - 00:00
Fury over HSE decision to end contractConsultant talks : Talks between the Government and hospital consultants on a new contract are ready to boil over in the wake…Tue Feb 07 2006 - 00:00
Group calls for screening from mastsA group which represents people who maintain that their health has been affected by mobile phone masts yesterday called for measures…Fri Feb 03 2006 - 00:00
Opening of hospital wing to be delayed further for redesignThe completion of a new hospital development in the midlands, which has been lying idle for eight years, is now facing further…Fri Feb 03 2006 - 00:00
