Initiative to move A&E patients into wardsPatients on hospital trolleys all over the country are to be moved into beds as part of a major initiative aimed at tackling …Sat Apr 30 2005 - 01:00
Gay people with disabilities suffer complex array of prejudices - reportAn estimated 30,000 people in the State with disabilities, who are also lesbian, gay or bisexual, are further disadvantaged because…Sat Apr 30 2005 - 01:00
O'Reilly criticises maternity hospital's attitude to FOI requestThe Information Commissioner, Emily O'Reilly has criticised the "unwarranted adversarial" attitude adopted by the National Maternity…Fri Apr 29 2005 - 01:00
McDowell did not advise on charges' legalityMinister for Justice Michael McDowell never provided legal advice while he was attorney general on the legality of charges for…Fri Apr 29 2005 - 01:00
Health chief warns on €200m savingThe interim chief executive of the Health Service Executive (HSE), Kevin Kelly, has confirmed that it will have to make savings…Fri Apr 29 2005 - 01:00
Advice on patients' accounts soughtThe Department of Health is to seek the advice of the Attorney General on how and when health authorities can levy charges or…Fri Apr 29 2005 - 01:00
Hospitals told to stop charging trolley patientsThe Health Service Executive is to instruct hospitals to stop levying daily in-patient charges on people on trolleys in accident…Fri Apr 29 2005 - 01:00
Group calls for end to €55 levy a day on patients on A&E trolleysHospital patient representatives are to ask the Government to abolish charges of €55 per day levied on patients who are spending…Thu Apr 28 2005 - 01:00
Martin advisers say they did not read legal briefSpecial advisers to former minister for health Micheál Martin have said that they did not read briefing material which contained…Thu Apr 28 2005 - 01:00
Conjoined Irish twins cannot have operationThe conjoined twins who were born at the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street, Dublin, on Monday remained in a critical…Wed Apr 27 2005 - 01:00
Martin's advisers face questioningThe Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children will today question special advisers to the former minister for health Micheál…Wed Apr 27 2005 - 01:00
Airport to use extra staff and channels to cut queuesThe Dublin Airport Authority has said additional staff and new security channels are to be introduced to tackle long queues at…Sat Apr 23 2005 - 01:00
Martin denies responsibility on chargesFormer minister for health Micheál Martin has said he bears no responsibility for the illegal nursing home charges controversy…Fri Apr 22 2005 - 01:00
Kelly insists he told Martin about nursing home chargesFormer secretary general of the Department of Health Micheal Kelly has insisted that he informed his then minister, Micheál Martin…Thu Apr 21 2005 - 01:00
'Nursing home' briefings cancelled, says KellyMichael Kelly, former secretary general of the Department of Health, has claimed that Minister for Health Mary Harney cancelled…Thu Apr 21 2005 - 01:00
Nursing home fees 'never raised with Martin'The former chief executive of the South Eastern Health Board has said that, while he raised "compelling" legal opinion indicating…Wed Apr 20 2005 - 01:00
Leinster Lawn expected to be restored during summer recessLeinster Lawn, the scenic green space at the rear of Leinster House on Merrion Street, Dublin, is to be restored in full by the…Tue Apr 19 2005 - 01:00
TDs to query key figures over illegal nursing home charges todayOpposition deputies will today launch a renewed effort to link former minister for health Micheál Martin to the illegal charging…Tue Apr 19 2005 - 01:00
Airport orders review as public face long waitDublin Airport Authority is to carry out an immediate review of its facilities and resources for processing passengers through…Mon Apr 18 2005 - 01:00
Passengers accept checks but want more informationPassengers affected by major delays at Dublin airport appeared philosophical about the enhanced security measures introduced …Mon Apr 18 2005 - 01:00
State fund challenge 'not looking good'A challenge brought by the Government against a decision by the European Commission to withhold millions of euro in European …Fri Apr 15 2005 - 01:00
Protest by security workers postponedA national protest planned for tomorrow by hundreds of workers in the cash-in-transit service has been postponed following an…Thu Apr 14 2005 - 01:00
Senior tourism figures warn of slump in walking, angling breaksTraditional activity holidays such as walking, angling and golfing are close to collapse, senior figures in the tourism industry…Thu Apr 14 2005 - 01:00
Travers defends charges reportBriefing material circulated to the former minister for health Micheál Martin in December 2003 contained a summary of legal opinion…Wed Apr 13 2005 - 01:00
Mater Private treats public A&E patientsPrivate option: Patients on trolleys in the A&E department at the Mater Hospital in Dublin awaiting a bed are being taken…Tue Apr 12 2005 - 01:00
FG to raise adviser's memo at hearing into illegal chargesFine Gael will today seek to reignite the row over nursing home charges by highlighting an internal Department of Health memo…Tue Apr 12 2005 - 01:00
Nurses begin protests over A&E conditionsOvercrowding in hospital accident and emergency departments is getting worse despite the announcement by the Minister for Health…Tue Apr 12 2005 - 01:00
Jobs cap a risk to patients, says HSEThe Health Service Executive privately warned the Department of Health six weeks ago that the Government's controversial cap …Fri Apr 08 2005 - 01:00
Job cuts among non-medical staff not enough, say consultantsHospital consultants have said that the 600 job cuts in the health service announced yesterday did not go far enough.Thu Apr 07 2005 - 01:00
Finance official to be new head of Department of HealthThe Government has appointed Michael Scanlan as secretary general of the Department of Health and Children.Thu Apr 07 2005 - 01:00
Banks say stoppage by security staff will be 'limited'The main banks have indicated that a planned one-day stoppage by staff operating cash-in-transit services this month should have…Thu Apr 07 2005 - 01:00
Shortlist for health job to go before CabinetAbout half a dozen senior civil servants are in the running for the post of secretary general of the Department of Health.Wed Apr 06 2005 - 01:00
O'Dea doubtful that McCartney killers will be brought to bookThe Minister for Defence has said he believes it is unlikely that anyone will ever be brought to book for the murder of Robert…Wed Apr 06 2005 - 01:00
Oireachtas members in ManilaEight members of the Oireachtas are in the Philippines capital Manila this week to attend the assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary…Tue Apr 05 2005 - 01:00
Brady presses Ahern for campaign funding inquiryThe former Fianna Fáil Lord Mayor of Dublin, Royston Brady, last night called on the Taoisseach to conduct an investigation into…Mon Apr 04 2005 - 01:00
Pharmacy reform proposals go to competition bodyMinister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Micheál Martin has referred new proposals for the regulation of pharmacists and…Mon Apr 04 2005 - 01:00
Irish pioneer sun method to disinfect waterA simple method of disinfecting contaminated water, which has been largely pioneered in Ireland, could save thousands of lives…Sat Apr 02 2005 - 01:00
Dunne report runs to 54 boxes of materialThe Dunne report on the retention of organs by hospitals runs to 54 boxes and will take considerable time to examine in detail…Sat Apr 02 2005 - 01:00
Organ report delay a pity, says HarneyMinister for Health Mary Harney said it was a great pity it took so long to produce the official report on the retention of organs…Fri Apr 01 2005 - 01:00
State register to aid inquiries into adoptionsThe State is to set up its first national register to assist contact between people who were adopted and their birth families…Thu Mar 31 2005 - 01:00
Harney to receive organ retention report todayMinister for Health Mary Harney will today receive the long-awaited report into the retention of children's organs by a number…Thu Mar 31 2005 - 01:00
Irish Red Cross worker tells of panic after tremorsINDONESIA: Over the last few weeks minor tremors had been felt in the Banda Aceh region of Indonesia, which was devastated three…Wed Mar 30 2005 - 01:00
Health centre stands idle for two years over internal wranglingBallymun facility: The controversial new health centre in Ballymun in Dublin remained unopened for two years because the Department…Tue Mar 15 2005 - 00:00
Report criticises dental care for disabledThe current system of dental care for people with disabilities is "often ad-hoc and unsatisfactory", the chairwoman of the National…Sat Mar 12 2005 - 00:00
VHI to set up minor-injury unitsThe VHI is to establish a new minor-injury service where fee-paying patients could receive many forms of emergency treatments…Sat Mar 12 2005 - 00:00
Health chief had uneasy relations with Harney from startThe civil servant and the Minister: Outgoing secretary general Michael Kelly had been the most senior civil servant in the Department…Thu Mar 10 2005 - 00:00
Travers report: what ministers for health knew and when1976: The Department of Health under the then minister, the late Brendan Corish, introduces regulations which allow health boards…Thu Mar 10 2005 - 00:00
33% of IBTS staff criticise managersAbout a third of staff at the Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) have concerns about how the organisation is being run, an…Mon Mar 07 2005 - 00:00
Travers to criticise senior officialsThe Travers report into illegal charges levied on patients in public nursing homes is expected to criticise officials in the …Mon Mar 07 2005 - 00:00
Parents given guidelines to reduce obesity in childrenThe sedentary lifestyle practised by many of today's children suggests that they may be in danger of developing obesity, writes…Sat Mar 05 2005 - 00:00
