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
316,000 could be eligible for paymentsFigures provided by the Health Service Executive to the Government indicate that up to 316,000 people may be eligible for compensation…Fri Mar 04 2005 - 00:00
Motorists who do not pay tolls face finesThe Government is planning to introduce legislation which will provide for motorists who drive through toll bridges without paying…Thu Mar 03 2005 - 00:00
Health service faces funding shortfall of €180mThe Health Service Executive is facing a shortfall of about €180 million in the level of State funding it believes is required…Mon Feb 28 2005 - 00:00
Consultants' group may defer strikeThere were growing indications last night that at least one of the main bodies representing hospital consultants is likely to…Sat Feb 26 2005 - 00:00
Restrictions on legal services unjustifiable, says FingletonThe quickest and most effective way to deliver reform of the legal profession would be for the Law Society, the Bar Council and…Fri Feb 25 2005 - 00:00
An Post says cost reductions insufficientThe management of An Post has indicated that its current application for an increase in the price of a stamp may be the last …Thu Feb 24 2005 - 00:00
Further legal move in organ retention controversyA woman whose child's organs were retained by a hospital without consent yesterday initiated a further stage in legal proceedings…Wed Feb 23 2005 - 00:00
Harney to shut down inquiry into organ retentionThe Government is to close down the Dunne inquiry into post-mortem practices in hospitals in less than six weeks' time.Tue Feb 22 2005 - 00:00
No tax breaks for primary care centresHealth strategy: The Government will not provide tax incentives to encourage the development of the planned network of primary…Tue Feb 22 2005 - 00:00
RTE in legal move on SF ArdfheisRTÉ is taking legal advice on whether it can provide live television coverage of the the Sinn Féin Ardfheis on Saturday, March…Mon Feb 21 2005 - 00:00
Health services told to shed 2,000 jobsThe Department of Health has told the Health Service Executive (HSE) that up to 2,000 jobs will have to be shed from the health…Mon Feb 21 2005 - 00:00
Drug's success means early end to blood pressure studyAround 500 Irish patients involved in an international study on blood pressure treatment are to be recalled after a monitoring…Sat Feb 19 2005 - 00:00
Inquiry into illegal charges to hear from MartinThe Minister for Enterprise and Employment, Mr Martin, is to give evidence next week to the official inquiry established into…Sat Feb 19 2005 - 00:00
Guidelines on PR consultant services brought inThe Government last night introduced new guidelines for Departments on hiring outside consultants, particularly in the area of…Fri Feb 18 2005 - 00:00
Reforms could free up 10% of Agriculture staffPublic Accounts Committee: Almost 10 per cent of the staffing complement of the Department of Agriculture could be freed up …Fri Feb 18 2005 - 00:00
Rabbitte denies leaking report on deal with religiousPublic Accounts Committee: The proceedings of the Dáil Public Accounts Committee (PAC) were delayed yesterday by a major argument…Fri Feb 18 2005 - 00:00
Government to spend €125m on improving rural water qualityThe Government is to invest €125 million to improve water quality in rural areas.Thu Feb 17 2005 - 00:00
'I handed over my pension book when I came here'One woman's story: Dubliner Maureen Gough says her pension book has been held by the health service authorities since she moved…Thu Feb 17 2005 - 00:00
Support for M3, says lobby groupA lobby group supporting the controversial M3 motorway, which will run near Tara, yesterday told a Dáil Committee that its surveys…Wed Feb 16 2005 - 00:00
Investigation into costs of storing e-vote machinesThe Minister for the Environment, Mr Roche, has asked his Department to carry out an examination into who has been granted contracts…Sat Feb 12 2005 - 00:00
Cost of machine storage highest in WaterfordThe State's bill for storing e-voting machines in Co Waterford is four times higher on average than anywhere else in the State…Fri Feb 11 2005 - 00:00
Secret Service fund open to all ministers, PAC toldAny Government minister can seek to draw funding from the Secret Service allocation as long as it is for information in relation…Fri Feb 11 2005 - 00:00
Surgery might have saved child's life, says reportThe official report into the hospital treatment of a two-year-old girl who died after her heart operation was postponed criticises…Thu Feb 10 2005 - 00:00
Fianna Fail TD criticises Minister over store size changeThe Minister for the Environment, Mr Roche, yesterday clashed with his Fianna Fáil colleague Mr Ned O'Keeffe over the introduction…Thu Feb 10 2005 - 00:00
Suspicions over GP, dental price-listsOfficial documents show that civil servants feared they had been "outfoxed" by the medical and dental professions in talks over…Wed Feb 09 2005 - 00:00
Illegal importation of medicines risingAround one-third of all prescription medicines illegally imported into Ireland are products dealing with sexual dysfunction, …Wed Feb 09 2005 - 00:00
VHI seeks to enter financial services sectorVHI Healthcare, the State-owned health insurance company, is asking the Government to grant it commercial freedom to diversify…Mon Feb 07 2005 - 00:00
Legal battle over site may delay plans for Ikea storePlans for the development of the country's first Ikea superstore in north Dublin could be delayed by major legal battle over …Mon Feb 07 2005 - 00:00
Nurses plan protests over A&ENurses are planning a series of lunchtime protests later this month at hospitals around the country to highlight continued overcrowding…Sat Feb 05 2005 - 00:00
Hospital consultants vote for industrial actionUp to 50,000 patients a week will be affected if planned nationwide industrial action by hospital consultants goes ahead from…Sat Feb 05 2005 - 00:00
No 'access to papers' if UK has something to hideThe British authorities have already released a lot of sensitive material under the 30-year rule, and we have to draw certain…Wed Feb 02 2005 - 00:00
Troops at Dail had orders to shoot - O'MalleyOn one occasion in 1972, the Fianna Fáil government stationed hundreds of armed troops at the rear of Leinster House, with orders…Wed Feb 02 2005 - 00:00
Mental hospital move criticisedThe Mental Health Commission, the State's statutory watchdog for psychiatric services, has expressed concern about the Government…Sat Jan 29 2005 - 00:00
File reopened on troop deaths in LebanonThe Minister for Defence, Mr O'Dea, has ordered a reopening of Government files into the murder of two Irish soldiers in Lebanon…Sat Jan 29 2005 - 00:00
10% claiming for back pain eligiblePublic Accounts Committee: Only about 10 per cent of people claiming disability benefit for lower back pain, investigated as…Fri Jan 28 2005 - 00:00
Success of Luas puts paid to 48 bus routeThe success of the Luas line to Sandyford in south Dublin has claimed its first commercial victim, with Dublin Bus set to abolish…Fri Jan 28 2005 - 00:00
Residents seek reassurances about security following announcementThe independent senator and former president of the Irish Congress of Trades Unions, Mr Joe O'Toole, who lives adjacent to the…Thu Jan 27 2005 - 00:00
Mountjoy and mental hospital may fetch €170mThe Government could generate up to €170 million by the sale of the Mountjoy Prison complex and the Central Mental Hospital in…Thu Jan 27 2005 - 00:00
Expert defends phone safety stanceThere was no valid scientific reason for the Department of Communications to warn against the use of mobile phones by children…Wed Jan 26 2005 - 00:00
Department does not share mobile phone concernsThe Department of Communications will tell an Oireachtas committee today that it does not share concerns expressed in a recent…Tue Jan 25 2005 - 00:00
Cullen urges speed limit consultationsThe Minister for Transport, Mr Cullen, has said local authorities should consult communities in their areas about speed limits…Sat Jan 22 2005 - 00:00
BUPA to increase charges by 6%More than 400,000 subscribers to BUPA Ireland are facing a 6 per cent increase in private health insurance charges from the beginning…Sat Jan 22 2005 - 00:00
