BreastCheck unit in Cork received three solicitors’ letters in recent weeksLawyers criticise comments by breast screening chief over spiralling legal costsSat May 26 2018 - 01:00
State Claims Agency disputes CervicalCheck version of eventsAgency tells Dáil committee CervicalCheck ‘assertion does not accord with the facts’Fri May 25 2018 - 01:30
Bus Éireann staff to receive pay reviewManagement at transport firm agrees to carry out salary assessment for employeesThu May 24 2018 - 21:56
Government seeks to reassure women over BreastCheck’s futureProgramme has saved lives, is performing well and will continue to do so, says CoveneyThu May 24 2018 - 19:52
Teachers protest over two-tier pay system in schoolsDepartment estimates it would cost €200m to end two-tier pay structure that affects 60,000Thu May 24 2018 - 17:58
Rising legal costs could shut BreastCheck serviceGovernment-funded scheme receives 15 letters from solicitors in the past two weeksThu May 24 2018 - 01:00
Expert says decision to outsource smear test analysis shortshightedDr Irene Regan says Irish labs tendered for service scored well expect for costWed May 23 2018 - 11:23
HSE had ‘no interest’ in developing Irish cytology screeningScientist association says HSE was warned of overseas smear testing dangers 10 years agoTue May 22 2018 - 20:39
Shane Ross: profit-sharing in transport industry would ease unrestScheme would not put State-owned companies on road to privatisation, says MinisterMon May 21 2018 - 20:35
Healy Rae or McGrath will not stop public transport plan reforms- RossTalks convened by Shane Ross with unions and authorities are under wayMon May 21 2018 - 11:29
Healthcare could be damaged by cervical blame gameRCSI chief says: ‘I think we should be more circumspect... my fear is a hyper-response’Mon May 21 2018 - 01:10
HSE chief says people will be held to account over CervicalCheck scandalInterim head of HSE apologises to women affected by smear test controversyWed May 16 2018 - 11:01
CervicalCheck: Ministers ‘not informed of delays in telling women’Tony Holahan insists Department of Health decision not to escalate ‘reasonable’Wed May 16 2018 - 10:46
Unions call for delay to new work permits for agri-business sectorIctu fears impact of scheme on existing pay and conditionsWed May 16 2018 - 10:01
15 years of chopping and changing of Health structuresSimon Harris’s proposals are just the latest in a never-ending series of reformsWed May 16 2018 - 01:00
Government likely to move to appoint HSE chairperson-designate under new reformsScally warns of ‘fevered atmosphere’ around cervical screening controversyTue May 15 2018 - 19:52
Average pay for Section 39 staff cut by 4.6% after crash, audit findsRestoration of pay to workers in voluntary bodies could cost €67.8m, HSE estimatesTue May 15 2018 - 16:38
HSE structural reform to be considered by CabinetBoard restoration and management review to be part of plan to rebuild public confidenceTue May 15 2018 - 01:00
Senior officials told women would get audit results – HSEInterim HSE chief says top management not told of row between doctors and CervicalCheckTue May 15 2018 - 00:18
Siptu says it will resist any moves to change terms of public service pay dealVaradkar had suggested money for pay rises could be used to tackle lower pay for newer entrantsMon May 14 2018 - 18:38
Over 4,000 CervicalCheck callers seeking call-back still waitingCalls returned after check on records, data quality, and linking with health professionals – HSESat May 12 2018 - 10:01
Screening crisis brings O’Brien’s long goodbye to abrupt endHSE director-general’s final months in office marred by multiple controveriesSat May 12 2018 - 06:00
Varadkar: ‘Nobody immune from being held to account’Further accountability needed in cervical screening crisis, says GovernmentSat May 12 2018 - 01:00
Varadkar: ‘Government determined to find all cancer facts’Taoiseach says State will be on side of women in legal actions and take on outstanding casesSat May 12 2018 - 00:55
Taoiseach apologises to women affected by CervicalCheck controversyEmma Mhic Mhathúna says measures announced for affected women are ‘welcome’ but ‘not enough’Fri May 11 2018 - 20:23
Omissions in memos of any priority to tell women of cervical test resultsEmphasis seems to be to shore up confidence in cervical screening programmeFri May 11 2018 - 01:00
Cervical cancer campaigners welcome resignation of Tony O’BrienVicky Phelan and Emma Mhic Mhatúna express satisfaction at HSE chief’s exitFri May 11 2018 - 01:00
HSE chief Tony O’Brien stepping down as cancer scandal worsensMemo warning of negative media fallout from cervical cancer patients described as ‘game-changer’ by Government MinisterThu May 10 2018 - 22:21
Briefing memo on cervical audits ‘devastating’, ‘damning’Documents given to members during dramatic six-hour committee hearingThu May 10 2018 - 21:26
O’Brien told in 2016 audit results were to be given to patientsO’Brien said he was informed audits had not thrown up concerns in relation to qualityThu May 10 2018 - 13:05
Women who got false cancer results may still face court casesState agency says it cannot accept liability for smear tests carried out by US laboratoriesWed May 09 2018 - 01:00
HSE interim director general to be appointed by July 1stTemporary Tony O’Brien successor likely to be one of three HSE senior executivesWed May 09 2018 - 01:00
Government split on issue of seeking Tony O’Brien’s resignationThree Ministers call for HSE head to step down in relation to accountability for errorsWed May 09 2018 - 01:00
Doherty: Tony O’Brien should ‘absolutely’ stay in positionHSE director general should work ‘day in, day out’ to get accountability, Minister saysTue May 08 2018 - 11:48
Siptu warns of ‘imminent’ national strike in State-funded health servicesDispute centres on lack of pay restoration for staff in Section 39 bodiesTue May 08 2018 - 01:00
Cervical screening inquiry to look into outsourcing to US labsInvestigation will also examine how much HSE knew about audit-disclosure failuresTue May 08 2018 - 00:18
TUI may face hefty financial settlement over ‘poaching’ claimsTeachers’ Union of Ireland told it should pay ASTI to make up for loss of membersMon May 07 2018 - 00:00
Fianna Fáil to decide on no confidence motion in HSE chiefTony O’Brien to step down at beginning of July due to accumulated leaveSun May 06 2018 - 20:08
Head of HSE to leave post on July 1st, Government Minister confirmsTony O’Brien had been due to go at end of July but is taking ‘accumulated leave’Sun May 06 2018 - 13:30
Tony O’Brien approved for US role on basis firm not engaged with HSESimon Harris said he would review consent for HSE director general if conflict of interestSat May 05 2018 - 01:00
GPs to provide repeat smear tests free of chargeMultimillion euro agreement follows ‘horrific week’ for women in IrelandSat May 05 2018 - 01:00
Now 209 women affected by cervical cancer scandalPolitical support drains away from HSE director general Tony O’BrienFri May 04 2018 - 21:55
Tánaiste declines to express support for Tony O’BrienPosition of HSE boss described as ‘tenuous’ as he takes temporary leave from US companyFri May 04 2018 - 00:41
DAA staff in line for 8.5% pay rise over four yearsSiptu staff to ballot on proposal which also allows for discussion on future profit sharing arrangementsThu May 03 2018 - 16:26
HSE chief Tony O’Brien to take leave of absence from US boardSinn Féin demands accountability from director general before he walks ‘off into the sunset’Thu May 03 2018 - 11:57
Inquiry into CervicalCheck scandal to report by June‘Scoping exercise’ before Government decides on commission of investigationThu May 03 2018 - 01:00
HSE’s Tony O’Brien declines to step down over CervicalCheck controversyOutgoing head of health service says he will spend remaining time in job addressing failingsWed May 02 2018 - 16:42
Minister allowed O’Brien to join US firm while running HSEO’Brien received ‘written consent’ to take up role months before finishing at HSEWed May 02 2018 - 03:00
More than 1,500 cervical cancer cases were not auditedRevelation raises prospect hundreds more women could find smear tests were misreadTue May 01 2018 - 23:37
‘Considerable number of cases’ not covered by CervicalCheck auditHarris tells Dáil many smear tests not included in sample which revealed 208 false negativesTue May 01 2018 - 19:55
