Timeline2006 February Report by consultants McKinsey recommends a single world-class tertiary paediatric centre amalgamating three existing…Wed Nov 07 2012 - 00:00
Reilly declines to say how much new hospital will costMinister for Health James Reilly has declined to say how much the new national children’s hospital to be built at St James’s …Wed Nov 07 2012 - 00:00
Warning over social downsides of frackingIreland needs to guard against the “boomtown effect” of a go-ahead for large-scale fracking, according to the Canada-based Irish…Tue Nov 06 2012 - 00:00
Hospital to miss 2016 timescaleMinister for Health James Reilly has said he is to bring a recommendation to Cabinet tomorrow on the location of the new national…Mon Nov 05 2012 - 00:00
Moving children's hospital site could cost €140mCompletion of the new national children’s hospital will be delayed by at least 2½ years if the Mater is not chosen as the location…Mon Nov 05 2012 - 00:00
Hospital plan to link Coombe to St James'sA PROPOSAL to build the new national children’s hospital adjacent to the Coombe women’s hospital in Dublin but under the aegis…Sat Nov 03 2012 - 00:00
Inner-city hospital could scare children, say Connolly backersCHILDREN COULD be frightened by attending the planned national children’s hospital if it is located in Dublin’s inner city, according…Sat Nov 03 2012 - 00:00
Good health depends on class, gender and locationTHE BEST way to be in a state of good health is to be a wealthy married woman living in a city suburb, to judge from the latest…Fri Nov 02 2012 - 00:00
Resources, not new laws, needed in mental healthANALYSIS: Mental health workers are critical of levels of awareness and the resources availableThu Nov 01 2012 - 00:00
Failure of Mater site would mean €50m waste of public fundsSUCCESSIVE GOVERNMENTS have spent almost €50 million developing a children’s hospital at the Mater site in Dublin, which is now…Thu Nov 01 2012 - 00:00
Reilly under fire for unanswered Dáil questionMinister for Health James Reilly has again been taken to task by the Ceann Comhairle for failing to answer a Dáil question about…Tue Oct 30 2012 - 00:00
Premiums at VHI could rise by 45%, says health insurerVHI PREMIUMS could rise by up to 45 per cent next year unless the company is allowed to phase in proposed new charges, the State…Mon Oct 29 2012 - 00:00
Minister favours St James's site for hospitalMINISTER FOR Health James Reilly will propose St James’s hospital as the location for the new national children’s hospital at…Sat Oct 27 2012 - 01:00
Saving lives, losing respect: how 'consultant' became a dirty wordTheir work is demanding and unforgiving, but medical consultants are routinely characterised as arrogant, overpaid and greedy…Sat Oct 27 2012 - 01:00
Closure of over 1,200 public nursing home beds criticisedABOUT 1,200 beds in public nursing homes have been closed since the Government came to power, according to new figures supplied…Sat Oct 27 2012 - 01:00
Reilly called to explain age limit for allowanceMINISTER FOR Health James Reilly will be called before an Oireachtas committee next month to explain his department’s failure…Fri Oct 26 2012 - 01:00
Reilly met Nama on primary care locationsMINISTER FOR Health James Reilly and his officials met the National Asset Management Agency last April to discuss locations for…Fri Oct 26 2012 - 01:00
Ageing population a challenge for servicesIRELAND’S AGEING population presents a massive challenge for governments North and South, with an additional 45,000 older people…Thu Oct 25 2012 - 01:00
Call for children's site to be near maternity hospitalCONSULTANT MEDICAL staff at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin have called on Minister for Health James Reilly to ensure …Thu Oct 25 2012 - 01:00
Disability age limit illegal - O'ReillyMINISTER FOR Health James Reilly is breaking the law and rejecting international human rights principles by failing to remove…Thu Oct 25 2012 - 01:00
Free care to non-Hep C Anti-D women deniedTHE MINISTER for Health has rejected a request to extend entitlement to special medical services to women who received contaminated…Tue Oct 23 2012 - 01:00
Why can't we just give, and let live?The dearth of organ donations is reaching a crisis point in Europe, but what can be done to improve the situation?Tue Oct 23 2012 - 01:00
VHI prices to increase next monthVHI HEALTHCARE is increasing its prices by up to 3 per cent next month, the fourth price rise in two years.Mon Oct 22 2012 - 01:00
Board orders spending review at homecare firmBOARD MEMBERS at one of the State’s largest providers of home help have ordered an investigation into allegations of financial…Mon Oct 22 2012 - 01:00
Colleges back site at Connolly for hospitalTHE HEADS of Dublin City University, NUI Maynooth and the Royal College of Surgeons have formally given their support to Connolly…Sat Oct 20 2012 - 01:00
Bill envisages healthier paying more for their health insuranceHEALTHIER PEOPLE face paying more for their health insurance as a result of new legislation to regulate the market.Fri Oct 19 2012 - 01:00
Law may target abuse of legally prescribed drugs, conference hearsTHE DEPARTMENT of Health is considering legislative changes to limit the prescribing of legal drugs that are increasingly being…Fri Oct 19 2012 - 01:00
Minister fails to meet nine-month waiting list targetMINISTER FOR Health James Reilly has failed to hit a self-imposed target of having no patient wait longer than nine months for…Fri Oct 19 2012 - 01:00
Campaign for No vote in children's referendumA GROUP established to advocate a No vote in the forthcoming referendum on the rights of children says it shares a common belief…Thu Oct 18 2012 - 01:00
Private hospital users to pay higher health insuranceHEALTH INSURANCE subscribers will have to pay more for procedures in private hospitals and semi-private rooms in public hospitals…Thu Oct 18 2012 - 01:00
London hospital ex-chief warns over siting of children's facilityA FORMER medical director of Great Ormond Street children’s hospital in London has warned the Government against siting the new…Wed Oct 17 2012 - 01:00
Reilly hails health insurance dealPrivate insurers are to make a €125 million advance payment to the HSE to help offset the cost of overruns in the health service…Wed Oct 17 2012 - 01:00
Gilmore calls for Yes in referendumLabour leader Eamon Gilmore has called on voters to make “a quiet, dignified statement” by voting Yes in the forthcoming referendum…Wed Oct 17 2012 - 01:00
Price cuts on medicines will reduce State bill by €400mTHE COST of hundreds of commonly used medicines will drop by an average of 10 per cent as a result of the agreement reached by…Tue Oct 16 2012 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryJOURNALISTS lust after datelines from faraway places like children used to collect colourful stampsTue Oct 16 2012 - 01:00
Savings of €16m on drugs expected before year endTHE DEAL to cut the State’s drugs bill by up to €400 million over the next three years is expected to yield savings of €16 million…Tue Oct 16 2012 - 01:00
Mental health services need regulation, conference toldCOUNSELLING AND psychotherapy services in Ireland urgently need to be regulated in the manner of other professions, a conference…Fri Oct 12 2012 - 01:00
Reilly failed to answer Dáil questionMINISTER FOR Health James Reilly failed to answer a Dáil question about the controversial primary care centres he announced earlier…Thu Oct 11 2012 - 01:00
Concern expressed over alleged abuse by gardaíAN OFFICIAL report has expressed concern about a serious allegation of mistreatment by gardaí during the return of a young person…Thu Oct 11 2012 - 01:00
Reilly defends health officialsMinister for Health James Reilly has defended his senior officials after they were accused of “stonewalling” at the Dáil Public…Wed Oct 10 2012 - 01:00
Hogan denies he lobbied for centresMINISTER FOR Environment Phil Hogan has denied lobbying Dr James Reilly on primary care centres, despite records showing they…Mon Oct 08 2012 - 01:00
Consultants warn Reilly over children's hospital siteMINISTER FOR Health James Reilly is on a collision course with medical specialists over the expected selection of Connolly Hospital…Mon Oct 08 2012 - 01:00
Two women die in Caesarean childbirth in Coombe hospitalTWO MOTHERS died in childbirth in the Coombe women’s hospital in Dublin last week within 48 hours of each other.Sat Oct 06 2012 - 01:00
FF figure leads group tipped to win Swords care centre contractTHE GROUP tipped to win the contract to build a controversial primary care centre in Minister for Health James Reilly’s constituency…Sat Oct 06 2012 - 01:00
Children's hospital site now a 'political decision'THE LOCATION of the new national children’s hospital is becoming a political decision rather than a medical one, the master of…Fri Oct 05 2012 - 01:00
Assurances on criteria ease pressure on Reilly but Labour disquiet remainsTHE PRESSURE on Minister for Health James Reilly eased yesterday for the first time in weeks after the Tánaiste accepted his …Fri Oct 05 2012 - 01:00
Swords site linked to Reilly offered to HSESALE OFFER: THE HEALTH Service Executive has been approached by agents selling a site part-owned by Minister for Health James…Thu Oct 04 2012 - 01:00
Reilly denies impropriety in site selectionCARE CENTRE: MINISTER FOR Health James Reilly has rejected any suggestion of impropriety in the selection of a site for a new…Thu Oct 04 2012 - 01:00
Reilly under pressure after day of controversy in DáilMINISTER FOR Health James Reilly remained under pressure last night after a day of further controversy and calls for his resignation…Thu Oct 04 2012 - 01:00
