Stephen Donnelly admits he paid €100 fine for late RTB registrationMinister defends Dáil lobbying for ‘accidental landlords’ such as himselfThu Sept 01 2022 - 11:33
Routine screening for pregnancy complication ‘could prevent 25 baby deaths a year’, Minister toldCall for Minister for Health to introduce 20-weeks screening of pregnancy women for vasa previaWed Aug 24 2022 - 02:00
Insufficient vitamin D linked to fourfold increase in risk of death among Covid-19 patientsIrish researchers find unvaccinated patients with low vitamin D levels are more likely to suffer severe disease and deathFri Aug 19 2022 - 15:31
50 new consultants to be appointed to emergency departments to tackle trolley crisisStephen Donnelly tells HSE to fast-track appointments as part of winter planFri Aug 19 2022 - 01:00
Hospital EDs need more senior decision-makers to relieve blockagesAnalysis: Major changes are needed, particularly at the worst-affected hospitalsFri Aug 19 2022 - 01:00
Covid-19: HSE offering second booster vaccine to over-55sPregnant women also being invited to book vaccine, while people aged 50 to 54 will be offered their booster from next weekThu Aug 18 2022 - 19:00
Government sets up expert group on monkeypox responseState currently has vaccines to treat only 10 per cent of estimated 6,000 to 6,500 people identified as at riskThu Aug 18 2022 - 14:27
More than 110,000 children on waiting lists for therapies and disability services, figures showNumber of children on all forms of public health waiting lists reaches 220,000Thu Aug 18 2022 - 06:00
Proportion of Covid-19 cases in hospital caused by virus falls to lowest everAll the main indicators for coronavirus continue to show current wave of the pandemic abatingWed Aug 17 2022 - 17:52
Hundreds at high risk of monkeypox to be offered vaccineHSE says 6,000 people are at heightened risk of virus but initial phase of vaccine rollout will cover only 600Wed Aug 17 2022 - 17:49
At least one other condition contributed to 97% of Covid-related deaths in Ireland - CSODiseases of the respiratory system were most common additional factor with Covid listed as sole cause on just 3 per cent of death certificatesTue Aug 16 2022 - 12:42
More than 12 health staff assaulted every day as patients ‘vent frustration’ over delaysINMO calls for ‘zero-tolerance’ approach to issue as HSE logs 7,307 physical, verbal or sexual assaults on staff over a 19-month periodTue Aug 16 2022 - 05:00
Working group appointed to review planned changes at Navan hospitalPlan to divert ICU capacity to Drogheda hospital shelved until impact on other services in the region assessedTue Aug 16 2022 - 03:00
HSE chief Paul Reid to leave post in early OctoberChief financial officer Stephen Mulvany to become acting CEO until successor appointedTue Aug 16 2022 - 01:00
Abysmal performance figures for ambulance service the result of Covid-19 pandemic and rising demandBarely one-quarter of ambulances are turned around for new patients within the target time of 30 minutesMon Aug 15 2022 - 19:00
Galway scientists develop system for removing clots from stroke patients in 20 minutesNUIG team obtain patents for invention, which could transform surgery, reduce risk and slash recovery timesMon Aug 15 2022 - 02:00
Patients waiting over 16 months on average for hospital consultation and operation, study findsLetterkenny University Hospital has longest average wait times in the State, Irish Patients’ Association saysMon Aug 15 2022 - 00:01
Minister to meet doctors over Tavistock clinic concernsDoctors express concern over HSE’s decision to continue referrals to UK clinic despite criticisms in official reportSun Aug 14 2022 - 17:41
Covid-19 antiviral to be made available to most older patientsJust 647 Irish patients have used Paxlovid, taken by US president Joe Biden when he caught the virus last monthSat Aug 13 2022 - 02:00
Withdrawal of baby developmental checks ‘hugely concerning’, psychologists sayHSE switches to prioritisation system in some areas due to difficulties recruiting public health nursesFri Aug 12 2022 - 16:38
Number of Covid-19 outbreaks doubles in nursing homes but falls in hospitalsHealth Protection Surveillance Centre says counties Louth, Sligo and Kerry had highest rates of confirmed cases last weekThu Aug 11 2022 - 23:30
Mystery child hepatitis: One death and two liver transplants reported out of 25 casesAnalysis shows adenovirus figured in half of cases identified since March, while 70% had Covid-19 antibodiesWed Aug 10 2022 - 17:57
Three-quarters of Irish population have had Covid-19, study findsBlood sampling shows 100 per cent have antibodies from infection or vaccination, according to HPSCWed Aug 10 2022 - 11:07
Hundreds of children left without orthodontic treatment, HSE report findsHSE report reveals hundreds of children left without orthodontic treatment for yearsTue Aug 09 2022 - 02:47
Irish climber dies in fall on MatterhornAnthony Ryan (51) died ‘doing exactly what he loved’, brother saysMon Aug 08 2022 - 21:35
Covid: People should meet outdoors where possible to limit risk, interim CMO saysProf Breda Smyth says there is a significant but falling number of virus cases in hospitalMon Aug 08 2022 - 19:25
Funeral of child (4) who died in Sligo caravan park to take place on MondayAlice Kitty Dunleavy, from Ballina, Co Mayo, was hit by a car in the caravan park on FridaySun Aug 07 2022 - 21:56
HSE apologies for payroll issues that delayed payments to trainee doctorsFailure to pay non-consultant hospital doctors correctly is ‘exacerbating’ ongoing industrial relations dispute, IMO warnsSun Aug 07 2022 - 20:50
Call for end to ‘social welfare trap’ affecting home carersAlmost 5,000 people are approved for home care but waiting for a home care worker to be foundSun Aug 07 2022 - 14:15
Child maltreatment concerns raised by hospitals fell during Covid-19 pandemic, according to study Anxieties raised were more complex and involved a greater proportion of physical and emotional abuseSat Aug 06 2022 - 05:00
Ten monkeypox patients require hospitalisation, HSE saysAll cases detected in Ireland so far are male with two-thirds of them in DublinFri Aug 05 2022 - 16:22
Long Covid symptoms develop in one in eight patients, study findsCore symptoms identified include chest pain, tiredness and loss of taste and smellThu Aug 04 2022 - 23:30
Monkeypox cases in Ireland rise to 97 as pressure mounts on Donnelly over vaccination programmeSocial Democrats accuse Minister of ‘worrying lack of urgency’ on starting vaccinations for at-risk groupsThu Aug 04 2022 - 14:56
Covid-19: Nine out of 10 deaths among over-65s, CSO data findsNumber of virus outbreaks and hospitalisations continue to fall, according to HSPC reportThu Aug 04 2022 - 13:41
One-third blame Covid-19 measures for state of economy, survey suggestsHigh willingness to follow public health measures next winter identified in ESRI researchThu Aug 04 2022 - 05:00
Tallaght hospital warns of long delays in emergency department as all beds occupiedHospital activates full capacity protocol in response to high attendancesWed Aug 03 2022 - 12:40
Inability to introduce simple hospital reform in Navan bodes ill for SláintecareClosure of emergency department was mooted in 2009 and became policy in 2013, yet politicians are still trying to block itMon Jun 20 2022 - 05:39
Inside UHL: Hospital ‘war zone’ where management expend much energy warning staff against media leaksNow any day with under 100 trolleys in Limerick’s ED is regarded as a good day, campaigner complainsSat Jun 18 2022 - 05:00
New, more transmissible Covid-19 variants now dominant in IrelandHospital outbreaks increase threefold as number of virus patients approaches 500Thu Jun 16 2022 - 18:30
Older people suffer ‘postcode lottery’ in accessing home supportsHSE figures show massive waiting lists in some area, and none in othersThu Jun 16 2022 - 02:00
Overdose reversal drug saves 22 lives, report estimatesNaloxone administered 569 times over three years, resulting in a 98% survival rateWed Jun 15 2022 - 19:00
More than 120,000 patients taken off waiting lists without seeing a doctorPatients were removed following validation of inpatient and outpatient listsWed Jun 15 2022 - 17:31
Talks on public-only hospital consultant contract to restart next weekHSE boss Paul Reid says he will not ‘compromise’ on safety concerns about Navan hospital EDWed Jun 15 2022 - 16:13
HSE’s Navan emergency department closure plans rebuffed by MinistersProposal ‘unacceptable’ unless adequately resourced, says Minister for Justice Helen McEnteeTue Jun 14 2022 - 11:52
Covid-19: Hospitalisations rise as one in four test positiveHSE’s Dr Colm Henry expresses concern and attributes rise to new subvariants of the virusMon Jun 13 2022 - 21:09
Navan hospital’s emergency department to close ED to be replaced by medical assessment unit with 80% of patients to be treated there, HSE saysMon Jun 13 2022 - 15:01
Junior doctors vote overwhelmingly for industrial action over long hours IMO says NCHDs continue to be required to work far in excess of legal and safe working hoursMon Jun 13 2022 - 13:37
Fewer than 170 doses of ‘game-changer’ Covid-19 drug given to Irish patients‘HSE has not educated the medical community properly’: Vulnerable patients complain about difficulties accessing PaxlovidMon Jun 13 2022 - 00:30
New Covid-19 variants taking over as BA.4 and BA.5 account for 42% of casesIncrease in virus cases ‘could be a blip or the start of a summer wave’, Leo Varadkar saysFri Jun 10 2022 - 13:08
What is going on with Covid-19 in Ireland now?Infections, hospitalisations and intensive care admissions are on the riseThu Jun 09 2022 - 01:20
