Stroke survivors protest outside hospital over broken equipment for saving livesMachine used for stroke victims has broken down during treatmentMon Oct 29 2018 - 15:08
Regulator warns pharmacists over anticonvulsant drugPatient advocacy group concerned that drug is being supplied without required written informationMon Oct 29 2018 - 01:00
Harris approves further CervicalCheck investigationDr Gabriel Scally to review outsourcing of work by testing laboratories overseasFri Oct 26 2018 - 18:13
‘I don’t think I’m a troublemaker, but when something goes wrong I want to know why’RTÉ Investigates showed the problems families face when a loved one loses capacityFri Oct 26 2018 - 12:27
Children’s hospital ‘not screening’ patients for virulent superbugOur Lady’s Hospital in Crumlin not following national guidelines for dealing with CPE bugFri Oct 26 2018 - 10:10
State’s only neurosurgery unit for young children marks 10th anniversaryMore than 5,000 neurosurgical procedures carried out at Temple Street over past decadeFri Oct 26 2018 - 00:23
HSE says ‘no safety concerns’ with WBS hospital projectsConcerns have been raised about issues in schools built by Co Tyrone construction firmThu Oct 25 2018 - 14:23
'Four gold rings, four foot down' - Donegal discovery goes on display in DublinGold rings that lay buried for 3,000 years now shine in National MuseumWed Oct 24 2018 - 21:02
Controversy over take-home pay is ‘not a big deal’, says Ní RiadaSinn Féin maintains elected representatives take home the average industrial wageWed Oct 24 2018 - 19:18
One in three of us is a binge drinker but smoking rates have plunged, survey findsBinge drinking is defined as having three pints of beer or more in one sessionWed Oct 24 2018 - 11:03
Limerick superbug review a ‘whitewash’, whistleblower saysReport into CPE link to deaths of eight patients overly ‘limited in scope’Wed Oct 24 2018 - 01:00
Taoiseach defends home care provision as report shows average three-month waitCare Alliance notes 6,000 now waiting for help at home as appeal of Fair Deal levels offTue Oct 23 2018 - 11:57
Anabolic steroids among €375,000 in illegal medicines seizedGarda and Customs operation also saw 90,000 units of illegal prescription medicines impoundedTue Oct 23 2018 - 11:02
Warning to Irish doctors as US children hit by polio-like conditionAcute flaccid paralysis marked by weakness and loss of muscle tone, but causes varyTue Oct 23 2018 - 02:00
Call for compulsory flu jab for care staff in high-risk hospital areasRoyal College of Physicians of Ireland urges mandatory vaccine to protect patientsThu Oct 18 2018 - 06:00
HSE may miss out on €37m savings as costly drug Humira comes off patentPolicy of switching to biosimilar drugs never adoptedThu Oct 18 2018 - 01:00
Pavee Point ‘let down’ Travelling community, says CaseyPresidential candidate claims group showed poor leadership over Thurles disputeWed Oct 17 2018 - 20:04
Almost 70,000 patients removed from waiting list without seeing a doctorValidation exercise branded ‘cynical political ploy’ by GPsWed Oct 17 2018 - 20:03
Hundreds of women to get CervicalCheck awards, Harris saysHSE asks external advisers to see if staff should face disciplinary action over controversyWed Oct 17 2018 - 13:46
Cost of cervical screening tribunal will be ‘significant’ – HarrisJustice Meenan to devise an alternative to court for dealing with CervicalCheck claimsWed Oct 17 2018 - 00:30
Judge recommends tribunal to deal with CervicalCheck claimsWomen affected by controversy cautiously welcome Mr Justice Charles Meenan’s reportTue Oct 16 2018 - 20:11
CervicalCheck tribunal plan is a long way from what was promisedJudge Charles Meenan’s proposals will require women affected to prove negligenceTue Oct 16 2018 - 20:03
Polio survivors threaten ‘campaign of protest’ against RehabJustice for Polio Survivors critical of contribution compared to cash raised via fundraisingTue Oct 16 2018 - 19:20
Women waiting 18 weeks and longer for cervical smear test resultsDelays led to hundreds of samples expiring before being testedTue Oct 16 2018 - 00:21
HSE’s litigation costs to rise as it brings testing inhouseCost of examining smear tests in CervicalCheck programme to increase by €4m a yearMon Oct 15 2018 - 21:24
‘Why does Ireland spend so much on health and have so little to show?’Health decisions based on political expediency, says Sligo consultant Donal MurrayMon Oct 15 2018 - 01:00
Vicky Phelan calls for laws making health managers accountableLimerick woman speaks at launch of 221+ CervicalCheck Patient Support GroupMon Oct 15 2018 - 01:00
Minute’s silence marks launch of smear test support groupFor the 221-plus women affected by the CervicalCheck scandal, the hurt is undiminishedMon Oct 15 2018 - 01:00
Only one-quarter of CervicalCheck women give consent for new reviewSupport group launched for 221-plus women and families affected by controversySun Oct 14 2018 - 17:26
CervicalCheck controversy: State may take over examination of some smear testsStaff in one private lab would be offered posts in public service under new proposalsSat Oct 13 2018 - 00:04
Numbers on outpatient hospital waiting list hit new high of 515,500Total on all waiting lists remains at 718,000 as inpatient waiting list falls for 14th monthFri Oct 12 2018 - 16:21
Number of Irish Caesarean births up 50% since 2000Caesarean sections accounted for 30.1% of all births in the State during 2015, study showsThu Oct 11 2018 - 23:30
HSE’s CervicalCheck review flawed, says ScallyNumber of women affected by scandal over misread smear tests likely to increaseThu Oct 11 2018 - 00:39
Scally questions HSE criteria in CervicalCheck controversyTotal number of women affected will rise further, says Dr Gabriel ScallyThu Oct 11 2018 - 00:11
CervicalCheck controversy: Numbers of women affected ‘to increase’Review author Scally tells Oireachtas committee of lack of clarity over HSE criteria for selecting 221 people identifiedWed Oct 10 2018 - 15:31
Health spend analysis: Is this throwing good money after bad?Despite extra funds, the service seems destined to keep running so as to stand stillTue Oct 09 2018 - 20:08
Health: Warning over sustainability of healthcare spendingReview says health service consistently fails to manage within its budget allocationTue Oct 09 2018 - 19:50
Superbug linked to eight patient deaths in Limerick hospitalsCPE gut bug ‘not directly responsible’ for any of 73 patient deaths reviewed in hospitalsTue Oct 09 2018 - 11:06
Drug-resistant superbug a factor in seven deaths in LimerickCPE, which is resistant to most forms of antibiotics, ‘contributed’ to deaths in hospitalTue Oct 09 2018 - 00:19
CervicalCheck: HSE talks with smear test labs at critical phaseQuest and MedLab test 90 per cent of samples for the CervicalCheck programmeTue Oct 09 2018 - 00:01
Anti-virals cure up to 98% of hepatitis C patients since 2014Use of revolutionary drugs has led to ‘a triumph of science’, says hepatologistMon Oct 08 2018 - 21:36
Almost 200 medication safety incidents at Letterkenny hospital in six monthsHiqa inspection reports critical of handling of medicines in a number of hospitalsMon Oct 08 2018 - 12:58
Vicky Phelan says Harris rang her personally to apologisePhelan’s court case brought to light failings of the CervicalCheck screening programmeSat Apr 28 2018 - 23:34
If everything’s going great, why do we think it’s bad?People are healthier, richer, safer and freer than ever, says psychologist Steven Pinker. But are they happy? ‘Happiness isn’t everything,’ says the author of ‘Enlightenment Now’Sat Mar 03 2018 - 06:00
‘I suffered multiple injuries in a fall while walking in the Alps’Case study: Paul Cullen’s trauma injury received speedy expertise in a German hospitalThu Feb 01 2018 - 01:00
Missed opportunities in spotting Wexford cancer misdiagnoses, report findsFinancial pressures on BowelScreen programme led to lack of regular auditsWed Jan 24 2018 - 14:03
End to social experiment angers families and staff of care centreHSE assumed responsibility for Ballytobin facility after series of critical Hiqa reportsMon Oct 23 2017 - 01:00
Halawa’s maltreatment in Egypt prison fits wider pattern of abusesDivergence between those who emphasise human rights and those prioritise Egypt’s stabilityFri Oct 20 2017 - 11:13
Syrian refugees’ road to Europe comes to a halt in EgyptMore than 120,000 Syrians have been given asylum in Egypt but conditions are dismalMon Oct 16 2017 - 01:00
Lawyers, psychiatrists paid €50m to review mental health detentionsSums paid for professional fees and expert reports grew by 20 per cent since 2011Wed Oct 04 2017 - 05:00
