Console founder ran up €500,000 in credit card billsPaul Kelly, wife and son spent on items such as groceries, designer clothes and foreign tripsTue Jun 28 2016 - 22:39
Paul Kelly tells Console staff: ‘business as usual’Following resignation, chief executive tells staff he remains at helm of charityTue Jun 28 2016 - 01:00
Doctor accused of leaving post without telling anyone, inquiry hearsJunior medic ‘abandoned’ patient at St James’s after feeling unwell, Medical Council hearing toldMon Jun 27 2016 - 13:32
Deal with drug companies to cut State’s bill by €775mState drops threat to introduce unilateral price cuts as part of new agreementMon Jun 27 2016 - 01:00
Brexit a ‘huge blow’ to Irish tourismUK visitor numbers to be hit as fall in sterling makes Irish holidays more expensiveSat Jun 25 2016 - 14:15
Sarcoma patients call on St Vincent’s to retain cancer expertGroup urges hospital to renew the contract of sarcoma specialist Dr Alexia BertuzziSat Jun 25 2016 - 12:02
Console affair sparks call for PAC inquiry into charityCommittee should investigate charity as it receives public funds, says Fine Gael deputySat Jun 25 2016 - 01:00
Irregularities found in claims for cross-Border health schemeHSE checking authenticity of documents for orthodontic treatments after concern by patientsFri Jun 24 2016 - 14:41
RTÉ programme says Console ‘breached rules’ on director pay€215,000 payment to Paul Kelly not included in altered accounts given to fundersThu Jun 23 2016 - 22:16
Shortall to chair Dáil committee on health planningTD to head group tasked with planning future of health service over next 10 yearsThu Jun 23 2016 - 11:12
Console background: Suicide charity born of founder’s griefPaul Kelly established the organisation Console after his younger sister took her lifeThu Jun 23 2016 - 01:00
Gardaí examining suicide charity Console’s use of fundsInspection comes as HSE considers future funding options for charity after auditThu Jun 23 2016 - 01:00
Petition over children’s hospital move signed by 60,000Connolly for Kids campaign seeks public hearing at Oireachtas health committeeWed Jun 22 2016 - 14:52
Three people die from alcohol a day in Ireland, report showsIrish drinkers consume 445 pints a year as State ranks fourth in OECD for consumptionWed Jun 22 2016 - 10:15
Mental health strategy has not been implemented, report saysServices and staff have been greatly reduced despite government promise, study findsTue Jun 21 2016 - 20:03
St John of God makes u-turn on planned cutbacks at schoolCutbacks at St Augustine’s school in Blackrock reversed after pressure from HSETue Jun 21 2016 - 10:10
National Maternity Hospital and Rotunda stop monthly data on baby deathsHospitals will publish figures quarterly to give ‘more accurate’ reflection of trendsTue Jun 21 2016 - 01:00
Campaigners petition against St James’s hospital siteGroup Connolly for Kids say new children’s hospital should be in BlanchardstownTue Jun 21 2016 - 01:00
Less than 10% of mental health facilities compliant with lawMental Health Commission also concerned at rise in number of involuntary admissionsMon Jun 20 2016 - 13:41
Parents concerned over withdrawal of services at St Augustine’s schoolHSE calls meeting with St John of God, which runs school for teenagers with special needsMon Jun 20 2016 - 01:00
Royal College of Physicians seeks better refugee healthcareReport urges ‘complicated physical and mental healthcare needs . . . must be met’Mon Jun 20 2016 - 01:00
National Ambulance Service call staff to begin industrial actionSiptu says dispute over pay and staffing at Tallaght centre will not affect emergency callsSun Jun 19 2016 - 21:58
Drug firms offer State €775m price cut in cost of medicinesTalks with Department of Health deadlocked as HSE moves to impose cuts on pharma sectorFri Jun 17 2016 - 16:48
Risk of heart failure linked to weight as teenager, notes studyResearch follows over 1.6m Swedish men from adolescence between 1968 and 2005Fri Jun 17 2016 - 01:00
St Vincent’s hospital tops death rate for heart attack, strokeReport: Mortality stroke rates at St Vincent’s Dublin, Naas, Galway above national averageFri Jun 17 2016 - 01:00
Carlow has highest rate for heart failure admissionFourfold variation in rate of hospitalisation for asthma found between Monaghan and LongfordFri Jun 17 2016 - 01:00
Surge in superbug infections at Tipperary hospitalOvercrowding and poor standards of cleanliness may be to blame, says health watchdogThu Jun 16 2016 - 11:27
One in three think antibiotics kill viruses, survey findsAntibiotic use rising in Ireland but falling in EU, according to European CommissionThu Jun 16 2016 - 11:00
Junk food marketed to young people using ‘hidden tactics’New report calls for stricter regulations on advertising to protect children’s healthWed Jun 15 2016 - 01:00
Inquest on pregnant woman’s death at Holles Street dueComposition of review team investigating Malak Kuzbary Thawley’s death criticisedTue Jun 14 2016 - 18:00
HSE to expand hepatitis C treatment programmeAn estimated 20,000 to 50,000 people in Ireland chronically infected with the diseaseTue Jun 14 2016 - 13:19
Pharmaceutical manufacturers offer to reduce State’s drugs bill by €700mProposal is last-ditch effort to avoid price cuts being imposed by the HSETue Jun 14 2016 - 01:02
No need to fume – more smoke-free areas may be on the wayPublic support fuels potential to increase spaces clear of smoke, says health monitorTue Jun 14 2016 - 01:00
Twenty building sites sent material containing asbestosCo Wicklow quarry sent contaminated stone to sites in Wicklow and DublinSat Jun 11 2016 - 01:00
Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil resist calls for abortion referendumEnda Kenny and Micheál Martin committed to consultative process before any decisionSat Jun 11 2016 - 01:00
Forty cases of measles reported in growing outbreakParents advised to check children’s MMR vaccinations as third of cases hospitalisedFri Jun 10 2016 - 17:53
Survey finds high rates of unprotected sex among gay men‘Nearly 40%’ of men who have sex with men have never tested for HIV or other STIsFri Jun 10 2016 - 10:17
Abortion laws again under fire from UN human rights bodyPregnant Irish woman Amanda Mellet’s case gives this UN opinion greater legal weightFri Jun 10 2016 - 09:05
Oncologists seek more cancer screeningGreater emphasis on smoking prevention and cervical cancer vaccination requiredFri Jun 10 2016 - 01:03
Hospitals spent €730,000 last year on public relationsExpenditure is additional to in-house PR staff and those employed in HSE press divisionThu Jun 09 2016 - 13:01
Irish authorities seize €350,000 worth of illegal medicinesAnabolic steroids, sedatives, abortion drugs among 60,000 medicines held in operationThu Jun 09 2016 - 12:24
Old, poor and urban dwellers worst hit by cancerReport shows incidence of some cancers up to 38% higher in urban areasThu Jun 09 2016 - 07:00
Health service complaints rising, HSE figures showOver 80 complaints a day from patientsThu Jun 09 2016 - 01:00
Mental health budget restored through extra fundingCabinet approved an additional €500m in spending for the health service on TuesdayWed Jun 08 2016 - 19:21
Future planning biggest worry for terminally ill, survey findsGreater supports and more information needed for people receiving palliative careTue Jun 07 2016 - 08:04
Methadone alternative to be made available to drug addictsIntroduction of Suboxone delayed because of need for specific legislationTue Jun 07 2016 - 01:00
Unfunded cancer drug nivolumab ‘can extend life’A third of patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma were alive five years after treatmentMon Jun 06 2016 - 01:00
Building sites sealed off over asbestos contamination fearsBallinclare Quarry in Wicklow shut after testing finds naturally occurring asbestosSat Jun 04 2016 - 01:00
Cystic fibrosis campaigners push for Orkambi funding#YesOrkambi drive launched in support of approval for €160,000 per patient medicineFri Jun 03 2016 - 17:50
Remaining at home often a tough struggle for older peopleVast majority of care ends up provided by unpaid family carers rather than the StateFri Jun 03 2016 - 01:00
