The Irish public hospitals with unsafe bed-occupancy levelsOccupancy at 95.9% nationally in the first six months of the year, where 85% considered the limit, new figures showWed Sept 10 2025 - 06:00
Children in low-income families are most exposed to unhealthy food, report finds Unicef says children from low-income families and communities most exposed to unhealthy food environmentsWed Sept 10 2025 - 06:00
More than third of older adults have undiagnosed high blood pressureHealth system will struggle to cope unless unmet needs are addressed, warn researchersTue Sept 09 2025 - 06:00
‘Any person at any time can have a stroke’: Former Dublin footballer recalls health scare Siobhán McGrath helped launch campaign urging people to act the second they suspect a strokeTue Sept 09 2025 - 06:00
CHI still faces questions over waiting list irregularities and orthopaedic care Children’s Health Ireland still faces inquiries into its services which are yet to be completedMon Sept 08 2025 - 06:00
‘I want to be as strong as I can be’: Irish people in their 60s and 70s on embracing the gymThere are a ‘wide range’ of physical and mental benefits to staying fit and active in later years Mon Sept 08 2025 - 06:00
Why is there an inquiry into the use of epilepsy drug sodium valproate?Inquiry relates to historical licensing and use of drug for women of childbearing ageSun Sept 07 2025 - 06:00
Dr Suzanne Crowe on losing her baby daughter: ‘We held Beatrice together until her heartbeat faded away’The president of the Irish Medical Council explains how the way she sees life and death has been changed by the patients she has encountered - and the loss of her own childSun Sept 07 2025 - 06:00
Garda deemed report into potential CHI waiting list irregularities ‘not suitable’ for investigationConfidential document on work culture and use of funding to cut public waiting lists was leaked widely in the media earlier this yearFri Sept 05 2025 - 21:09
Number of children on community healthcare waiting lists rises to 42,000More than 14,000 children waiting more than a year for psychological services, figures showFri Sept 05 2025 - 06:00
Final maternity hospital due to switch entirely to electronic records by end of yearOver one million appointments to go live on next version of HSE app, conference told Thu Sept 04 2025 - 18:32
The modern Irish GP: How a new kind of doctor is reinventing general practiceFamily doctors were traditionally male, but women now represent 52% of GP workforceThu Sept 04 2025 - 06:00
Sedative known as the ‘coffin tablet’ makes up large quantity of seized medication hereHPRA confirmed 382,395 dosage units of illegal medicines were seized in first half of 2025Wed Sept 03 2025 - 18:22
Doctor who failed to refer ‘red flag’ patient for mammogram should be suspended, urges Medical CouncilCommittee makes findings of poor professional practise against Dr Jaroslaw KrzyzanowskiWed Sept 03 2025 - 14:14
Raising Limerick hospital chief’s salary ‘in best interests’ of centre, staff toldSt John’s Hospital CEO’s pay was raised to a higher band in 2023, in breach of agreed salary scalesMon Sept 01 2025 - 14:44
Consultant at centre of review in Drogheda’s Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital has left countryJust over 1,000 cases being looked at as part of analysis relating to tissue diagnoses slides across various specialitiesFri Aug 29 2025 - 19:00
Palestinian nurses conclude intensive surgical training in IrelandRotation characterised as ‘key step’ in advance of spring 2026 opening of Jubilee building in West Bank baby hospitalFri Aug 29 2025 - 16:05
Tributes paid as chairman of Hiqa board diesProf Pat O’Mahony had served on a number of public and private sector boardsThu Aug 28 2025 - 17:29
National children’s hospital: what’s the hold-up - and whose fault are delays?Project originally due to be finished in 2022 looks likely to miss its latest completion date in SeptemberThu Aug 28 2025 - 13:06
Dozens of Drogheda hospital patients had pre-cancerous cells miscategorisedSeveral dozen patients to receive letters from hospital over grading of their pre-cancerous cells on foot of review of work of one consultantTue Aug 26 2025 - 20:22
Dementia: 12% fewer beds for patients, as rates of condition set to double by 2050Just 353 HSE-funded beds remain in the State for care of patients with dementia, including Alzheimer’sTue Aug 26 2025 - 06:00
Chief executive of St John’s Hospital salary increased in breach of public pay scalesHSE aware of ‘issue of noncompliance’ with pay policy at Limerick hospitalMon Aug 25 2025 - 17:21
Suicide-prevention charity Pieta seeks to cut €3 million amid ‘unsustainable’ financial positionDrop in donations since Covid-19 has been a ‘major challenge’, says charity’s chief executiveSat Aug 23 2025 - 00:01
Bottomless brunches: are restaurant booze offers breaking the law? Author of new Irish study says alcohol remains a ‘clear and present danger’ to public Fri Aug 22 2025 - 12:55
‘Serious breach’: Medical Council makes 11 professional misconduct findings against doctorMedic got job in Donegal despite being barred over concerns of possible misuse of controlled drugsThu Aug 21 2025 - 15:28
‘Significant decline’ in RSV-related illness in babies after high uptake of vaccineDepartment of Health introduced new vaccination programme for babies last yearThu Aug 21 2025 - 00:01
5,500 patients have stayed in Irish hospitals longer than medically necessary this year Delays accessing care in the community affected 5,548 fit-for-discharge patientsMon Aug 18 2025 - 11:00
Assessments of children who may have had unnecessary hip surgeries pushed back to next yearIndependent expert review panel being convened to review casesSun Aug 17 2025 - 14:21
‘He put a gun to my head’: An Irish GP on his traumatic years treating Qatar’s eliteTipperary GP Paddy Davern worked with a medical team treating the country’s royals and other VIPs, and wants to tell people ‘what is going on’Sat Aug 16 2025 - 06:00
From goats cheese to hummus - why there have been so many listeria recalls Despite recent publicity, Ireland’s rate of infection is low, with good safety procedures in placeSat Aug 16 2025 - 06:00
Data watchdog opens ‘inquiry’ into CHI Tallaght over safety of children’s recordsIt is understood door to office containing hundreds of patient charts was left propped openThu Aug 14 2025 - 12:10
ADHD medication can reduce risk of suicide, substance misuse and criminalityMany people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder have trouble with impulse control, focusing and organisation, advocacy group saysWed Aug 13 2025 - 23:30
Family of recently deceased boy Harvey Morrison Sherratt to meet Simon Harris Scoliosis patient (9) faced delays in waiting for surgeryWed Aug 13 2025 - 19:33
More than 100 retailers found non-compliant with laws on sale of vapes to childrenOf 52 findings of non-compliance in 2024, 19 have to date resulted in court proceedingsTue Aug 05 2025 - 06:00
Husband of woman who killed their child calls for changes to support bereavedNicola Keane, who took her own life, had post natal depression and psychosis after giving birth to son HenryTue Aug 05 2025 - 06:00
All patients in Listeriosis outbreak are older people, says regulatorFood Safety Authority of Ireland reports one death and nine cases remainingThu Jul 31 2025 - 12:15
‘Immense progress’: Use of restraint and seclusion in mental health centres fallsMental Health Commission report finds 43 per cent reduction between 2018 and 2024 in number of patients secludedThu Jul 31 2025 - 00:01
Almost a quarter of doctors in Ireland work more than European limitDoctor wellbeing also a worry following release of report outlining prevalence of 48-hour working weekTue Jul 29 2025 - 00:01
No evidence salad products recall linked to ‘extensive’ listeriosis outbreak, says food safety watchdog Safety authority recalls six products due to detection of bacterium Listeria monocytogenesMon Jul 28 2025 - 16:52
Eating disorders: What are they and how do they affect patients?Reason why people develop such disorders is unknown but low self-esteem and trauma are among themSun Jul 27 2025 - 06:00
How eating disorders are changing: ‘I’m not the stereotype. I’m a man, I’m plus-sized’People with complex eating disorders face challenges in their illness, in accessing treatment in Ireland and on the road to recoverySat Jul 26 2025 - 06:00
Whistleblowers lodge 67 valid HSE disclosures, with a third about patient health and safetyBurden of chronic disease and cancer ‘remains high’ as number of older people increases, says reportFri Jul 25 2025 - 17:02
Sunbed use: Public consultation on potential ban in Ireland opens for submissions Skin cancer is most common form of cancer in Ireland, with more than 11,000 cases diagnosed annuallyFri Jul 25 2025 - 15:28
‘A serious threat to public health’: Doctors warn about delay to mandatory alcohol health labelsThe labels were due to be introduced in May 2026 have been postponed due to tariff threatFri Jul 25 2025 - 13:45
Listeriosis outbreak ‘unusual’ as ready meals must be cooked, and bacteria is sensitive to heat, professor saysPregnant women, babies, older people and those who are immunocompromised most vulnerableThu Jul 24 2025 - 17:45
Rise in young people’s mental health difficulties partly due to housing insecurity, says charityYouth mental health charity Jigsaw delivered more than 62,000 clinical contacts last yearThu Jul 24 2025 - 17:12
Biological treatment service for rabies ceases, leading to fears for people exposed to virusHSE now looking for replacement for service responsible for assessment of patients and delivery of ‘critical’ biologicsThu Jul 24 2025 - 06:00
Dublin children’s hospital ‘misplaces’ child’s record in ‘serious data-protection breach’Separately, watchdog carried out unannounced inspection at CHI Tallaght on foot of complaintMon Jul 21 2025 - 10:00
Cocaine users are now older, better educated and more likely to be working People accessing treatment for drug use are now older, better educated and more likely to be in employmentMon Jul 21 2025 - 06:00
Twenty new beds to tackle 33% rise in eating disorder referralsThere were 894 referrals for eating disorder treatment in 2024, up one third on the previous yearMon Jul 21 2025 - 06:00
