‘Very, very difficult’: Doctors raise doubts over abortion services timelineOireachtas health committee is told start date for GP-led structure from early next year is ‘challenging’Wed Sept 19 2018 - 13:28
California passes balcony inspections law in response to Berkeley tragedyGovernor signs Bill that requires external decks to be examined by January 2025Tue Sept 18 2018 - 20:04
McKillen’s US action over ‘Maple 10’ loan should be fought in Ireland – IBRCFormer Anglo Irish Bank liquidators say US court bid an attempt to ‘end-run’ Irish caseTue Sept 18 2018 - 05:46
State in firing line if ban on Israeli settlement imports passesEuropean Commission warns Irish official that Bill would be in breach of EU trade rulesSat Sept 15 2018 - 02:00
Taoiseach denies U-turn on mandatory open disclosure for doctorsVaradkar defends late removal of compulsory reporting policy in last year’s legislationFri Sept 14 2018 - 15:53
Irish smear tests examined by US lab staff who were in training roleScally report finds a third of screeners sent to CPL in Austin, Texas were outsourcedFri Sept 14 2018 - 02:00
Doctors ‘shocked’ at misogynistic remarks to women in cancer audit meetingsDr Peter Boylan urges consultants to apologise to women for ‘unacceptable’ behaviourThu Sept 13 2018 - 21:31
Scally scathing of ‘whole-system failure’ in cervical screeningSystem ‘doomed to fail’ due to ‘demonstrable’ governance deficit, report saysThu Sept 13 2018 - 06:00
HSE unaware Irish smear tests were sent on to Honolulu – ScallyCPL sent tests to labs in Florida, Nevada and Hawaii, but CervicalCheck did not knowThu Sept 13 2018 - 01:00
CervicalCheck: ‘Distressing’ report shows doctors still have ‘God complex’Patient representatives want Scally recommendations implemented immediatelyWed Sept 12 2018 - 18:54
Gabriel Scally: Doctors need to apologise directly to womenCervicalCheck report author says patients would like ‘ someone who means it, to say sorry’Wed Sept 12 2018 - 16:44
Irish-American businessman Edward Crawford (80) to be next US ambassadorTrump fundraiser set to be America’s representative in IrelandWed Sept 12 2018 - 11:50
Donald Trump visit to Ireland will not go ahead in NovemberIrish government said visit ‘postponed’ for ‘scheduling reasons’ while White House said no final decision madeTue Sept 11 2018 - 21:15
Ireland cannot pay for UK’s ‘failed’ negotiations – shadow Brexit secretarySir Keir Starmer says no deal would be ‘catastrophic’ for IrelandTue Sept 11 2018 - 19:45
CervicalCheck: Harris will consider expert’s view no further inquiry neededVicky Phelan, the woman whose case revealed controversy, says finding is a ‘whitewash’Tue Sept 11 2018 - 15:15
Lucinda Creighton appointed to Horse Sport Ireland boardFormer Renua leader, who has lifelong interest in horses, will earn €8,100 a year in feesTue Sept 11 2018 - 15:04
CervicalCheck commission not needed, says report chiefMinister for Health briefed on report about cervical screening controversyTue Sept 11 2018 - 04:01
CervicalCheck scheme: Talks with testing labs ‘at critical stage’HSE in negotiations with Quest Diagnostics and Medlab Pathology on extending contractsMon Sept 10 2018 - 18:40
CervicalCheck women to learn about briefing on Scally reportVicky Phelan and others affected have sought details on report before publicationMon Sept 10 2018 - 01:00
Women in politics will be key measure of gender equality – HigginsPresident tells meeting of parliamentarians women’s movement ‘more vibrant’ than everSun Sept 09 2018 - 21:33
Five-fold increase in UK nationals becoming Irish citizensSurge from 98 British people taking Irish citizenship in 2016 to 529 in 2017 attributed to Brexit voteSun Sept 09 2018 - 15:34
A half-century on, Concern still shows readiness to adapt to new crisesInternational aid agency looks to its next 50 years in a smaller, more insecure worldFri Sept 07 2018 - 20:37
‘The little things make a difference’Frances O’Keeffe’s volunteer work with Concern stretches back three decadesFri Sept 07 2018 - 19:51
CervicalCheck report submitted to Minister for HealthDr Gabriel Scally’s scoping inquiry has been forwarded to the Attorney GeneralFri Sept 07 2018 - 19:38
Higgins condemns UN security council over arms exportsPresident says China, France, Russia, UK and US are embarking on ‘new arms race’Fri Sept 07 2018 - 17:23
UN is ‘under siege’ in Trump era, deputy leader claimsAmina Mohammed calls for the body to highlight its successes ahead of Dublin visitFri Sept 07 2018 - 01:00
Brexit: EU and UK face potential ‘severe political crisis and turmoil’Former Brussels adviser to Cameron calls on both sides to take a more conciliatory approach to talksThu Sept 06 2018 - 20:03
Consequences of no-deal Brexit ‘go beyond what we can imagine’Influential MEP Danuta Hubner says EU is open to suggestions on avoiding hard borderThu Sept 06 2018 - 19:53
Revenue preparing for full customs checks post-BrexitOfficial queries merits of ‘trusted trader’ status for some sectors after UK quits EUThu Sept 06 2018 - 06:15
Food shortages ‘not inconceivable’ after Brexit – Greencore chiefPatrick Coveney says UK could face months of shortages if it fails to reach deal with EUThu Sept 06 2018 - 06:15
Brexit: Greencore chief warns Britain may face food shortagesFood group’s Patrick Coveney fears food will rot in trucks if there are delays at portsWed Sept 05 2018 - 18:37
Fine Gael TD says Fianna Fáil’s reaction to Varadkar’s letter is ‘childish’Taoiseach asks Martin for talks to extend the confidence-and-supply agreementWed Sept 05 2018 - 11:04
Harris must listen to survivors of loyalist violence – Sinn FéinParty backs new Garda Commissioner but raises concerns over loyalist-RUC collusionTue Sept 04 2018 - 01:00
Harris met key policing overseers before becoming Garda chiefEx-PSNI deputy chief promises a more open and transparent force after being sworn inTue Sept 04 2018 - 00:31
Donald Trump to visit Ireland in November, says White HouseUS president will ‘renew the deep and historic ties between our two nations’Fri Aug 31 2018 - 23:24
Donald Trump visit: Opposition deputies condemn plan and warn of protestsClare councillor says visit will be ‘great boost for the West of Ireland’Fri Aug 31 2018 - 22:30
Businessman’s Anglo US court bid rejected as ‘forum shopping’Judge says Micheál Breslin cannot sue in US because he is unhappy with Irish court rulesFri Aug 31 2018 - 06:30
Judge says he will meet deadline for report on CervicalCheck court casesMr Justice Charles Meenan said he has held meetings with affected women and familiesThu Aug 30 2018 - 20:18
Three ‘Dragons’ in presidential race ‘very strange’, says programme producerLarry Bass, producer of Dragons’ Den, says ‘ego plays factor’ in seeking nominationThu Aug 30 2018 - 19:51
Clever speech to pope sets out new covenant for Leo VaradkarThe mastery of the Taoiseach’s address to Pope Francis was the balance he struck, being both gracious and grave, honest but never confrontationalMon Aug 27 2018 - 06:16
Former top Vatican official calls on Pope to resign over abuse crisisPope dismissive on flight from Ireland to Rome of claims by Archbishop Carlo Maria ViganoSun Aug 26 2018 - 23:56
Papal Mass: Pope asks for forgiveness for abuses and exploitationPontiff tells single mothers separated from children that to seek them is ‘not a mortal sin’Sun Aug 26 2018 - 17:30
Pope’s speech ‘an incredible missed opportunity’ says abuse survivorColm O’Gorman said it is ‘mind boggling to me that to ask a pope to tell the damn truth is a radical thing to suggest’Sat Aug 25 2018 - 16:59
Former taoisigh react to Pope Francis comments at Dublin CastleFianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin said he would have appreciated ‘a greater focus on the actions that should follow’Sat Aug 25 2018 - 16:08
Taoiseach tells Pope Francis there must be zero tolerance for those who abuseVaradkar refers to ‘people kept in dark corners, behind closed doors’ whose cries for help went unheardSat Aug 25 2018 - 15:00
Failure to address ‘repugnant crimes’ of clerical abuse shames church, pope saysFailure has ‘rightly given rise to outrage and remains a source of pain and shame’Sat Aug 25 2018 - 13:34
Pope Francis is expected to draw crowds of more than 600,000Pontiff has no plans to announce measures to address clerical abuse during Ireland visitSat Aug 25 2018 - 11:01
Confronting abuse ‘not the major subject’ of Pope’s visitVatican spokesman says Pope Francis will address ‘cultural problem’ of abuse during Irish visitFri Aug 24 2018 - 21:40
Victims’ group calls on pope to name clerical sex abusersEnd Clergy Abuse group wants zero tolerance of sex abuse under church lawFri Aug 24 2018 - 18:34
Catholic Church fear ‘domino effect’ if abuse scandal properly investigated, says survivorAbuse victims ‘don’t need a letter from the pope to know this is a reality’, says survivor Marie CollinsFri Aug 24 2018 - 12:27
