Industrial action by scientists to result in cancellation of procedures
Two days of strikes expected to have ‘knock-on effect’ on emergency departments
Four in five ambulance patients brought directly to ED, report finds
Many are ‘fit to sit’ when brought into emergency departments, official report finds
Hospitals face disruption due to one-day strike by lab scientists
Medical laboratory scientists’ group seeking pay parity with biochemists in hospitals
Emergency department delays worst on record with seriously ill waiting 13 hours for admission
HSE figures show 40% of patients in State wait 12 hours or more for hospital admission
Plan costing €350m to cut hospital waiting lists ‘challenged’ by Covid surge
Action plan to reduce healthcare waiting lists by 18 per cent was launched five weeks ago
Overcrowding, delays, cross infection: Review reveals emergency department issues
Inspectors say there was often ‘no clear understanding’ of who was supposed to be providing care
Number in hospital with Covid highest in more than a year
University Hospital Limerick closes to visitors due to high numbers of Covid patients
Nurses’ union calls for action as trolley count hits two year high
Increase comes as 3,780 new PCR-confirmed cases of COVID-19 are confirmed
Young people waiting to access mental health care at six-year high, IHCA warns
Almost 100,000 children on hospital waiting lists is ‘not good enough’, doctors’ group says
Daily overcrowding record at UHL with 95 people awaiting admission
Facility accounted for almost one quarter of the 409 patients counted on trolleys by INMO
‘Relatively few’ injection spiking incidents, emergency doctors say
No need to attend emergency departments if you are feeling well
Emer McLysaght: Ireland’s eating disorder treatment is a national disgrace, and I should know
I was granted that almost mythical HSE funding but I had a number of things in my favour
Irish farmers seven times more likely to die from cardiovascular disease
Almost half suffer high blood pressure and elevated cholesterol, study finds
HSE warns of longer waiting time in emergency departments
Surge in number of older, sicker patients attending EDs and admissions also rising
HSE cyberattack: Laboratory facilities remain ‘very compromised’
Email access restored on 80,000 devices says official but outpatient services still impaired
Irish IT company Arkphire snapped up by US firm in €120m deal
Acquisition gives Presidio a platform to drive business expansion in Europe and Asia
Coronavirus: Doctors ‘concerned’ over child abuse risk during pandemic
Training for medical staff in identifying abuse signs stepped up, says Tallaght hospital consultant
HSE says contacts of confirmed cases four times more likely to get Covid-19
Executive hopes to launch contact tracing app this month once it has Government approval
Warning on future of emergency departments in wake of Covid-19
Without segregation ‘virus could spread like bush fire’, says emergency medicine group
Medics alerted about rare child illness perhaps related to Covid-19
HSE follows UK’s lead and warns of Kawasaki-like inflammatory symptom disease
Arkphire eyes further growth as profits and turnover jump
Irish IT company has enjoyed an increase revenues by over €100m in just five years
Trolley crisis Q&A: The facts behind a festering problem
Everyone accepts that more beds are needed, but agreement on a short-term fix is elusive
US billionaire and former politician Ross Perot dies aged 89
Independent candidate won 19 per cent of the vote in 1992 US presidential election
‘Honor can be terribly cruel – it’s hilarious if you’re not the one on the receiving end’
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: Sorcha’s What Would Jesus Eat Diet lasts a record four hours
Arkphire secures multimillion euro investment from Bregal Milestone
Financial details not disclosed but Bregal typically invests between €20m and €60m
Nearly 2,700 young people waiting for mental health appointments
State should use private sector support to reduce waiting lists if necessary, says FF
FG senator calls for ‘drunk tanks’ to free up emergency departments
Jerry Buttimer says unacceptable numbers turning up drunk at hospitals
Lindsay Lohan: ‘I don’t need to live in fear’
The actor with a party girl reputation says her troubled past is ‘dead’ as she opens Mykonos beach club
Third of A&E attendances on Saturday nights are alcohol related
New research shows substantial burden of alcohol on hospitals and emergency services
Arkphire forecasts €100m in sales as profits double
Irish IT firm saw revenue rise from €20m to €74m over past three years
‘Even unwashed and medicated up to my eyes, Martin makes me feel beautiful’
Health Hero: The Cork Carer of the Year strives to give his family the best possible life he can
Number attending GPs with flu-like illnesses highest since 2010
Hospitals to be under increased pressure for at least another four weeks, say officials
Children on hospital trolleys now ‘constant’ fixture, say INMO
Union launches paediatric trolley watch
Irish among San Diego surfers catching waves beneath the stars
Surfers wear glow sticks so they can see each other in the darkness out at sea
Irish firm Arkphire reports record operating profit of €1m
IT company turnover up more than 60% to €52.6m as pretax profits rise to €846,040
Prof Chris Fitzpatrick: We’d do better... with the resources
Staff are leaving, yet expectations of our maternity services have never been higher
Arkphire buys networking services firm Bootstrap
Irish IT company to create 35 new jobs, aiming for 50% rise in revenues, profits
Best way to commemorate 1916 is to deal with the hospital trolley crisis
‘Instead of buying buildings in Moore Street, the Government should extend the most basic of human rights to our elderly citizens’
Trolley crisis: Seven suggestions to end overcrowding
With patients on trolleys at record high, what can be done to resolve the problem?
HSE bid for €100m to cut hospital overcrowding rejected
Nurses say industrial action ‘inevitable’ unless staff added and public beds reopened
Emergency department doctors concerned over Ebola readiness
Hospital overcrowding and locum staff a cause of ‘serious safety concerns’
Water charges too high for woman with rare genetic disorder
Callie Walsh says daughter’s condition may not appear on Government illness list
State spending €15m a month on rent supplement to private landlords in Dublin
Almost €1m was paid to landlords last September in the Blanchardstown-Blakestown electoral division
At the heart of the ambulance problem is patient handover time
The service has drawn up a new strategy to tackle delays crisis
Silicon Valley’s time to be satirised has truly arrived
Mike Judge’s new sitcom has ruffled feathers in California’s tech community
Overcrowding in hospitals ‘should not be tolerated’
Letter to Hiqa highlights staffing issues, overcrowding and unsafe work conditions
Former quarterback sues NFL claiming withholding of information on concussion
Craig Morton’s move born out of frustration with proposed settlement
Merkel advisers to quiz US officials over spy claims
NSA officials say White House aware of overseas surveillance
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