‘I bottled things up’: The ‘trickle-down effect’ of parents’ mental illness on children
Family Talk is a scheme to help parents and children curb inheritance of trauma
Four hundred children waiting over a year for mental health services
HSE figures show more than 4,000 on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services lists
Newborns to be screened for rare but serious inherited disease
Test to be used for condition affecting one in 78,000 as well as the eight already screened
More people contracted Covid-19 in hospitals early this year than in all of 2021
St Vincent’s had highest number of hospital-acquired infections in four-month period
Soaring tensions about maternity hospital matched by falling birth rates
Between 2012 and 2020, total annual births in the State fell by 13,664, or almost 20%
Further seven cases of unexplained hepatitis in children under investigation, says HSE
Cases are in addition to the six confirmed last week when it was disclosed one child had died and another required a liver transplant
Ombudsman to raise ‘serious concerns’ about children’s trauma services
Report highlights complaints about foster carers’ fight to get therapeutic supports
National Maternity Hospital: Hundreds attend rally demanding full public ownership
Opponents of current plan continue to raise concerns of possible external interference
Q&A: What we know about puzzling hepatitis cases in children
Theories about what might be causing the illness include a new variant of adenovirus
Parents warned to be alert to symptoms after child dies from hepatitis
Large increase in hepatitis infections identified across several countries in recent weeks
Major HSE reform aiming for ‘sweet spot’ of meeting standards and community needs
Running of health services to be devolved to six regional areas with own responsibilities
Midwives call for water births at home to resume
The HSE announced in November 2020 that it had ‘temporarily paused’ the offering
Irish researchers discover potential link between smoking and male impotence
More than 1,000 are hospitalised for disease caused by smoking each year
Coalition delay on approving new National Maternity Hospital due to ‘genuine concerns’
Minister for Health indicates best course of action to allow all to see details of arrangements
HSE to consider court ruling over reinstatement of gynaecologist
Prof Ray O’Sullivan on paid leave after concerns raised over patient research
Child and adolescent mental health services audit to ‘reassure’ users
Review ordered after South Kerry revelations when report revealed ‘risky’ treatment
Rollout of second booster against Covid-19 to over-65s to begin
PCR-confirmed cases fall by 40%; Limerick hospital sets record for overcrowding
Camhs controversy: compensation scheme for Kerry mental health services opened
HSE has written to those identified in report on child and adolescent mental health services
Number of unexplained hepatitis cases in children continues to grow – ECDC
Investigations ongoing into cases in Ireland, UK, Denmark, Netherlands and Spain
Unions criticise delays on €1,000 pandemic bonus payment scheme
Final details of pandemic bonus for frontline healthcare workers expected imminently
Drop in number of Covid-19 outbreaks recorded last week
Nursing homes accounted for a third of new outbreaks recorded by health officials
Residents in 40 HSE-run nursing homes living in unsuitable rooms
Residents in shared rooms with no protection from ‘noises or unpleasant odours’
Kinder extends alert and product recall over salmonella ‘outbreak’
In Ireland 15 cases of the infection have been identified since the end of January
HSE owns hundreds of unused buildings, figures show
Call for vacant infrastructure to be put into service or used as accommodation
Junior doctors may strike over deteriorating working conditions, IMO says
Non-consultant hospital doctors working ‘illegal hours, often without correct pay’
Public told to expect delays when they call ambulance
Covid-19 infection surge places pressure on provision of emergency ambulance services
Covid-19: Containing BA.2 variant would need ‘extreme measures’, Donnelly says
Emergency department taskforce asks Minister for urgent fresh public health advice
Covid-19: No new restrictions says Taoiseach as 23,125 new cases reported
Health advice unchanged but calls for public to consider behaviour with regard to masks
Proposed reviews into domestic violence killings to examine if ‘red flags’ were missed
Draft of gender-based violence plan commits to update school curriculum on consent
Covid-19: New advice group to replace Nphet ‘imminent’ with nearly 1,400 cases in hospital
More than 21,000 cases of virus reported today and nine further deaths in past week
HSE to revise children’s disability needs assessment after court ruling, Reid says
Health service will not appeal High Court decision to strike down current process
Micheál Martin has not had the best run of luck as taoiseach
Inside Politics: When it looked like sunshine was breaking through, another crisis hit
Rehab Group falls victim to cyber attack
Disability services provider notifies Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) of attack
Proposal to change name of Orwell Road to Independent Ukraine Road to be dropped
Many locals did not want the move for site of Russian embassy, councillor says
Ireland must be wary about the devastating impact of Russian cyberwarfare
Karlin Lillington: People should be taking basic steps to protect against potential cyberattacks
Developer challenges €470,000 levy payments to councils
Company planning to building healthcare centres for the Health Service Executive
HSE officials unable to answer questions about treatment of Camhs whistleblower
Dr Ankur Sharma’s concerns sparked major review into handling of 1,300 young patients
Review of medication practice across Camhs to begin this week
HSE officials again apologised for the substandard care received by 240 children
Preparations ramped up to welcome thousands of Ukrainian refugees
Inside Politics: Taoiseach said to be ‘crystal clear’ Ireland would not be found wanting
Charity bought gifts and alcohol from public and charitable funding report finds
Documentation lacking for approval of €37,000 spent anniversary celebration
HSE expects to recruit only half the extra staff it has funding for this year
Service plan commits to the delivery of 5,500 whole-time equivalent staff ‘at a minimum’
Patient safety concerns raised over HSE plan for new Covid treatments
Infectious Diseases Society says many sites lack resources to deliver service as envisaged
Covid test centre at Croke Park to close on Monday as demand falls
Services will be transferred to a new premises on Aston Quay in Dublin’s city centre
Number of illegal anabolic steroid seizures doubled last year
Side effects of incorrect use of steroids can include infertility and erectile dysfunction
Hotels heavily dependent on international business are slower to recover
The closure of an airport hotel to become an asylum centre shows lure of stable revenues
Disability provider in funding standoff with HSE
Camphill Communities refuses to sign service agreement until ‘adequate’ funding provided
Disability charity took €265,000 in ‘inappropriate’ resident contributions
Camphill Communities had to repay money taken through ‘flawed’ contribution scheme
Storm Eunice: Council worker dies in Wexford after being struck by falling tree
Some 28,000 properties without power as yellow level snow and ice warning in place
Civil servants entitled to meetings ‘without being secretly recorded’
Not all material in transcript was accurate, says Taoiseach
Unvaccinated cohort primarily made up of younger people and children
Ireland has one of the highest Covid-19 vaccination rates in the world
Family of woman (30) who died of cancer settles case for €800,000
Lauren McDonald’s family sued HSE and medics over alleged delay in her diagnosis
Hospitals under pressure as number of ‘older and sicker’ patients seeking care surges
HSE says some appointments cancelled as number of over-75s presenting to EDs up 45% on last year
Unemployed men in poor areas most likely to be ‘problem gamblers’, says report
Calls for greater funding for health services to treat gambling addiction
Vicky Phelan made Honorary Freewoman of Limerick
Woman who exposed CervicalCheck scandal says ‘Don’t be afraid to take them on’
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