Health Service Executive (HSE)

Viral infection is spread through contact with blood of an infected person

Up to 5,000 people in Ireland are living with the virus, and most are unaware they have been infected

Affected pages providing information on various services taken offline after ‘unexpected’ server activity

Children have a legal right to assessments of need for educational purposes, but many wait years

Special Leave Scheme which kept the staff, mainly nurses, on full pay had been discontinued at end of last year

Alleged transfer of €1.5m by autism charity to UK parent charity ‘possibly criminal’

Suspect arrested at scene of death of Yveta Donovalova (43) and received medical treatment before being detained

Database gathers patient information, samples and diagnostics to help with outcomes for others

Child discharged after three days in hospital with advice she had cow’s milk protein allergy with associated reflux

Mater hospital says it faced possible insolvency and considered cost-cutting moves including closing wards

Fertility service company saw revenues increase 3% to €7.84m in the 12 months to the end of June 2025

Reasons for decline are ‘manifold and complex’ and may include lack of understanding of how serious infectious diseases can be, health committee told

Woman, who was placed in care as a minor, struggled with addiction and was a victim of abuse, father says

Experts warn UV exposure from sunbeds significantly increases melanoma risk in under-35s

Three separate work stoppages due to take place on May with further action planned for June

Mother of boy (4), who underwent surgery for condition, says she would not wish her family’s experience ‘on worst enemy’

Health watchdog finds hospitals with ageing buildings or poor physical environments in inspections over past two years

The seeds of this week’s disruption were sown in meetings in late March and fomented in online forums and WhatsApp groups

Irish Medical Organisation event also hears of problems with prescription drugs and over-the-counter painkillers

Services at Crumlin, Connolly, Tallaght and Temple Street children’s hospitals impacted

Successive ministers and HSE chiefs have been made well aware of problems and solution

Capped charges for patients undergoing treatment should be introduced, says Social Democrats TD

Health watchdog releases inspection reports on 12 healthcare services

More than 11,000 people in Ireland diagnosed with skin cancer each year

‘Long delays in receiving specialist care place a significant burden on patients and can worsen health outcomes,’ health watchdog tells HSE

HSE has been examining whether hospital boards were compliant with Government pay policy in setting CEO salaries

Communities must be prepared for next public health event or response will fail, forum told

Emily Felix, 28, and her family were ‘killed’ by the news that a drug to treat Friedreich’s ataxia may not be considered for reimbursement by the HSE

Mary Butler says 1,110 children waiting in excess of nine months to access mental health service at end of last December

Martin opens new Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland facilities following €95m investment

Skin type of Irish population is ‘particularly vulnerable to burns and are at greatest risk of skin cancer from UV radiation’, working group says

NHS decision in relation to St Andrew’s Healthcare in Northampton a ‘bolt from the blue’, High Court president says

Audit highlights one medium risk and one high risk to HSE

Twenty-seven cases have been linked to a nightclub in Kent, with two people dying in the outbreak

Audit found 60% of procedures at Temple Street hospital did not meet the clinical criteria for surgery

‘Remarkable deficit’ in services for people over 65, TD says, 20 years on from Department of Health document

More than a million hours saved through the use of automation and artificial intelligence in HSE

Inspectors found droppings on food packaging and food itself, with gaps noted at rear of premises

Buvidal ‘not always suitable’ but is working for people with mild to moderate problems, HSE pharmacist says

Maternity facility has been under increasing pressure to cope with growing demand for services and complexity in care it provides