MedLab to stop accepting new smears in bid to clear backlogHSE to have new smears tested abroad as CervicalCheck agrees HPV testing with MedLabWed May 1 2019 - 03:00
Number of cases of mumps reported so far this year passes 1,000Twice as many mumps cases have been reported this year as were recorded in the whole of 2018Tue Apr 30 2019 - 20:32
Pioneering prison health scheme credited with reduction in knife attacksIrish Red Cross programme seen as model for peer-to-peer education among prisonersMon Apr 29 2019 - 19:28
Vicky Phelan criticises Varadkar for ‘unacceptable delays’Phelan accuses Government of using Brexit as an excuse for not fulfilling promisesThu Apr 25 2019 - 01:01
Vicky Phelan: ‘Here I am a year later, still trying to get answers’The campaigner on seeking accountability and reform after the CervicalCheck crisisThu Apr 25 2019 - 01:00
Private sector increasingly dominating network of primary care centresStudy finds global investors have entered the Irish primary care centre market ‘because it offers relatively high profit opportunities’Wed Apr 24 2019 - 01:00
Weather set to change with rainfall, lower temperatures forecastNorthern Ireland records warmest ever Easter at 21.4 degrees in ArmaghMon Apr 22 2019 - 20:43
Bug that causes relapsing fever identified in tick collected in IrelandThe Borrelia pathogen is distantly related to the bacteria that cause Lyme diseaseMon Apr 22 2019 - 01:00
Cricket Ireland confirms €100,000 short-term loan from chief executiveMoney was given against advice of Sport Ireland to pay wages and ease cash flow crisisMon Apr 22 2019 - 01:00
Girl (8) dead and boy (11) seriously injured after crash in Co GalwayChildren out cycling near their home in Ballinasloe when they were hit by a carSun Apr 21 2019 - 21:59
New cancer drugs could cost State €500mNumber of indications covered by VHI initiative now 13, not three as had been thoughtSat Apr 20 2019 - 01:00
Price drop prompts HSE to reconsider funding drug for muscle diseaseDecision on funding Spinraza to treat spinal muscular atrophy expected in MayFri Apr 19 2019 - 01:29
University Hospital Limerick doctors say ‘unacceptable’ numbers waiting for bedsDoctors claim Beaumont has 31% more staff and 39% more beds than UHL in open letterThu Apr 18 2019 - 14:11
Ireland’s reliance on nurses coming from abroad rises furtherHundreds of Irish-trained nurses sought certs allowing them to practice abroad in 2017Thu Apr 18 2019 - 01:00
Food high in sugar, salt and fat will not be limited for most hospital patientsPlan is against restrictions on junk food as priority is to ensure patients get enough energyWed Apr 17 2019 - 03:00
State slow to switch to cheaper off-patent drugs, forum hearsHealth service could save €50m by using biosimilar medicines, says Michael BarryTue Apr 16 2019 - 20:06
Rivals have no plans to follow VHI’s decision on cancer drugsMove raises questions of equity between public and private patientsTue Apr 16 2019 - 00:27
Decimal point error meant incorrect doctor payment data posted onlinePharmaceutical giant MSD apologises after errors were noticed on transparency siteMon Apr 15 2019 - 15:39
Emergency response to lethal superbug may be shut downNumber of cases increasing despite efforts to raise awareness in hospitalsMon Apr 15 2019 - 01:00
‘I expected more protests’: Doctors on 100 days of abortion in IrelandThose providing terminations since they become legal in January are keeping their heads downSat Apr 13 2019 - 06:00
Locum GP found not guilty of poor professional performanceMedical Council says doctor’s conduct over his treatment of elderly patient was ‘suboptimal’Thu Apr 11 2019 - 01:00
Children’s hospital without maternity facility ‘risks catastrophe’Former master of Coombe will warn PAC of dangers of proceeding without co-locationThu Apr 11 2019 - 00:28
Grim reading in this children’s hospital tale, but key details left outPwC report into cost overruns at National Children’s Hospital does not tell the full storyWed Apr 10 2019 - 01:00
Children’s hospital to proceed despite ‘significant failings’Key flaws were cost underestimation and failure to control overrun, PwC findsWed Apr 10 2019 - 01:00
Hospital overcrowding: patients awaiting admission at year highTrolleyWatch count says 631 waiting for beds, with 55 at University Hospital LimerickTue Apr 9 2019 - 12:19
Number of people with cancer to double by 2045 if rates continueReport says rise could be contained to 50% if recent trends including screening continueTue Apr 9 2019 - 00:18
Big differences in waiting times for children’s occupational therapyChildren have been on the list in Wexford for up to three years, says TD Mick WallaceMon Apr 8 2019 - 01:01
Minister for Health under pressure to correct Dáil recordHarris claims he was not informed of concerns over free tests by CervicalCheck directorThu Apr 4 2019 - 02:51
TD among 80,000 women in CervicalCheck backlog ‘utter mess’Lisa Chambers criticises inviting of women for smear tests in context of looming delayWed Apr 3 2019 - 18:27
Free dental care plan would cost €80m a year, ESRI saysNew analysis shows cost of Government policy for adult medical-card holders and childrenWed Apr 3 2019 - 17:11
Simon Harris accused of misleading Dáil over cervical cancer claimTwo-thirds of 80,000 backlog of tests due to decision to offer free out-of-cycle smearsWed Apr 3 2019 - 13:51
Private dentists to take over most dental care for children‘Packages of care’ to replace existing school-based services at primary levelWed Apr 3 2019 - 00:34
CervicalCheck: Overseas labs found to alleviate record 33 week delaysHSE says increased workload has led to ‘long and very regrettable delays’ in reporting of resultsTue Apr 2 2019 - 18:00
Irish positive about autistic people but knowledge inadequate, survey findsOne in four people know of an autistic person among their friends, research revealsTue Apr 2 2019 - 04:00
Grindingly slow progress on inquiry into orthodontic damageWaiting lists and patchy services testify to dire state of public dentistry for childrenTue Apr 2 2019 - 00:56
Audit to review more than 7,500 children’s dental workAudit acts on allegations that children’s teeth were damaged by HSE orthodontic servicesTue Apr 2 2019 - 00:35
National Maternity Strategy: Funding for new elements haltedMoney effectively going to abortion since January, says steering group memberMon Apr 1 2019 - 01:00
HSE under growing pressure to susped cervical cancer screening programme as delays mountMinister urged to explain why lab issuing smear test results faster to private patientsSun Mar 31 2019 - 16:33
Pregnancy and epilepsy pose challenges despite best practicesDeaths of Marie and Darragh Downey sad reminder of care needed for some womenSat Mar 30 2019 - 00:42
Three nurses were caring for 31 patients at time of mother’s death in hospitalReviews to explore if understaffing a factor in CUMH deaths of Marie Downey and her babyFri Mar 29 2019 - 03:00
New motherhood may provide ‘triggers’ for epilepsyHSE guide suggests hospital staff should have post-natal care plan for women with epilepsyFri Mar 29 2019 - 02:00
Report urges greater staff support at sexual assault unitsSimon Harris launches review aimed at tackling rising levels of sexual violenceThu Mar 28 2019 - 19:10
One in three cancer patients losing weight gets no nutritional adviceSurvey shows major gaps between patients’ needs and service providedThu Mar 28 2019 - 13:28
Minister promises review into deaths of mother and son in Cork hospitalSimon Harris says the deaths of Marie Downey and son Darragh ‘devastating’Thu Mar 28 2019 - 12:33
Sex assault treatment units to get increases in staffing and fundingMinister for Health to announce additional €500,000 in funding for unitsThu Mar 28 2019 - 00:46
CervicalCheck: Delay in setting up IT system blamed for backlog of testsJust 200 of 2,572 samples checked in seven weeks amid concerns over 30-day limitWed Mar 27 2019 - 14:55
GP body refuses call for emergency meeting on abortion servicesSome doctors walked out of December EGM over refusal to allow votes on termination-related motionsWed Mar 27 2019 - 13:04
How Galway woman’s life changed when her brother gave her a kidneyOrgan Donor Awareness Week kicks off with life-affirming stories of transplantsTue Mar 26 2019 - 18:34
Altruistic organ donation should be introduced in Ireland, charity saysHalf a dozen people a year referred to North for altruistic organ donation, says IKATue Mar 26 2019 - 16:06
Inquiry after mother of newborn baby found dead in hospitalWoman discovered on the floor of her room in Cork hospital with her child underneath herTue Mar 26 2019 - 03:05