Homeless should be allowed stay in Apollo House, says ZapponeShowers to be added to block taken over by housing campaigners as numbers there riseMon Dec 19 2016 - 15:47
Germany to provide free access to Orkambi cystic fibrosis drugAbout 2,000 German patients to benefit as State continues to negotiate over priceMon Dec 19 2016 - 15:10
Right of older people to decide on care being infringedUp to 70% of cases dealt with by advocacy group involve family conflicts over careMon Dec 19 2016 - 07:31
Woman (86) escapes from nursing home to be in house she lovesCase study: after she fell, Kay’s family found a residential place for her but she got boredMon Dec 19 2016 - 07:25
Apollo House protesters to meet owners over occupationHome Sweet Home group accommodating 31 homeless people in disused office buildingSun Dec 18 2016 - 17:54
Bernadette Scully case: Carers group calls for statutory right to home care supportsDoctor was forced to seek help from London clinic amid struggle with HSE for servicesSat Dec 17 2016 - 16:05
Bernadette Scully ‘unlikely’ to be disciplined after acquittalGP was found not guilty of the manslaughter of her profoundly disabled daughterSat Dec 17 2016 - 01:00
Bernadette Scully: ‘Colleagues had the height of praise for her’Popular GP went through difficult marriages but cared for daughter ‘100 per cent plus’Fri Dec 16 2016 - 20:05
Little in HSE service plan to spark enthusiasm for futureAbsence of cutbacks is welcome although it seems a case of ‘merely treading water’Thu Dec 15 2016 - 01:00
Risk of Irish men and women developing cancer levels offLifestyle changes linked to static rates but almost 38,000 still diagnosed every yearThu Dec 15 2016 - 00:01
HSE chief not optimistic on reaching price deal for OrkambiMinister says he will not be bullied, as talks with pharma firm on cystic fibrosis drug reopenWed Dec 14 2016 - 18:54
HSE warns of issues delivering services with €14bn budgetHealth body says it may not be able to meet costs of pay and new drugs and equipmentWed Dec 14 2016 - 14:34
Prescription charges for over-70s to be reduced from MarchSimon Harris also announces medical cards for 9,000 sick children by early 2017Tue Dec 13 2016 - 16:42
Hospital trolley numbers surge as strike threat loomsConcern over rise in overcrowding as 541 patients waiting for admissionTue Dec 13 2016 - 12:58
Dangerous industrial cleaner linked to rising popularity of ‘chemsex’Use of drugs to enhance sexual pleasure is suspected over sharp rise in HIV, syphilis and gonorrhoeaTue Dec 13 2016 - 06:30
Alcohol and other drugs kill two people a day in IrelandFatalities up 62% over 10 years, with half of those who died aged 39 or youngerTue Dec 13 2016 - 01:00
HPV vaccine to be provided to men who have sex with menVaccine will target 16-26-year-olds from next January through public clinicsMon Dec 12 2016 - 17:45
Sick? Off work? Don’t take the wrong medicineSuperbug outbreaks in Limerick and Tallaght show that antibiotic resistance is in our communities, our hospitals, our bloodstreams. We could be heading for disasterSat Dec 10 2016 - 06:00
Hospital waiting lists reach new high of 538,000Record high comes despite reduction in long waiting times for inpatient proceduresThu Dec 8 2016 - 19:02
Most trauma injuries sustained at home or on road, report revealsMajor trauma caused most often by falls of under 2m, says office of clinical auditThu Dec 8 2016 - 16:56
Harris challenges Orkambi firm to ‘stop spinning’ and get on with price talksGovernment and Vertex differ over approach to price talks for cystic fibrosis treatmentThu Dec 8 2016 - 16:00
Some nurses ‘suicidal’ over disciplinary hearings, committee toldINMO says media coverage of such hearings can be difficult and ‘toxic’ for nurses involvedThu Dec 8 2016 - 11:47
HSE to resume talks on ‘exorbitant’ price of CF drug OrkambiVertex Pharmaceuticals wants Minister Simon Harris to take a role in negotiationsThu Dec 8 2016 - 10:45
Dáil health system committee seeks April deadline for reportThree-month extension sought due to ‘huge’ volume of work with health expert evidenceThu Dec 8 2016 - 01:00
Confusion over treatment abroad scheme sees patients billedCross Border Healthcare scheme gives Irish residents option of public treatment abroadWed Dec 7 2016 - 11:06
Minister refuses to negotiate directly over cost of CF treatmentDrug company calls on Simon Harris to intervene after HSE rules out use of OrkambiWed Dec 7 2016 - 01:00
Man in critical condition in Dublin was shot through kitchen windowVictim (38) received up to six gunshot wounds after incident in MulhuddartTue Dec 6 2016 - 12:27
Religion cited as influencing Irish low breastfeeding ratesBreastfeeding rates are higher in areas where the proportion of Catholics is lowerTue Dec 6 2016 - 06:45
Man seriously injured in west Dublin shootingVictim shot up to six times in in Parslickstown Green, Mulhuddart, shortly after 8pmMon Dec 5 2016 - 23:04
Future of Portlaoise hospital ‘uncertain’, says HiqaWatchdog warns emergency department and critical care service pose safety risksMon Dec 5 2016 - 14:13
Meet Emily, Ireland’s first ‘digital baby’New records system to be rolled out across country over next three yearsMon Dec 5 2016 - 13:37
It’s all downhill from 38: why ageing is not just for the oldA new centre for successful ageing aims to address the challenges we all faceMon Dec 5 2016 - 12:00
No good evidence for legalising medicinal cannabisBill as it stands will make drug legal for recreational use for everyone over age of 16Fri Dec 2 2016 - 01:04
Newborns can now avail of two new vaccines from their doctorParents can apply for MenB and Rotavirus vaccines under immunisation changesThu Dec 1 2016 - 10:45
Just two 69-year-olds screened for breast cancer this yearGovernment’s pledge of extended BreastCheck for all 65 to 69-year-olds to take five yearsWed Nov 30 2016 - 17:06
HSE faces €1.4bn bill to replace ageing equipmentTony O’Brien warns of safety issues around old ambulances, MRIs and X-ray machinesWed Nov 30 2016 - 16:51
Older generation not eating enough dairy, says reportResearch finds just 3.5% of over 60s eat recommended three dairy portions dailyWed Nov 30 2016 - 15:13
HPV scare triggers negative ripple effect for other vaccinesTake-up of cervical cancer, flu serums significantly down, according to HSE reportTue Nov 29 2016 - 16:46
Total Immersion: learn how to swim faster (much faster)Despite training sessions and three triathlons, I was still a slow swimmer so I signed up for a Total Immersion workshopTue Nov 29 2016 - 01:00
GPs use videolink in Clare due to shortage of doctorsPatients in ShannonDoc treatment centre in Kilrush are seen remotely by Dublin doctorTue Nov 29 2016 - 01:00
A third of heart failure patients feel isolated, study findsCommunity care can reduce national burden and improve quality of life, says IHF reportTue Nov 29 2016 - 01:00
Health bosses reject demand by Cork maternity consultantsObstetricians want greater independence from Cork University HospitalMon Nov 28 2016 - 18:57
Group calls for withdrawal of ‘false’ symphysiotomy claimsSurvivors of Symphysiotomy say none of its campaigners refused by redress schemeMon Nov 28 2016 - 18:49
Medical Council ‘carefully considers’ symphysiotomy reportJudge Maureen Harding Clark raised doubts about some women who applied for redressMon Nov 28 2016 - 01:00
Holles Street Hospital move to St Vincent’s campus confirmed‘Unedifying spat’ delayed urgently needed move from outdated city premisesThu Nov 24 2016 - 19:18
More symphysiotomy cases still in legal pipeline, says solicitorUp to 30 women pursuing litigation rather than applying for now closed redress schemeThu Nov 24 2016 - 01:00
Dementia to rise threefold by 2046, says Minister of StateAgeing population will bring higher incidence of condition, says Helen McEnteeThu Nov 24 2016 - 01:00
Irish deaths from heart attacks and cancer above EU averageOECD report shows health outcomes continue to lag behind other western countriesWed Nov 23 2016 - 19:30
Symphysiotomy: the whitewash that never wasComplexities of the arguments for and against the practice have been largely ignoredWed Nov 23 2016 - 05:00
Almost third of symphysiotomy claims unfounded, report saysMany applicants for pubic joint procedure redress scheme lacked evidence, says judgeWed Nov 23 2016 - 01:00