Dublin hospitals agree over mediatorSt Vincent’s and National Maternity Hospital in final effort to resolve governance rowWed May 25 2016 - 01:00
Salt intake limits may be too low, study showsIdea everyone should eat less salt could be misplaced, claims NUIG researcherTue May 24 2016 - 01:00
Community care key to health service, Simon Harris toldBriefing prepared for Minister for Health is highly critical of governance in the HSETue May 24 2016 - 01:00
One-third of Irish adults on long-term medication – surveyHealth authority concerned over growing use of internet to diagnose medical conditionsWed May 18 2016 - 13:08
Reasons for drop in numbers travelling for abortion contestedPro-choice groups say pills procured online contributing to decline in English abortionsWed May 18 2016 - 01:00
Number of women going to UK for abortion lowest since 1980More than nine women a day gave Irish addresses at clinics in Britain last yearTue May 17 2016 - 17:59
Medical care should not be ‘tool of the State’, ethics guide statesSurvey finds high public trust in doctors but not business leaders, journalists, politiciansTue May 17 2016 - 10:00
McGrath entitled to tobacco views - but not to ignore evidenceMinister of State’s arguments are the same ones employed by the tobacco industryTue May 17 2016 - 01:00
Beaumont Hospital operations cancelled due to staff shortageOne of facility’s 11 theatres shut each day on average since new year, says spokeswomanTue May 17 2016 - 01:00
Simon Harris as Minister for Health: the challenge awaitsA lack of track record made Harris a puzzling choice as Minister for Health, but he hasn’t been easily daunted in the pastTue May 17 2016 - 01:00
Finian McGrath ‘will support tobacco reduction policies’Independent stands over pro-smoking views, says smokers ‘getting fed up’ with treatmentMon May 16 2016 - 12:41
New strategy aims to tackle Irish obesity levelsGovernment wants to ensure Republic does not become the fattest country in EuropeMon May 16 2016 - 01:00
Meath incinerator did not cause fatal disease, HSE findsEnvironment groups criticise report on cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome in the countyMon May 16 2016 - 01:00
Pharmacists concerned by GP plans to dispense medicineGP prescribing could leave patients open to being ripped-off by doctors - pharmacistsSun May 15 2016 - 16:00
Tallaght Hospital admits losing test results of up to 100 patientsUp to 5,000 patients may be waiting for urea breath test, some up to 3 years, says sourceSun May 15 2016 - 14:22
Numbers waiting over 24 hours for A&E care up 14%Overcrowding, flu behind ED delays in January and February, HSE saysFri May 13 2016 - 13:21
HSE almost €60m over budget in first two months of yearOverspend could hit €350m in 2016 with hospitals and social care areas with main overrunsFri May 13 2016 - 10:59
Psychiatric patients kept in hospital due to lack of drugUp to a dozen people with schizophrenia in Co Meath unable to access ClozarilFri May 13 2016 - 01:00
Measles case under investigation by the HSEInfected person was in a number of public places in the run-up to the May Bank HolidayThu May 12 2016 - 17:29
Catholic ethos a ‘red herring’ for maternity hospital, says doctorClinical chief Prof Michael Keane says hospital will be free to carry out sterilisationsTue May 10 2016 - 01:00
Number of GPs qualifying for rural allowances to doubleFund of €10m geared towards continuing access for patients and supports for doctorsTue May 10 2016 - 01:00
Union begins balloting ambulance staff on strike actionMinister for Health Simon Harris urged to publish report on performance of serviceTue May 10 2016 - 01:00
HSE was told of risk to disabled adult in foster care - TuslaDisabled person was left in foster home after sex abuse claims raised about foster carerMon May 9 2016 - 20:54
Ireland 'too rural' for ambulance targetsHiqa’s eight-minute goal for serious calls deemed challenging due to rural settingsMon May 9 2016 - 05:49
Ambulance service needs 750 more staff, says reportRural nature of Ireland means cost of service significantly higher than in UKMon May 9 2016 - 01:00
Hospitals to resume talks on maternity governanceSimon Harris likely to meet St Vincent’s and National Maternity Hospital separatelyMon May 9 2016 - 01:00
HSE ends routine eye screening for fifth and six class pupilsAssociation of Optometrists, which drew attention to the change, is disappointedMon May 9 2016 - 01:00
Number of patients on public waiting lists exceeds 500,000Almost 24,000 people have been on outpatient waiting list for more than 15 monthsSat May 7 2016 - 01:00
Varadkar threat to pull funds in St Vincent’s hospital rowMinister issues warning on dispute over €150m relocation of maternity hospitalFri May 6 2016 - 01:00
Turf war at heart of dispute between Holles Street and St Vincent’sBoth see benefits of National Maternity Hospital’s move but differ on who takes chargeThu May 5 2016 - 01:00
Maternity hospital governance row 'a risk to women'St Vincent's director warns running maternity unit separately could cause delaysThu May 5 2016 - 01:00
Folic acid ‘most effective way of reducing birth defects’FSAI report says mandatory fortification of bread best option to cut spina bifida ratesWed May 4 2016 - 10:46
Spinal curvature-treatment waiting lists increasingDespite HSE resources and outsourcing to UK and private sector, queues still growingWed May 4 2016 - 01:00
Scoliosis waiting lists: Marie Cunningham is 58, but feels 90‘Walking is really bad ... I have to use crutches to help hold me up as I get exhausted’Wed May 4 2016 - 01:00
Medical misadventure verdict over death of five-day-oldFamily of baby Darragh Byrne critical of failings of Coombe maternity hospital in 2013Tue May 3 2016 - 17:57
Nurse struck off for stealing money from patientFootage from hidden cameras showed nurse taking €50 sums belonging to 97-year-oldTue May 3 2016 - 01:00
St James’s Hospital staff upset by plan to cut parkingUnion has voted for action against plans to cut spaces for National Children’s HospitalMon May 2 2016 - 01:01
Portlaoise sanctions over baby deaths to be kept secretHSE boss says families may never know if hospital staff members were disciplinedMon May 2 2016 - 01:00
Investigation into staff role in Portlaoise baby deaths delayedA report on whether staff need to be disciplined has effectively stalledMon May 2 2016 - 01:00
St Vincent’s rejects claims that it bans sterilisationDublin hospital denies banning procedure for reasons relating to its Catholic ethosSat Apr 30 2016 - 01:00
Children’s hospital: Plan to limit private car use ‘ambitious’‘It is not the aim ... to force those travelling with sick children to use public transport’Fri Apr 29 2016 - 01:00
Children’s hospital debacle: New way to plan big projects neededMoney that could have been spent on healing sick children has been squanderedFri Apr 29 2016 - 01:00
National children’s hospital: Q&AThe planning saga is over. Next step is funding construction at the St James’s siteFri Apr 29 2016 - 01:00
National children’s hospital site preparation to start in JuneConstruction to start after demolition of old buildings, with opening planned for 2020Fri Apr 29 2016 - 01:00
New national children’s hospital at St James’s granted planningVaradkar says ‘short of an asteroid hitting planet’ €700m hospital will be built by 2020Thu Apr 28 2016 - 10:48
Staff to be banned from some parking spaces at new children’s hospitalThere will be 675 spaces reserved for use by patients and visitors at St James’s siteThu Apr 28 2016 - 10:47
Plans to limit cars at new hospital ‘ambitious’ but achievable, says plannerInspector says no healthcare site better served by public transport than St James’sThu Apr 28 2016 - 10:15
Campaigners to protest at Dáil over mental health fundingProposed €12m diversion away from sector will cause ‘irreversible’ damage, says groupThu Apr 28 2016 - 01:00
Cancer test delays being addressed, says HSENational Cancer Control Programme says urgent cases are seen promptlyWed Apr 27 2016 - 01:01
Detecting polyps early made all the difference for Shane KirwanBowel cancer detected at Stage 1Wed Apr 27 2016 - 01:00