Stroke survivor: ‘I was fine. I felt a bit guilty about that’‘Gold standard’ on treatment established in major clinical trial completed months earlierTue Nov 24 2015 - 01:00
Varadkar urges banking inquiry to complete workCost of inquiry would buy ‘lot of home helps and homecare packages,’ Minister saysMon Nov 23 2015 - 14:13
Home nurse who stole from 97-year-old guilty of misconductNurse accused of misconduct after being caught taking money on hidden cameraFri Nov 20 2015 - 14:58
Eating fish during pregnancy helps children, seminar hearsBenefits of consumption outweigh any negative effects from contamination - expertThu Nov 19 2015 - 01:00
HSE deducts money from GPs to repay patientsMore than €8,000 refunded to medical cardholders after blood tests disputeThu Nov 19 2015 - 01:00
Blood service not told about problems with testing deviceQuestions as to whether kit properly validated before testing 180,000 Irish samplesWed Nov 18 2015 - 01:00
Mater to spend €320,000 on overflow ‘private capacity’Money earmarked for outsourcing emergencies when demand exceeds capacityWed Nov 18 2015 - 01:00
Odds of surviving pancreatic cancer narrow with new regimeAdvance from scientists at University of Ulster leads to significant reduction in tumourTue Nov 17 2015 - 10:36
Man who died in Dublin Airport was being deportedGarda Ombudsman, which is investigating incident, is still trying to contact relativesMon Nov 16 2015 - 01:00
Children’s hospital hearing may be live-streamedAn Bord Pleanála oral review of proposed St James’s Hospital development began todayFri Nov 13 2015 - 14:45
Tallaght hospital to investigate claims by consultantDoctor alleges she suffered intimidation as a result of advocating for emergency patientsFri Nov 13 2015 - 01:00
Tallaght hospital: Deep roots to events hogging headlinesThree years after a damning report, facility was back in the news due to overcrowdingFri Nov 13 2015 - 01:00
Varadkar to set out plans to improve patient safetyMinister for Health to announce creation of advocacy body and advisory councilThu Nov 12 2015 - 01:00
Patients at Tralee hospital at immediate risk of infection - HiqaReport finds bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease a threat at Kerry General HospitalTue Nov 10 2015 - 11:13
Varadkar told Tallaght hospital to look into whistleblower claimsInquiry to proceed after preliminary scoping exercise found grounds for full investigationTue Nov 10 2015 - 01:00
INMO welcomes plan to refurbish public nursing homesMore than €300m allocated in budget under capital plan for refurbishment of homesMon Nov 9 2015 - 15:28
Girl waiting six years for allergy test cannot get Tallaght bedChildren’s ward is being converted for use by adults with no admission for nine-year-oldMon Nov 9 2015 - 01:00
Doctor says he was asked to drop inquest evidenceTallaght hospital whistleblower Dr James Gray claims he was put under pressureSat Nov 7 2015 - 01:00
Outpatient waiting lists rise for fourth month in a rowDepartment imposes €8.7m fines on hospitals for breaching 18-month targetsFri Nov 6 2015 - 18:11
Tallaght hospital trying to gag me, says whistleblowerDr James Gray revealed 91-year-old spent 29 hours on trolley in emergency departmentFri Nov 6 2015 - 13:35
Tallaght hospital trying to silence doctors, group claimsConsultants concerned with inquiry into leak about 91-year-old man on trolleyFri Nov 6 2015 - 08:12
HPV vaccine does not cause syndromes, EU agency rulesEuropean Medicines Agency says there is no reason to change the way the drug is usedFri Nov 6 2015 - 01:02
Private companies could take over public hospitalsVaradkar is considering reforms that would allow private operators to manage centresFri Nov 6 2015 - 01:00
Flood of support for Tallaght whistleblowerFaced with a PR emergency, hospital management calls in the spin-doctorFri Nov 6 2015 - 01:00
Man (91) who spent 29 hours on trolley was ‘caught in crossfire’Varadkar says patient is unhappy over claims made about his Tallaght hospital visitFri Nov 6 2015 - 01:00
Doctor refuses to be silenced on Tallaght Hospital trolley casesInquiry ordered into leaking of the details of patient (91) left ‘festering’ on trolleyThu Nov 5 2015 - 11:32
Irish health outcomes are among worst in the WestOECD report says State has worst rates of asthma and COPD of 32 countries surveyedThu Nov 5 2015 - 01:00
RTÉ announces line-up for 1916 Rising centenaryProgrammes include five-part drama series, documentaries and Rubberbandits specialThu Nov 5 2015 - 01:00
Rise in lung condition cases surprises Irish specialistsBronchiectasis, thought to be “a disease of the past”, on the increaseThu Nov 5 2015 - 01:00
Concern says Ireland took ‘excessive precautions’ against EbolaAid agency says overreaction of Irish authorities triggered by ‘huge media coverage’Tue Nov 3 2015 - 01:00
Review of report that made corruption finding against BurkePlanning tribunal refuses to say if corruption findings against ex-FF minister to be droppedTue Nov 3 2015 - 01:00
State should pay to replace health workers it recruits – RobinsonFormer president says ‘you can’t build health system if you don’t have health workers’Tue Nov 3 2015 - 01:00
RTÉ made to retract audience gain claimState broadcaster claimed listenership for Breakfast Republic, Nicky Byrne shows had made ‘strong gains’ over last yearMon Nov 2 2015 - 08:20
Women with concerns over deliveries to meet maternity expertsMeetings arranged after review into baby deaths at Portlaoise hospital carried outMon Nov 2 2015 - 01:00
Two cases of listeria found in milk products since 2014European Commission report praises controls and says no risks identified for consumersMon Nov 2 2015 - 01:00
IMO rejects call to draft in surgeons for emergency workNursing union proposal rejected by doctors who say bed shortage is cause of backlogMon Nov 2 2015 - 01:00
Irish regulator found aircraft’s certifications ‘satisfactory’Irish Aviation Authority cleared safety documentation for Airbus A321 in AprilMon Nov 2 2015 - 01:00
HSE takes steps to minimise chemotherapy delaysShortage of necessary drugs has hampered treatment for hundreds of cancer patientsSat Oct 31 2015 - 01:00
Drug supply issues cause chemo delays for cancer patientsHSE says five patients in Drogheda had treatment postponed by a day as a resultFri Oct 30 2015 - 14:07
Trolley crisis worsens as HSE records deficit of €322m in AugustWaiting lists and trolley numbers up as Minister for Health’s targets are missed.Fri Oct 30 2015 - 13:52
Safety vs speed: how the EU regulates drugsEU is trying to increase the number of clinical trials being carried out in EuropeTue Oct 27 2015 - 01:00
Medical brain drain leading to ‘dumbing down’, says Rotunda masterCuts and lack of opportunity stopping doctors returning to Ireland, says Coulter-SmithMon Oct 26 2015 - 01:00
Rotunda Hospital master criticises abortion legislationAbsence of gestational age limit creates challenge for doctors, says Coulter-SmithMon Oct 26 2015 - 01:00
No reports of bad reactions in chemo scare, says authorityNumber of cancer patients potentially at risk of contamination down to eight, says HPRAFri Oct 23 2015 - 17:36
IMO urges action on ‘unacceptable’ overcrowding at BeaumontUnion seeks direct intervention by HSE boss Tony O’Brien as 39 patients wait on trolleysFri Oct 23 2015 - 16:38
Consultant surgeon earns €736,000 from HSEHSE chief financial officer Stephen Mulvany says the situation was ‘truly exceptional’Fri Oct 23 2015 - 01:00
HSE owed €290m for the use of public facilitiesAdministration and delays by doctors are holding up repayments, PAC hearsThu Oct 22 2015 - 21:12
HSE head criticised for having conference expenses paidTony O’Brien allowed US medical company to pay for his attendance at Madrid eventThu Oct 22 2015 - 18:39
HSE report into death of baby Mark Molloy to be publishedCase spurred inquiry into fatalities at Portlaoise hospital which led to damning reportThu Oct 22 2015 - 09:35
Van Geene case reveals unwieldy medical complaints systemBetter way needed as both sides often come away feeling as though they have lostThu Oct 22 2015 - 01:00