Varadkar appoints experts to review cancer strategyNew national plan to tackle the disease to be implemented from 2016Mon Sep 29 2014 - 15:22
Nurse who taped patient’s mouth accepts guiltFirst nursing fitness to practice inquiry held in publicMon Sep 29 2014 - 13:16
HSE chiefs ordered court action over Ms Y to be abandonedDepartment says it became aware of HSE legal action ‘at very late stage’Mon Sep 29 2014 - 01:00
EU states 'can do more' to battle Ebola virusProminent public health experts urge western governments to do moreMon Sep 29 2014 - 01:00
Makers of MS drug reapply to be covered by HSE schemePatients are currently paying €500 a month for FampridineMon Sep 29 2014 - 01:00
Non-compliant procurement at a ‘significant level’ in HSEMost of the non-compliant purchases were arrangements that had been in place for a considerable periodFri Sep 26 2014 - 20:29
Seven years on, and Sonia’s silver shinesA national athletic hero, Sonia O’Sullivan’s career has had plenty of heartaches, as well as triumphsFri Sep 26 2014 - 06:00
Mothers claim midwife row has left them in limbo50 women and children protest outside Four Courts in support of Philomena CanningFri Sep 26 2014 - 01:00
Report criticises HSE medical card reviewPublic Accounts Committee says most medical cards should be renewed automaticallyThu Sep 25 2014 - 10:44
Patient ‘Emily’ shows why national children’s hospital is badly neededLong-running hospital saga has cost taxpayer €40m without one brick being laidThu Sep 25 2014 - 01:00
New National Children’s Hospital delayed againFacility will not open at St James’s until 2019, three years later than originally plannedThu Sep 25 2014 - 00:30
HSE figures show one in 12 are on outpatient waiting listOver 360,000 people are waiting for an outpatient appointmentWed Sep 24 2014 - 07:54
Irish plain packaging tobacco law can create ‘domino effect’Expert warns Government not to be bullied out of plans to remove logos from packetsTue Sep 23 2014 - 16:17
Hiqa says none of defibrillator programmes is ‘cost effective’Legislation requiring defibs in 43,000 buildings would save at most 11 livesTue Sep 23 2014 - 13:46
Hospital spends €550,000 per quarter filling consultant postsAgency staff on hourly contracts used to cover five positions at Letterkenny HospitalTue Sep 23 2014 - 01:02
Department of Health publishes abortion guidelines for doctorsVaradkar says guidelines may be amended to take account ‘Ms Y’ caseFri Sep 19 2014 - 19:06
‘No plan’ to close Portlaoise A&E, Varadkar saysHSE report recommended services should be discontinued for safety reasonsFri Sep 19 2014 - 16:39
Number of suicides rises to highest on record in 2011Number of men taking their own lives outnumbers women by over four to oneFri Sep 19 2014 - 14:45
Nurse fitness-to-practise hearings to be publicAll complaints about nurses and midwives since October 2012 to be dealt with under new ActFri Sep 19 2014 - 01:00
Senator calls for end to ‘scaremongering’ on Portlaoise emergency departmentMinister Varadkar and HSE urged to make statement on future of hospitalFri Sep 19 2014 - 01:00
IMO warns Ireland’s health services ‘at critical point’Doctors call for increased health funding, abolition of prescription chargeThu Sep 18 2014 - 12:42
HSE report calls for closure of Portlaoise emergency unitUnpublished review says 24-hour department should be replaced by daytime local injury clinicThu Sep 18 2014 - 07:21
Terminally ill patients in Galway A&E denied dignity and privacyNurses protest over ‘unacceptable conditions’ at University Hospital GalwayThu Sep 18 2014 - 01:00
Care processes at Portlaoise hospital at risk of ‘collapse’Urgent correction and reconfiguration is needed, according to unpublished reviewThu Sep 18 2014 - 01:00
Ministers to engage in ‘intensive discussions’ ahead of budgetGovernment says its ‘monitoring’ referendum in ScotlandWed Sep 17 2014 - 14:06
‘Obese, sedentary’ Irish population worst for diabetesIndex ranks Ireland lowest in western Europe for diabetes care and data collectionWed Sep 17 2014 - 10:57
University Hospital Galway patients ‘lack privacy and dignity’UHG acknowledges overcrowding in emergency unit and that building needs updatingWed Sep 17 2014 - 10:39
Prescription charge likely to be retained in budgetMinister resists calls for abolition of charge despite claims patients can’t afford itWed Sep 17 2014 - 01:00
Warning that free GP care will increase waits for most patientsEmigration has been considered by half of those who responded to survey of GPsTue Sep 16 2014 - 01:02
Haemophiliacs seek access to new treatmentGroup says 350 Hepatitis C patients urgently need new therapies to stay aliveMon Sep 15 2014 - 13:19
New medical group to campaign against health cutsPatients, doctors and nurses unite to oppose Budget cuts to health serviceMon Sep 15 2014 - 12:50
Report says rehabilitating stroke survivors in community could save State up to €7m3,000 stroke survivors a year could benefit from early supported discharge programmesMon Sep 15 2014 - 01:04
Review of Savita obstetrician finds no safety or quality issuesConsultant obstetrician continues to work as normal at University Hospital GalwayMon Sep 15 2014 - 01:04
Healthier hospital food on the wayMinister has nothing against chips, but thinks there should be salad on the menu tooMon Sep 15 2014 - 01:00
Hospital trolley numbers up 19 per centNursing union says rise in hospital overcrowding is ‘truly shocking’Fri Sep 12 2014 - 14:00
Slow response to Halappanavar reportOnly one hospital got ‘excellent’ for instigating HSE and Hiqa recommendationsFri Sep 12 2014 - 01:06
Health crisis: cuts would lead to ‘draconian’ measuresDepartment warns emergency departments would close at nightFri Sep 12 2014 - 01:02
Health department warns against more funding cutsReport says health needs €500 million moreFri Sep 12 2014 - 01:00
Health cuts of €833m outlined in submissionDepartment of Health does not believe bulk of savings proposed are achievableFri Sep 12 2014 - 01:00
Tax on sugary drinks ‘not justified’, nutrition expert saysReducing suger is not a ‘magic bullet’ to combating obesity, Dublin conference toldThu Sep 11 2014 - 12:34
Staff in Savita Halappanavar case ‘disciplined’ after reviewInquiry decided 21 of 30 persons involved in late woman’s care had no case to answerThu Sep 11 2014 - 09:20
Irish scientist to lead Ebola trialsDublin-born Prof Adrian Hill said he was cautiously optimistic that a recently developed vaccine would prove effectiveThu Sep 11 2014 - 01:00
Jim Breslin appointed secretary general at HealthHead of Department of Children moved to replace Ambrose McLoughlinWed Sep 10 2014 - 17:56
Teen cannabis users less likely to finish school, get a degreeDaily users of cannabis in adolescence are seven times more likely to attempt suicideWed Sep 10 2014 - 08:15
Varadkar signals change to graduate nurse schemeMinister promises ‘creative’ approach to make graduate nursing more attractiveTue Sep 9 2014 - 13:52
Hazel O’Kelly, who took action against the HSE, tells of her father’s final daysThe 61-year-old Patrick O’Kelly died in 2005 after being admitted to Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Limerick with suspected strokeTue Sep 9 2014 - 01:00
Woman criticises HSE after legal battle over father’s deathPatrick O’Kelly died from injury after fall from bed in Mid-Western Regional HospitalTue Sep 9 2014 - 01:00
Women with faulty breast implants could win payoutLawyers say French courts likely to make awards of €15,000 in PIP scandalMon Sep 8 2014 - 14:13
Minister told by department officials he has no power to set drug pricesIrish consumers still paying multiples of price paid by British for commonly used medicinesSat Sep 6 2014 - 01:05
Living kidney donors to get expenses reimbursedDepartment of Social Protection agrees to compensationSat Sep 6 2014 - 01:02