Paul Cullen

Closure of emergency department was mooted in 2009 and became policy in 2013, yet politicians are still trying to block it

Now any day with under 100 trolleys in Limerick’s ED is regarded as a good day, campaigner complains

Hospital outbreaks increase threefold as number of virus patients approaches 500

HSE figures show massive waiting lists in some area, and none in others

Naloxone administered 569 times over three years, resulting in a 98% survival rate

Patients were removed following validation of inpatient and outpatient lists

HSE boss Paul Reid says he will not ‘compromise’ on safety concerns about Navan hospital ED

Proposal ‘unacceptable’ unless adequately resourced, says Minister for Justice Helen McEntee

HSE’s Dr Colm Henry expresses concern and attributes rise to new subvariants of the virus

ED to be replaced by medical assessment unit with 80% of patients to be treated there, HSE says

IMO says NCHDs continue to be required to work far in excess of legal and safe working hours

‘HSE has not educated the medical community properly’: Vulnerable patients complain about difficulties accessing Paxlovid

Increase in virus cases ‘could be a blip or the start of a summer wave’, Leo Varadkar says

Infections, hospitalisations and intensive care admissions are on the rise

Use of drug ‘higher than Celtic Tiger levels’ and set to rise further, say specialists