Creativity could be prescribed to improve brain health, study suggestsMusic, dance, visual arts, and even specific video games can slow brain ageing, Trinity College research findsFri Oct 03 2025 - 11:54
Almost 75% of Ireland’s radiation machines need to be replaced, group finds Concerns about ‘substandard care’ as breakdown of older equipment interrupts treatment Fri Oct 03 2025 - 06:00
‘I find calm in chaos. I think most emergency physicians are like that’Doctor Keith Kennedy volunteers with Critical charity to take pressure off the ambulance service Fri Oct 03 2025 - 06:00
Irish Cancer Society says budget funding vital to prevent death rate increasingCharity outlined how majority of targets in the National Cancer Strategy have not been metThu Oct 02 2025 - 00:02
Hiqa report highlights how healthcare impasse in midwest can be linked to one decisionCurrent situation can be tied back to the closure of three smaller EDs in 2009Tue Sept 30 2025 - 17:27
Recommendations of Hiqa review of HSE Mid-West branded ‘very disrespectful’ by campaignersThird option to tackle overcrowding is to develop a new hospital in HSE Mid West, says HiqaTue Sept 30 2025 - 15:16
Men’s silent health crisis: ‘I was just worrying, worrying, worrying. I thought I was going to die’A report this week found that two in five men die prematurely, with embarrassment about mental health and attempts to ‘power through’ among the reasonsSat Sept 27 2025 - 06:00
Chickenpox vaccine: who can get it, when and why? Hospitalised cases of the virus rose to 165 in 2023, more than twice the level of the previous year Thu Sept 25 2025 - 11:39
Mismanaged ‘skin infestation’ outbreak at Kilkenny nursing home risked spreading disease, Hiqa findsScabies outbreak, including severe and more contagious form of condition, was not properly dealt with, Hiqa inspection finds Thu Sept 25 2025 - 11:05
Ireland’s drugs budget rising every year in ‘unsustainable’ trajectoryTwo more cases being examined in Portiuncula hospital reveiew, Oireachtas committee hearsThu Sept 25 2025 - 06:00
What will the HSE’s takeover of Children’s Health Ireland mean for patients?Paediatric healthcare provider has faced a litany of controversiesWed Sept 24 2025 - 17:19
Children’s Health Ireland to be folded into HSEMove follows months of controversy, notably relating to orthopaedic and spinal servicesWed Sept 24 2025 - 16:19
Minister urged to intercede over regulator row in psychotherapy sector Stakeholders raise concerns that new standards will lower the quality of training, creating risks for client safety Wed Sept 24 2025 - 06:00
GP who described Covid vaccine for children as ‘crime against humanity’ faces inquiryDr Marcus de Brun, who said face masks were ‘dangerous’, faces 10 allegations of professional misconductTue Sept 23 2025 - 17:03
Patient’s picture was shared ‘mistakenly’ on WhatsApp, HSE data protection log showsHealth service recorded 624 breaches last year including theft of backpack containing filesTue Sept 23 2025 - 10:00
Home-birth system is a ‘risk to patient safety’, audit findsNo agreed maximum safe travel time to nearest maternity unit or self-employed community midwife, report showsTue Sept 23 2025 - 06:00
Two in five men in Ireland die before the age of 75Men in Ireland dying too young from causes that are largely preventable, Movember charity research outlinesTue Sept 23 2025 - 06:00
Managing chronic pain no longer a case of enduranceIn Dublin’s Mount Carmel HSE surgical hub, ‘it’s so calm and you know you’re actually going to be seen’Mon Sept 22 2025 - 06:00
Sea swimming: How safe is it to take plunge beyond the summer in Ireland?The rise of open-water swimming offers benefits, but experts warn of hidden dangers in winter seasSun Sept 21 2025 - 06:00
CHI investigates reports of surgeons contacting parents to review children they operated onOne mother recalled sense of shock after surgeon said he wanted to review his own workFri Sept 19 2025 - 06:00
Youth drinking in Ireland on the rise following lull Although younger people delay, once they drink they consume alcohol at above average rate Thu Sept 18 2025 - 15:31
Flu vaccine uptake among health workers in 2024 lowest in seven yearsMore than 23,000 cases of influenza notified to health officials between October and end of FebruaryThu Sept 18 2025 - 13:37
Lack of nursing home beds ‘means older people staying longer in acute hospitals’Significant increase in nursing home beds needed to meet growing demand, says representative bodyThu Sept 18 2025 - 06:00
HSE to create panel to help cut waiting lists for children’s assessments of needAbout 90% of applicants not seen within six months as required by Disability ActMon Sept 15 2025 - 20:01
Pharmacy sector to receive additional €75m under new agreement with State Pharmacists will be able to prescribe medication for a number of common conditions under agreementFri Sept 12 2025 - 21:17
Significant disruption to Luas services in Dublin and some Irish Rail routes over weekend No service from Red Cow to Tallaght, while Longford-to-Sligo rail schedule also affectedFri Sept 12 2025 - 18:28
The Irish public hospitals with unsafe bed-occupancy levelsOccupancy at 95.9% nationally in the first six months of the year, where 85% considered the limit, new figures showWed Sept 10 2025 - 06:00
Children in low-income families are most exposed to unhealthy food, report finds Unicef says children from low-income families and communities most exposed to unhealthy food environmentsWed Sept 10 2025 - 06:00
More than third of older adults have undiagnosed high blood pressureHealth system will struggle to cope unless unmet needs are addressed, warn researchersTue Sept 09 2025 - 06:00
‘Any person at any time can have a stroke’: Former Dublin footballer recalls health scare Siobhán McGrath helped launch campaign urging people to act the second they suspect a strokeTue Sept 09 2025 - 06:00
CHI still faces questions over waiting list irregularities and orthopaedic care Children’s Health Ireland still faces inquiries into its services which are yet to be completedMon Sept 08 2025 - 06:00
‘I want to be as strong as I can be’: Irish people in their 60s and 70s on embracing the gymThere are a ‘wide range’ of physical and mental benefits to staying fit and active in later years Mon Sept 08 2025 - 06:00
Why is there an inquiry into the use of epilepsy drug sodium valproate?Inquiry relates to historical licensing and use of drug for women of childbearing ageSun Sept 07 2025 - 06:00
Dr Suzanne Crowe on losing her baby daughter: ‘We held Beatrice together until her heartbeat faded away’The president of the Irish Medical Council explains how the way she sees life and death has been changed by the patients she has encountered - and the loss of her own childSun Sept 07 2025 - 06:00
Garda deemed report into potential CHI waiting list irregularities ‘not suitable’ for investigationConfidential document on work culture and use of funding to cut public waiting lists was leaked widely in the media earlier this yearFri Sept 05 2025 - 21:09
Number of children on community healthcare waiting lists rises to 42,000More than 14,000 children waiting more than a year for psychological services, figures showFri Sept 05 2025 - 06:00
Final maternity hospital due to switch entirely to electronic records by end of yearOver one million appointments to go live on next version of HSE app, conference told Thu Sept 04 2025 - 18:32
The modern Irish GP: How a new kind of doctor is reinventing general practiceFamily doctors were traditionally male, but women now represent 52% of GP workforceThu Sept 04 2025 - 06:00
Sedative known as the ‘coffin tablet’ makes up large quantity of seized medication hereHPRA confirmed 382,395 dosage units of illegal medicines were seized in first half of 2025Wed Sept 03 2025 - 18:22
Doctor who failed to refer ‘red flag’ patient for mammogram should be suspended, urges Medical CouncilCommittee makes findings of poor professional practise against Dr Jaroslaw KrzyzanowskiWed Sept 03 2025 - 14:14
Raising Limerick hospital chief’s salary ‘in best interests’ of centre, staff toldSt John’s Hospital CEO’s pay was raised to a higher band in 2023, in breach of agreed salary scalesMon Sept 01 2025 - 14:44
Consultant at centre of review in Drogheda’s Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital has left countryJust over 1,000 cases being looked at as part of analysis relating to tissue diagnoses slides across various specialitiesFri Aug 29 2025 - 19:00
Palestinian nurses conclude intensive surgical training in IrelandRotation characterised as ‘key step’ in advance of spring 2026 opening of Jubilee building in West Bank baby hospitalFri Aug 29 2025 - 16:05
Tributes paid as chairman of Hiqa board diesProf Pat O’Mahony had served on a number of public and private sector boardsThu Aug 28 2025 - 17:29
National children’s hospital: what’s the hold-up - and whose fault are delays?Project originally due to be finished in 2022 looks likely to miss its latest completion date in SeptemberThu Aug 28 2025 - 13:06
Dozens of Drogheda hospital patients had pre-cancerous cells miscategorisedSeveral dozen patients to receive letters from hospital over grading of their pre-cancerous cells on foot of review of work of one consultantTue Aug 26 2025 - 20:22
Dementia: 12% fewer beds for patients, as rates of condition set to double by 2050Just 353 HSE-funded beds remain in the State for care of patients with dementia, including Alzheimer’sTue Aug 26 2025 - 06:00
Chief executive of St John’s Hospital salary increased in breach of public pay scalesHSE aware of ‘issue of noncompliance’ with pay policy at Limerick hospitalMon Aug 25 2025 - 17:21
Suicide-prevention charity Pieta seeks to cut €3 million amid ‘unsustainable’ financial positionDrop in donations since Covid-19 has been a ‘major challenge’, says charity’s chief executiveSat Aug 23 2025 - 00:01
Bottomless brunches: are restaurant booze offers breaking the law? Author of new Irish study says alcohol remains a ‘clear and present danger’ to public Fri Aug 22 2025 - 12:55
