Phelan accuses Government of using Brexit as an excuse for not fulfilling promises

The campaigner on seeking accountability and reform after the CervicalCheck crisis

Study finds global investors have entered the Irish primary care centre market ‘because it offers relatively high profit opportuni(...)

Northern Ireland records warmest ever Easter at 21.4 degrees in Armagh

Money was given against advice of Sport Ireland to pay wages and ease cash flow crisis

The Borrelia pathogen is distantly related to the bacteria that cause Lyme disease

Children out cycling near their home in Ballinasloe when they were hit by a car

Number of indications covered by VHI initiative now 13, not three as had been thought

Decision on funding Spinraza to treat spinal muscular atrophy expected in May

Doctors claim Beaumont has 31% more staff and 39% more beds than UHL in open letter

Hundreds of Irish-trained nurses sought certs allowing them to practice abroad in 2017

Plan is against restrictions on junk food as priority is to ensure patients get enough energy

Health service could save €50m by using biosimilar medicines, says Michael Barry

Move raises questions of equity between public and private patients

Pharmaceutical giant MSD apologises after errors were noticed on transparency site

Number of cases increasing despite efforts to raise awareness in hospitals

Those providing terminations since they become legal in January are keeping their heads down

Medical Council says doctor’s conduct over his treatment of elderly patient was ‘suboptimal’

Former master of Coombe will warn PAC of dangers of proceeding without co-location

PwC report into cost overruns at National Children’s Hospital does not tell the full story

Key flaws were cost underestimation and failure to control overrun, PwC finds

TrolleyWatch count says 631 waiting for beds, with 55 at University Hospital Limerick

Report says rise could be contained to 50% if recent trends including screening continue

Children have been on the list in Wexford for up to three years, says TD Mick Wallace

Harris claims he was not informed of concerns over free tests by CervicalCheck director

Lisa Chambers criticises inviting of women for smear tests in context of looming delay

New analysis shows cost of Government policy for adult medical-card holders and children

Two-thirds of 80,000 backlog of tests due to decision to offer free out-of-cycle smears

‘Packages of care’ to replace existing school-based services at primary level

HSE says increased workload has led to ‘long and very regrettable delays’ in reporting of results

One in four people know of an autistic person among their friends, research reveals

Waiting lists and patchy services testify to dire state of public dentistry for children

Audit acts on allegations that children’s teeth were damaged by HSE orthodontic services

Money effectively going to abortion since January, says steering group member

Minister urged to explain why lab issuing smear test results faster to private patients

Deaths of Marie and Darragh Downey sad reminder of care needed for some women

Reviews to explore if understaffing a factor in CUMH deaths of Marie Downey and her baby

HSE guide suggests hospital staff should have post-natal care plan for women with epilepsy

Simon Harris launches review aimed at tackling rising levels of sexual violence

Survey shows major gaps between patients’ needs and service provided

Simon Harris says the deaths of Marie Downey and son Darragh ‘devastating’

Minister for Health to announce additional €500,000 in funding for units

Just 200 of 2,572 samples checked in seven weeks amid concerns over 30-day limit

Some doctors walked out of December EGM over refusal to allow votes on termination-related motions

Organ Donor Awareness Week kicks off with life-affirming stories of transplants

Half a dozen people a year referred to North for altruistic organ donation, says IKA

Woman discovered on the floor of her room in Cork hospital with her child underneath her

Dedicated care teams could assess eyes and send public patients directly for fast surgery

Delay could affect women’s ability to take court cases where misreading of slides alleged

Dr Gabriel Scally’s latest progress report notes ‘deeply flawed’ HSE policy still in place

German study establishes link between mistreatment and brain alterations

Uptake of HPV vaccine among teenage girls now at 70% due to advocate’s campaigning

Centenarians attribute long life to friendships and interest in world around them

Board warns of long delays in finding a new site as it says it will not seek a judicial review

‘She wanted to use the time that she had to right what she felt was a great wrong’

Dr Salaheldin Ahmed denies failing to properly examine man during home visit

Outgoing head Sharon Sheehan was second woman to hold position of master in any hospital

Disclosure rules revision meant cancer patients had to be told of misinterpreted tests

John Pollock appeared genuinely embarrassed by the massive cost overrun

Campaigner: ‘How quickly can you forget the deaths of healthy babies?’

John Pollock’s is the fifth resignation from the long-delayed and controversial project

People will learn how to recognise cardiac arrest and strokes, and use defibrillator

UHL had 76 patients waiting for admission this morning as new facilities are delayed

Just one in five say work situation leaves them enough time for family or personal life

Survey shows unhappiness with services, focus on medication and complaints process

Women affected by non-disclosure of audit expected to get about €25,000 each

The measure is part of a new plan to tackle waiting lists in the health sector

HSE’s immunisation chief says ‘eliminating cervical cancer is now an achievable goal’

Amid long delays, passengers are kept in the dark and given a €5 voucher, with no food to spend it on

Extreme flu, obesity and diabetes among reasons advances into old age stall

Patient’s life must take precedence over ethos in emergencies, says report

Coveney asks TDs not to treat HSE as a ‘cold body’ that does not want to approve Spinraza access

Varadkar: publicly-funded hospitals need to recognise not everyone is Catholic

More than 5,000 patients registered on Ireland’s first registry for Barrett’s Oesophagus

Two-thirds of us gamble, while four in 10 people are regular gamblers, study shows

Women who hide habit miss out on vital monitoring and have more issues, study shows

Cavan-based GP denies alleged failings while attending elderly patient in April 2017

Control practices criticised by health watchdog after CPE outbreak hits 17 patients

Lancet flags impact on staff, financing, availability of medicines and vaccines

All three were involved in care of man (52) who died days after being admitted with chest pains

Research shows obese children, and those with sedentary lifestyles, three time more prone to myopia

Some parents of children with spinal curvature are paying more than €200 for a private appointment

Vicky Phelan is to pull back from campaigning after prolonged stay in hospital

Hospital says an audit trail is created so any abortion data breach could be traced

Inquiries in other jurisdictions to be admissible in fitness-to-practise cases – new Bill

Lancet study: Increasing vaccinations and HPV testing could prevent almost 2,500 cases

Ruth Coppinger says woman carrying baby with Edwards Syndrome treated like a ‘leper’

INMO: 512 patients on trolleys or wards waiting for a bed nationally on Tuesday

Pro-choice groups write open letter expressing fear that people are being left behind

Same costs would have arisen even without Bam as contractor, review claims

Massive backlog means women have to wait up to 27 weeks for results

Mater’s mission policy urges staff to take part in ‘the healing ministry of Christ’

Hospital contractor’s letter and tight deadline understood to have irked Government

Current outbreaks of mumps and measles may be partially due to vaccination controversies

Trolley crisis and nurses’ strike lead to big increase in inpatient and outpatient delays

HSE had claimed Hickeys pharmacy group was overcharging for fees

Charity says more than €2.3m will be invested in 100 researchers across State this year

Piercing of club player’s hand with metal bar from opponent’s helmet triggers safety alert

Study finds long-term outcomes for psychosis may be better than previously thought

Most of the deaths reported this winter have been among those aged 65 and older