MediBack is HSE scheme designed to reduce dangers to public from unwanted medication

Amid demand for best-in-class drugs, the State’s medicine bill is approaching €4bn annually

Omaveloxolone, branded as Skyclarys, has been approved in US and Europe for treatment of disease

Dr Sattar Kadhem provided reports on Irish patients until 2024, despite Sweden and Norway revoking his licence in 2023 for misreading images

Legal ‘right to be forgotten’ will replace voluntary code that some insurers had failed to adopt

As more people survive or live with cancer, expertise is focused on life after diagnosis as well as improving treatment options

Record expansion to be announced of third-level healthcare places to meet growing demand for services

Fine line to be walked between staying within budget and ensuring care of patients is not compromised

St Michael’s House in Ballymun says it implemented all Medical Council safeguards and will be ‘reviewing for any lessons learned’

Many of these products are advertised, marketed and sold as containing only legal ingredients

HSE says ‘agile legislation’ needed to deal with emergence of new psychoactive substances

Dubliner Derek Toomey (62) could not walk for more than a few minutes before having procedure at Dublin’s Mater hospital

Hiqa reported Longfield House to Tusla and HSE over concerns about the facility, part of which inspectors described as ‘a bleak environment’

Widespread use of security cameras could help fight crime, but there could be human rights concerns

Independent investigation of Rathfarnham hospital found patients were sworn at and threatened