Calls for ‘serious crackdown’ on phone shops selling vapes illegally
As new rules come into force, British American Tobacco says licensing system should include nicotine pouches
HSE
Senior public health official in UK locked out of Irish career due to stricter rules
‘If I moved to Ireland and got a public health job I would have to drop down four or five grades. It’s a real shame’
‘Emergency measures’ allow higher pay for psychiatrist reports in bid to stop trial delays
A Central Criminal Court judge had asked a Department of Justice representative to address the court on difficulties engaging psychiatrists
Tipperary hospital apologises to couple for ‘shortfalls’ in care after baby dies during birth
Clinical negligence case was taken by the couple against the HSE, who was alleged to be in breach of its duty to the mother and child
Call for review of HSE move to limit inquest into deaths of three children killed by mother
Taoiseach to seek answer about why health service ‘took the position it did’
Company behind Irish arm of advertising group Publicis grows profit 12%
Marketing and advertising budgets are often the first casualties during times of economic stress
State-trained dentists ‘should be treating children, not doing Botox injections’
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill condemns ‘drift’ to cosmetic work amid long waits for vital treatment
St James’s Hospital apologises over unauthorised €4.7m payment for services
Chief executive Mary Day says failure to use public tender process was ‘driven by urgent patient needs’ in cancer and cardiology’
St James’s Hospital paid €1.4m to firm run by staff ‘to meet urgent patient need’
Management to apologise for securing radiology services in 2024 without following official procurement rules
Donald Trump to address Davos amid Greenland turmoil; survey reveals Holocaust ignorance
Plus: Tusla chief apologises in High Court; official documents for Irish EU presidency to be published as Gaeilge
Children ‘robbed’ of quality of life: Test delays affect babies with spinal muscular atrophy
More than two years after the Government committed to adding SMA to newborn testing, families are still waiting
Midlands Hospital Mullingar apologises for failures in care after woman crushed by horse
Counsel said it was their case that there were a ‘series of egregious errors’ leading to Bryonny Sainsbury’s death
Psychiatric nurse jailed for stabbing 18-year-old admits to professional misconduct
Brian Quinn was convicted in 2013 for intentionally or recklessly causing serious harm to the teenager
Flu numbers seem to have plateaued, says HSE
Caseload of 1,910 hospitalised last week is way down from pre-Christmas peak of 3,544
‘We fought hard for this lady. And we still lost her’: How new mother died after home birth
Laura Liston’s death after the birth of her son at home led the HSE to suspend home births in the midwest region
Verdict of medical misadventure in death of woman who died after home birth
HSE suspended home births in midwest following Laura Liston’s death and service has not resumed since
Cancer patient received chemo only after presenting at emergency in ‘significant pain’
Sinn Féin leader highlights disparity in chemotherapy waiting times, with patients in some regions waiting up to eight weeks
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Extreme weather more likely, Iran set to execute protestor and Pierce Brosnan plays a boxing coach
Two-thirds of healthcare workers ‘actively’ considering leaving role, study finds
Think tank’s report highlights ‘growing retention crisis’ in sector
Number of ‘urgent’ colonoscopy referrals not seen on time almost triples
Health service has 28-day target for patients to be seen for urgent examination of bowel
Health service failed to meet goal of cutting hospital waiting lists in 2025
NTPF figures show 64 per cent of the 750,000 patients on hospital waiting lists were waiting longer than target times
Cork and Galway hospitals have ‘persistent’ overcrowding issue, says Minister
Hospital system coped better than initially modelled during the peak of flu on Christmas week
Number of work permits issued last year drops by almost a quarter
Amazon, Accenture, EY and Google seek largest numbers of permits and Indian citizens were in receipt of almost a third of the total issued
Flu hospitalisations up by a third in one week, HSE figures show
Public urged to remain vigilant as cases rise again after Christmas drop-off
Bertie Ahern was involved in mediation to end industrial school hunger strike
HSE expressed concern about ‘high degree of risk’ associated with protest
Quakers to sell Bloomfield mental health hospital in Rathfarnham
Charitable institution established more than 200 years ago cares for people with enduring problems
With one pool for every 80,000 people, it’s a miracle Ireland is producing great swimmers
Over half are hotel pools, which usually don’t have pay-as-you-go public swimming, restrict children’s access and lack accessibility accommodations
One in five vape shops selling addictive products to children, inspections reveal
Proposed law to ban disposable vapes should go further, says Fianna Fáíl TD
Next year must mark ‘reset’ of relations between State and voluntary hospitals, says Minister
Plans for new national financial information system has been a source of tension
Pharmacist awarded €20,000 after being excluded from promotion due to working part-time
HSE ordered to review its minimum criteria for applications for the role
Dublin’s Rotunda Hospital transferring women as far as Drogheda due to bed shortage
Babies younger than 25 weeks were once not considered viable but ‘now we’re looking at 22-weekers’, says Rotunda master
Vigilance urged as hospitals ‘very busy’ with respiratory illnesses
There were 2,321 new respiratory illness cases notified over the past week, which includes flu, Covid-19 and RSV
HSE says sharp fall in number of organ transplants is not due to new opt-out register
HSE says slump is not due to new opt-out register introduced this year
Study finds link between eating cheese and lower dementia risk
Large Swedish research project finds association but experts urge caution over saturated fat intake
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