Maternity services: ‘Nobody has seen Covid and flu together yet – that’s the scary part’

This year the Rotunda is looking at the possibility of making flu vaccine available at ante-natal visits

Pharma lobby group appoints Paul Reid as president

Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association seeks State accord on access to new therapies

Midwifery during a pandemic: ‘It was a bit like knowing a tsunami was coming’

May 5th marks International Day of The Midwife

The Coombe unlikely to be moved to new site at children’s hospital ‘for years’

New master of maternity hospital believes move will not happen in his seven-year term

What makes children smart: genes or environment?

A UCD professor sparked controversy when he claimed top students from affluent backgrounds do better due to genetics. We asked experts for their views

New master of the Coombe will be Dr Michael O’Connell

Masters of all three Dublin maternity hospitals will soon be men following latest appointment

Present-day Galway Bay may only exist for past 1,000 years

Research by scientists on coastal stumps revises estimates for rise in sea level

US seeks death penalty over accused Charleston church shooter

Dylann Roof is accused of opening fire during Bible study killing nine people

Forgotten no more: Patrick O’Connell, the Dubliner who managed Barca

Patrick O’Connell is to be given a memorial, five decades after the end of his turbulent life

Bali nine: Australia issues last-ditch appeal for clemency

International condemnation of Indonesia’s proposed executions increasing

Wherever I live, I have a bit of Waterford to take with me

You might pass a stretch of Viking wall, an 18th century townhouse and an old Quaker cemetery on your way to buy a pint of milk

Consortiums bidding for Mount Carmel hospital await decision

Nama considering two offers for private facility amid fears sales process stalled

Mount Carmel makes senior appointments

Hospital appoints obstetricians in advance of sale by National Asset Management Agency

Man jailed for eight years over €1.3 million cannabis haul

Court told Trevor Williamson (46) refused to co-operate for fear his family would be shot

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