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Teenager (17) pleads guilty to dangerous driving causing death of girl (16)
- Irish News
- February 19, 2021, 17:01
A teenager has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing the death of a 16-year-old girl who was killed when the car in which she was a front passen(...)

‘I’m a long time in nursing . . . and this is the hardest time I’ve had’
- Irish News
- February 6, 2021, 05:00
A single storey, grey temporary building sits on the edge of the ambulance parking bay beside Mayo University Hospital (MUH) in Castlebar, with a whee(...)

How did a remote Mayo town become Ireland’s most Covid-infected place?
- Irish News
- January 22, 2021, 21:13
Dr Keith Swanick’s car swings into the carpark of his modern, well-equipped family practice in Belmullet after yet another weekend house call – this t(...)

Older people should increase exercise prior to Covid-19 vaccination – report
- Health
- January 18, 2021, 16:53
Regular aerobic or moderate exercise in weeks and months prior to Covid-19 vaccination can help improve antibody responses post vaccination in older p(...)

HSE boss ‘extremely frustrated’ at Beacon refusal to sign surge capacity deal
- Health
- January 16, 2021, 17:41
The chief executive of the HSE Paul Reid has criticised the private Beacon Hospital in south Dublin for not signing up to an agreement to provide addi(...)

Covid-19: NHS may run out of ICU beds, Boris Johnson warns
- UK
- January 13, 2021, 19:48
The National Health Service faces a “very substantial” risk of running out of intensive care unit beds, Boris Johnson has warned MPs. The British pr(...)

Cardinal Capital to buy Mowlam Healthcare for over €50m
- Health & Pharma
- November 13, 2020, 15:28
Mowlam Healthcare, the State’s largest nursing home operator, is set to be taken control of by Dublin-based investment firm Cardinal Capital Group’s n(...)

Cancer patient delay: ‘If you’re quiet and meek, you’ll get left behind’
- Irish News
- July 17, 2020, 20:38
Sligo-based Vanessa Job was recovering reasonably well from bowel cancer diagnosed in 2018 when a spot on her liver was discovered in January 2020 dur(...)

Trump defends his stewardship as infection rates rise in several states
- US
- June 25, 2020, 20:20
US president Donald Trump has defended his response to the coronavirus pandemic, as infection rates in the United States continue to rise, prompting f(...)

Coronavirus: No new deaths and 6 more cases confirmed in Republic
- Health
- June 21, 2020, 15:28
The Department of Health has reported no new Covid-19 deaths and just six new confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease. The total number of deaths (...)