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Nowadays the name Richard Burton evokes the memory of the Welsh actor and husband of Elizabeth Taylor but in earlier times it belonged to one of the m(...)

Hospitals in Cork, Kerry and Waterford account for a disproportionately large number of Covid-19 vaccines administered so far, according to figures ob(...)

The head of a Co Dublin hospital has criticised “unacceptable delays” in providing vaccines for her staff. After at least three deliveries of vaccine(...)

Sixteen private hospitals have agreed to provide up to 30 per cent of capacity to the HSE to deal with the current Covid-19 surge under a new agreemen(...)

The number of cancer patients benefiting from experimental drugs will increase tenfold in the years ahead, a specialist has said. Professor Paul Bro(...)

The recent dispute between the world’s most populous countries, China and India, has its roots in an agreement drawn up by the son of an Irish general(...)

On many occasions Vincent O’Donnell, a retired primary school teacher from outside Donegal town, has led family members on a melancholy pilgrimage to (...)

With more than four million cases and just under 300,000 deaths to date, the pressure created by the coronavirus pandemic is enormous. But Irish comp(...)

A hospital in the Midlands released the incorrect remains to the family of a loved one who had died, the HSE has confirmed. The incident, which occur(...)

Funding for 26 Covid-19 research projects following from “hundreds of ideas” by Ireland’s top scientists have been backed by the Government, as third-(...)