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Efforts continue to try to keep Iran nuclear deal alive
- Europe
- June 10, 2019, 00:00
Germany’s foreign minister will meet Iranian president Hassan Rouhani in Tehran on Monday, a German diplomatic source said, as part of a concerted Eur(...)

Combination therapy can extend life for those with ovarian cancer
- Health
- March 6, 2019, 22:00
A procedure that uses a combination of surgery and chemotherapy is a “significant advancement” for women with ovarian cancer, according to a UCD profe(...)

Web Summit’s tone changes as tech industry comes under scrutiny
- Innovation
- November 8, 2018, 02:45
There were dark clouds over Lisbon earlier this week with many of those arriving for the start of Web Summit a little taken aback by the lack of sunsh(...)

Facebook is modern-day East India Company, whistleblower says
- Technology
- November 7, 2018, 05:14
Tech companies are colonising society and Facebook in particular is our generation’s East India Company, one of the world’s best known whistleblowers (...)

Typhoid alert as 70 people may have been exposed to disease in hospital
- Health
- August 28, 2018, 00:12
Health authorities have contacted up to 70 people who were treated at Wexford General Hospital in August at the same time as a patient confirmed as ha(...)

Prof Shane Higgins appointed new master of National Maternity Hospital
- Health
- May 24, 2018, 13:59
Consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist Prof Shane Higgins has been appointed master of the National Maternity Hospital (NMH) in Dublin. He succee(...)

Taoiseach defends relationship with chair of firm that HSE chief has joined
- Irish News
- May 3, 2018, 01:00
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has defended his relationship with the chairman of the Mater Hospital, who chairs the board of a US firm that HSE director-gene(...)

China’s military stages drills over Lunar New Year holiday
- Asia-Pacific
- February 22, 2018, 16:40
China’s People’s Liberation Army made a strong show of force over the Lunar New Year holiday, with fighter jets training over Tibet “to confront any t(...)

Variations in patient experiences reported regionally
- Irish News
- December 11, 2017, 11:26
While at least half of patients reported a positive overall experience in the health system, individual hospitals and hospital groups scored different(...)

New system to ease staffing crisis in the healthcare sector
- Innovation
- July 20, 2017, 07:35
As the former chief executive of the Whitfield Clinic, a private hospital in Waterford, Aimée Madden was only too familiar with the staffing problems (...)