Liam Woods

There are now 287 Covid-19 patients in intensive care across the country, according to Liam Woods, director of acute services at the Health Service Ex(...)

With some early progress being made in stemming the record rise in Covid-19 cases, the current surge can be “turned around” quickly if lockdown measur(...)

Five nursing homes are receiving “intensive” support from the State as they battle serious coronavirus outbreaks, Health Service Executive officials h(...)

Health officials are fearful the country’s hospital system has not yet seen the full impact of the large number of new coronavirus cases in recent wee(...)

Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women in Ireland with over 3,000 women diagnosed with invasive breast cancer here every year(...)

More than 1,300 test appointments were missed by confirmed contacts of people infected with Covid-19, an Oireachtas committee has heard. The Health S(...)

The burden which the health system is facing in the months ahead between Covid-19, flu and the ongoing growth in demand for services is very concernin(...)

Oxygen supply in Irish hospitals was a “challenge” as the acute system approached the peak of the pandemic in late March and early April, newly releas(...)

Many public hospitals are not “fit for purpose” in terms of providing safe distancing required to protect against the spread of Covid-19, the Health S(...)

The National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) is expected to sign off on a final version of the plan to ease Ireland’s Covid-19 restrictions at a (...)