Remit of injuries board may extend to medical negligenceA PROPOSAL to extend the remit of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board to include medical negligence claims is being discussed…Thu Feb 02 2012 - 00:00
Employers urged to recognise signs as suicide response guide launchedGUIDELINES SHOULD be developed to help employers recognise workers at risk of suicide, Irish Congress of Trade Unions general…Wed Feb 01 2012 - 00:00
Guide for those affected by suicideA new guide to help employers respond appropriately when employees are affected by suicide was unveiled this afternoon.Tue Jan 31 2012 - 00:00
Indebted pensioner says Anglo mortgage given without checksA MAN WHO lost his “pension” property to Anglo Irish Bank has told the High Court that all he had to do was “phone them and they…Tue Jan 31 2012 - 00:00
Taxi signs 'may breach language law'NEW INFORMATION signs provided to taxi drivers to display in their vehicles could be in breach of the Official Languages Act, …Mon Jan 30 2012 - 00:00
Baleful influence of market sees dream home become a hayshedA THREE-YEAR-OLD house in Co Galway has become the subject of a “bale-in” instead of a “bail-out” after its owners decided to…Mon Jan 30 2012 - 00:00
Consultant guilty of poor professional performance after woman (31) diedA DROGHEDA consultant who failed to take adequate steps to implement a treatment plan for a woman who later died, has been found…Sat Jan 28 2012 - 00:00
Council to rule on 'caring' consultantA Drogheda consultant who is facing 12 allegations of professional misconduct following the death of one of his patients, was…Fri Jan 27 2012 - 00:00
Welcome for 'light at the end of the tunnel'REACTION: ORGANISATIONS WORKING with people in debt have welcomed proposed new legislation to help tackle insolvency.Thu Jan 26 2012 - 00:00
Flac welcomes Insolvency BillThe draft Insolvency Bill is a "significant advance" toward addressing the problems of indebted households, the Free Legal Advice…Wed Jan 25 2012 - 00:00
Ban on selling alcohol in shops urgedA BAN on the sale of alcohol in supermarkets and garages should be considered by Government, a new report on alcohol and drugs…Wed Jan 25 2012 - 00:00
Lender sent 'thug' to frighten me, says womanA WOMAN who lost her house at the High Court yesterday told the judge she was “verbally threatened” by an “extremely aggressive…Tue Jan 24 2012 - 00:00
Treaty need not affect Constitution - GilmoreEUROPE’S PROPOSED new fiscal treaty has no “appropriate” place in the Constitution, the Government has argued.Sat Jan 21 2012 - 00:00
Gilmore says euro treaty not constitutional matterPROVISIONS TO be introduced under the proposed European euro rescue deal are not matters that should be in the Constitution, …Sat Jan 21 2012 - 00:00
Gilmore rejects referendum claimsThe Government is not negotiating to avoid a referendum, Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore told an Oireachtas committee today.Fri Jan 20 2012 - 00:00
Dublin GP faces medical inquiryA Dublin GP is facing five allegations of poor professional performance after he allegedly over-prescribed benzodiazepines for…Thu Jan 19 2012 - 00:00
Priory Hall residents ask for Government help against McFeelyRESIDENTS OF Priory Hall in north Dublin have written to the Minister for Justice Alan Shatter calling for the Government to …Tue Jan 17 2012 - 00:00
Widower has to fight order so council will rehouse himA WIDOWER who lost his home in the High Court yesterday told the judge he could not agree to an order for repossession of his…Tue Jan 17 2012 - 00:00
McFeely's lawyers did not know he filed for UK bankruptcyPRIORY HALL developer Thomas McFeely filed for bankruptcy in the UK without “the knowledge or involvement” of his Irish legal…Tue Jan 17 2012 - 00:00
Orthopaedic waiting lists surge as nurses retireCONSULTANTS AT a Galway hospital have warned the Minister for Health that the retirement of 30 per cent of nurses from the hospital…Mon Jan 16 2012 - 00:00
Doctor denies texts he sent were improperA DOCTOR with seven allegations of professional misconduct against him, including that he sent inappropriate emails and texts…Sat Jan 14 2012 - 00:00
State could face €4m legal bill in case of former Judge CurtinTHE COST to the State of impeachment proceedings initiated against former judge Brian Curtin could reach up to €4 million, a …Fri Jan 13 2012 - 00:00
9,000 medical cards withdrawn in three monthsMEDICAL CARD numbers dropped by almost 9,000 between September 1st and December 1st last year, according to figures released …Fri Jan 13 2012 - 00:00
Callely's costs may top €500,000Legal costs incurred by former senator Ivor Callely to be paid by the State could be up to half a million euro, the public accounts…Thu Jan 12 2012 - 00:00
Doctor in misconduct inquiry accused of sending texts that upset female staffFEMALE COLLEAGUES of a doctor facing seven allegations of professional misconduct did not want to work “in isolation with him…Wed Jan 11 2012 - 00:00
GPs pull out of primary care teamsMORE THAN 100 GPs in the northeast have withdrawn from primary care teams in the region following concerns including delays in…Sat Jan 07 2012 - 00:00
Tribunal has cost State €97m so farTHE MAHON tribunal has so far cost more than €97 million, including over €5 million paid to its legal team since it ceased public…Sat Jan 07 2012 - 00:00
Competition chief say GP body may not organise boycott over State feesTHE IRISH Medical Organisation cannot organise a collective boycott of services if its GP members are unhappy with fees, the …Fri Jan 06 2012 - 00:00
Reilly wants health cuts plan to be 'more ambitious'MINISTER FOR Health James Reilly is to ask the Health Service Executive to redraft its service plan for 2012, which proposes …Fri Jan 06 2012 - 00:00
Number of homes repossessed fell in 2011THERE WAS a drop in the number of home repossessions granted at chancery summonses in the High Court last year for the first …Wed Jan 04 2012 - 00:00
Watchdog says hospital lacked basicsRESIDENTS AT a Health Service Executive centre for older people in Co Mayo were not given rehabilitation after suffering strokes…Wed Jan 04 2012 - 00:00
Almost 24,000 children on hospital waiting listsALMOST 24,000 children were waiting for outpatient appointments at the capital’s three children’s hospitals last year and over…Tue Jan 03 2012 - 00:00
Quarter considered reducing car coverA QUARTER of drivers have downgraded, or considered downgrading, their insurance cover over the last two years, according to …Tue Jan 03 2012 - 00:00
Hospital's first female master takes overMANAGING SCARCE resources in one of Europe’s busiest maternity hospitals will be one of the biggest challenges to face its new…Mon Jan 02 2012 - 00:00
Little bouncing bundles of joy arrive with birth of new yearTHE STATE’S first baby of 2012 arrived at Dublin’s Rotunda Hospital yesterday a mere 35 seconds after the midnight chimes…Mon Jan 02 2012 - 00:00
Haughey rejected proposal to stop sending official messages of congratulation to VaticanPAPAL MESSAGES: A BREACH of protocol in 1981 meant Pope John Paul II was sent both a birthday and an anniversary message from…Sat Dec 31 2011 - 00:00
How Ireland lost the battle for the shamrock in GermanyA BATTLE over whether Irish State companies should be allowed to use the shamrock as an emblem in Germany was fought in the courts…Sat Dec 31 2011 - 00:00
Four weeks of summer could have been lostEEC STANDARDS: IRELAND COULD have lost up to four weeks of summer time if a government decision to concede to a European Economic…Sat Dec 31 2011 - 00:00
Marital rape law rejected due to family concernsLAW: A LAW on marital rape was not introduced in 1981 partly because it was believed it might be an obstacle to the reconciliation…Sat Dec 31 2011 - 00:00
Sexual revolution promoted to teenagers, letter allegedCENSORSHIP: A SEXUAL revolution was being promoted to teenagers in Ireland by “the contraception and abortion industries” in…Sat Dec 31 2011 - 00:00
Stardust owners sought legal fees from StateFIRE TRAGEDY: THE OWNERS of the Stardust nightclub in Artane, Dublin, where 48 young people died in February 1981, petitioned…Fri Dec 30 2011 - 00:00
No expenses spared as Boss let State pick up the tab for wineHAUGHEY INVOICES: THE LATE Charles Haughey ordered a case of expensive wine five days before leaving office in 1981, State papers…Fri Dec 30 2011 - 00:00
Consultant 'absolutely horrified' biopsy not carried outA CONSULTANT facing allegations of professional misconduct following the death of a young woman from abdominal cancer has said…Wed Dec 21 2011 - 00:00
Hospital doctor faces allegations of unreliability and harassmentA DOCTOR employed at a Galway hospital was so unreliable “the hospital couldn’t continue to employ him”, a Medical Council fitness…Sat Dec 17 2011 - 00:00
Recession leads to rise in calls to SamaritansONE IN eight calls to the Samaritans in the last 12 months was recession-related, a report published yesterday has found.Thu Dec 15 2011 - 00:00
Increase in calls to SamaritansCalls to the Samaritans help line were up by 9 per cent in the last 12 months, its annual report shows.Wed Dec 14 2011 - 00:00
Repossession order for scrubland used to secure €2.1m loanANGLO IRISH Bank secured an order for possession yesterday at the High Court for six acres of scrubland in Co Galway used to …Tue Dec 13 2011 - 00:00
Over 60,000 on outpatient waiting lists at Dublin hospitals in 2011BACKGROUND: MORE THAN 60,000 patients were on outpatient waiting lists to see consultants at hospitals in Dublin in 2011, new…Mon Dec 12 2011 - 00:00
Assault victim laid to restMEMBERS OF the Nigerian community in Dublin have turned out to bid farewell to the taxi driver killed in the capital last month…Mon Dec 12 2011 - 00:00
Doctor on leave paid for second hospital postA DOCTOR who was on paid leave pending an inquiry into an allegation against him at one Health Service Executive hospital was…Wed Dec 07 2011 - 00:00
