Free repeat smear tests to end as HSE deals with backlogMore than 60,000 women concerned over CervicalCheck scandal awaiting resultsSat Dec 29 2018 - 00:26
Trolley patients half the levels of this time last year, but surge expectedDrop attributed to low levels of flu, milder weather, an increase in homecare packagesFri Dec 28 2018 - 15:07
Leo Varadkar defends ‘vulture funds’ and criticises practices of Irish banksTaoiseach says ‘vulture funds’ are more effective at writing down debts than banksFri Dec 28 2018 - 03:00
Zappone to renew efforts to help adopted children trace parentsMinister for Children in talks to bring adoption tracing Bill before SeanadFri Dec 28 2018 - 01:00
Just nine maternity units will be able to offer abortion services by January 1stSources say 145 GPs have signed a contract to provide termination services to patientsSat Dec 22 2018 - 01:00
Government has not and will not make any preparations for hard border - TaoiseachWe don’t think a no-deal Brexit is a probability, but it’s a possibility, Leo Varadkar saysThu Dec 20 2018 - 16:32
Blasphemy offence due to be removed by EasterMinister for Justice has published Bill to give effect to referendum resultThu Dec 20 2018 - 14:54
Tribunal to be set up over CervicalCheck controversyMs Justice Mary Irvine will chair tribunal, which will be set up in late 2019Wed Dec 19 2018 - 17:27
Cost of Children’s Hospital dominates in last days of Dáil termInside Politics: Revelation that price tag has soared to at least €1.4 billion is ‘extraordinary stuff’, says MartinWed Dec 19 2018 - 07:11
Quarter of abortion-services GPs yet to agree helpline sign-upHSE hoping more GPs who have agreed to provide services will sign up to helplineTue Dec 18 2018 - 01:00
Abortions will be free but some patients will have to pay for related drugsDraft plans on terminations also call for conscientious objectors to opt out in 'timely manner'Sat Dec 15 2018 - 01:02
Conference hears of challenges faced by women in politicsFemale TDs endure sexist remarks, comments on their dress and macho cultureFri Dec 14 2018 - 18:50
Abortion campaigners hail ‘historic day’ but eye changesActivists celebrate but urge full decriminalisation and removal of three-day wait periodFri Dec 14 2018 - 01:00
Abortion Bill completes final stage in the SeanadThe Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy Bill will now go to the PresidentThu Dec 13 2018 - 21:30
‘There was bonkers stuff. I was told negative energy contributed to my cancer’Bill to regulate advertisement of so-called alternative treatments introduced in DáilWed Dec 12 2018 - 20:44
Harris ‘disappointed’ at hospital warning that it cannot meet abortion deadlineIndependent Senator Rónán Mullen accuses Minister for Health of ‘hustling’ hospitalsTue Dec 11 2018 - 19:56
New independent patient safety council to review open disclosures policiesDr Scally found current HSE and State Claims Agency policy was unsatisfactoryTue Dec 11 2018 - 19:20
Plan to ban ads suggesting medical treatment for cancer is unnecessaryThose who break the law could face imprisonment under Bill proposed by O’ConnellTue Dec 11 2018 - 18:03
Talks on deal between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael concluding, TDs sayParties in talks about extending confidence and supply dealTue Dec 11 2018 - 13:28
Government to issue abortion guidelines to fill ‘information vacuum’Doctors say women’s wellbeing is threatened by rush to bring service into operationSat Dec 08 2018 - 01:00
A flurry of texts, a handshake and stony faces, as Dáil passes abortion legislationThe Taoiseach was the first to take out his phone and snap a quick photo of the screen which showed that the Bill had passed 90 votes to 15, with 12 abstentionsFri Dec 07 2018 - 06:00
Harris to legislate for ‘safe zones’ around abortion servicesMinister for Health says he intends to bring forward stand-alone legislation next yearThu Dec 06 2018 - 20:27
‘Very divergent views’ about role to be played by councillorsIndependent review wants explanation of link between a councillor’s representational payment and a Senator’s salaryThu Dec 06 2018 - 01:00
Dáil passes landmark Bill providing for access to abortionA total of 65 amendments tabled but only changes brought by Harris passedWed Dec 05 2018 - 23:55
Sinn Féin proposes €35,000 salary for ‘full-time’ councillorsIssue of local authority member remuneration ‘extremely complex’, lawyer tells GovernmentWed Dec 05 2018 - 01:00
Clause in Constitution may trigger meeting of Citizens’ AssemblyChanging wording on woman’s place ‘within the home’ subject of Oireachtas reportWed Dec 05 2018 - 01:00
Proposed amendments to abortion legislation condemned as ‘archaic’Doctors would have had to record pregnant woman’s age, ethnicity and marital statusTue Dec 04 2018 - 22:54
Abortion law change to make doctors report woman’s marital status soughtAmendments to record patient’s previous terminations and ethnicity proposed by anti-abortion TDsTue Dec 04 2018 - 14:10
Irish citizens in North unlikely to have vote in European electionsSinn Féin wants Ireland’s new MEP seats to go to North but there are several obstaclesMon Dec 03 2018 - 00:57
At least 18 affected by CervicalCheck issue still waiting for slides‘Small number’ of slides being processed and will be released shortly, HSE saysMon Dec 03 2018 - 00:53
HSE ordered to ensure abortion availability from January 1stDepartment asks all 19 maternity units for updates on abortion services rolloutMon Dec 03 2018 - 00:36
Access to new drug to be extended to all cervical cancer sufferersPembro to be made available to all clinically suitable women with cervical cancerMon Dec 03 2018 - 00:26
Abortion services helpline being finalised for new yearHelpline should be in place for early new year, when abortion services are due to beginMon Dec 03 2018 - 00:12
Departments clash over changes to short-term rentalsTransport officials rebuff attempt by Housing to make it responsible for sectorMon Dec 03 2018 - 00:11
Government should publish no-deal Border plans, FF saysMinister For Justice to speak to Garda boss on whether to increase policing on BorderSun Dec 02 2018 - 14:13
Abortion debate progresses as Bill moves closer to being passedTDs approve five legal amendments as others rejected during Oireachtas discussionSat Dec 01 2018 - 01:00
Gender quotas to rise to 40% in next decade - VaradkarTaoiseach attends event to celebrate the centenary of women’s suffrage in IrelandFri Nov 30 2018 - 21:41
Harris rejects calls to amend abortion bill on disability groundsÉamon Ó Cuív TD expresses concerns over new technologies to test for disabilitiesThu Nov 29 2018 - 21:50
National Broadband Plan tenderers to go before PACEir and Enet among firms volunteering to assist in scrutiny of scheme rollout and costsThu Nov 29 2018 - 01:15
Dáil votes down proposal to fully decriminalise abortionCriminalisation is necessary to protect women from forced abortions, says MinisterWed Nov 28 2018 - 22:40
Government not out of the woods on broadband issueInside Politics: Report finds tender process not tainted, but achieving full broadband rollout by target of 2020 looks unlikelyWed Nov 28 2018 - 09:51
Simon Harris clashes with anti-abortion TD during Dáil debate‘Why do women in crisis have to come last? They have come last in this country for far too long’Tue Nov 27 2018 - 21:37
Abortion legislation: Nurses petition Harris on opt outSeveral hundred nurses and midwives appeal to Minister on conscientious objectionTue Nov 27 2018 - 15:11
Big interest in 600 new customs jobs as part of Brexit planningGovernment says it will not prepare for extra checks on Border with Northern IrelandTue Nov 27 2018 - 00:55
Varadkar tells Sinn Féin: take up Westminster seats or resign themTaoiseach says he expects British parliament to ‘sooner or later’ support the Brexit dealMon Nov 26 2018 - 12:40
Efforts to amend abortion legislation to be redoubledTotal of 65 amendments have been submitted by anti-abortion and pro-choice TDsMon Nov 26 2018 - 01:27
Students ‘sleeping in cars’ because of shortage of rental accommodationHousing committee is told students will not end up pursuing their first choice if it is in Dublin, Cork or GalwayThu Nov 22 2018 - 20:32
Hepatitis C compensation tribunal has 455 outstanding claims, PAC hearsTD warns Ireland may fail to eliminate the infection by 2026 targetThu Nov 22 2018 - 15:48
School structural defects: State to take further legal actionConsiderable sums spent on temporary repairs to schools built by Tyrone firmThu Nov 22 2018 - 01:00
Hepatitis C sufferers to be offered community-based programmesNational treatment programme to expand to reach more of the 30,000 infected with virusThu Nov 22 2018 - 00:55
