Hospitals under pressure as number of ‘older and sicker’ patients seeking care surgesHSE says some appointments cancelled as number of over-75s presenting to EDs up 45% on last yearThu Feb 10 2022 - 13:19
Reviews find no link between Covid-19 vaccines and deaths, regulator saysDeath certs not routinely examined during inquiries into fatalities where side-effects suspectedThu Feb 10 2022 - 01:00
Nurse told boss failure to take blood glucose readings ‘didn’t matter’ as patients were oldLeonardo Ayubo Bolo found guilty of professional misconduct by fitness-to-practise committeeWed Feb 09 2022 - 19:10
Mater hospital asks public to avoid A&E department due to high patient numbersPlea comes as 5,677 new PCR confirmed Covid-19 cases reported on WednesdayWed Feb 09 2022 - 18:54
Government warned during second Covid wave of ‘implications’ to closing schoolsEY found that pupils were worried about being behind due to first school closureTue Feb 08 2022 - 17:19
Nurses’ union calls for action as trolley count hits two year highIncrease comes as 3,780 new PCR-confirmed cases of COVID-19 are confirmedTue Feb 08 2022 - 15:29
The pandemic devastated our health system. Now it’s time to fix itWith patients being massively affected, doctors are stressing need for a ‘catch-up strategy’Sat Jan 29 2022 - 06:00
‘Small number’ of Omicron sub-lineage detected in StatePrevalance of BA.2 has increased internationally, particularly in Denmark and UKSat Jan 29 2022 - 01:00
New Covid-19 treatment drug available for use in IrelandGovernment agrees supply deal with GSK for injectable drug sotrovimabThu Jan 27 2022 - 21:18
Plan to cut hospital waiting lists as Covid eases being finalised by HSEAbout 200,000 vaccine doses expired with many ineligible for them due to recent infection, briefing toldThu Jan 27 2022 - 17:17
Kerry mental health service: HSE chief says what happened was ‘deeply regrettable’Leo Varadkar says it will be necessary to provide compensation to many families affectedThu Jan 27 2022 - 16:28
Kerry mental health service issues to be referred to GardaPossible criminal investigation into treatment of children at mental health servicesThu Jan 27 2022 - 00:05
Death of healthcare worker with Covid-19 is 21st in this groupHealth authorities notifed of 49 deaths of people with Covid-19 in the past weekWed Jan 26 2022 - 18:06
Underlying causes of child mental health care scandal wider than one errant doctorAnalysis: As long as health service relies on overworked junior staff errors will occurWed Jan 26 2022 - 16:59
Findings of south Kerry Camhs review ‘shocking, very serious and unacceptable’, Taoiseach saysHSE report finds hundreds of children received ‘risky’ treatment from doctorWed Jan 26 2022 - 13:23
Half of Covid patients in hospital are incidental cases, say officialsAnother 4,006 PCR-confirmed Covid cases reported, and 5,212 positive antigen testsTue Jan 25 2022 - 20:42
Pandemic handling review team to include Swedish critic of lockdownsDonnelly names 13 members of Public Health Reform Expert Advisory GroupTue Jan 25 2022 - 20:26
Healthy babies dying because medics ‘think they know best’, mother tells inquestPortlaoise hospital expresses ‘sincere apologies’ for failings in care of Lisa Duffy’s son LukeMon Jan 24 2022 - 14:30
Over 1,500 Covid cases in nursing homes, community hospitals since start of yearNo fatality rate is available as yet for the current wave driven by the Omicron variantFri Jan 21 2022 - 14:54
Covid-19 pandemic as we have known it is going to be behind us soonAnalysis: Protection through vaccination and dominance of less severe Omicron variant have changed the gameFri Jan 21 2022 - 11:27
Urgent investment in child mental health services is needed due to Covid, expert saysProf Fiona McNicholas says already overstretched services are facing a new crisisThu Jan 20 2022 - 23:03
One in 2,500 children with vaccine reports suspected side effectMost are mild to moderate and many had resolved or were resolving when reportedThu Jan 20 2022 - 21:30
Covid tracker app used by few to identify close contacts - IMJJust under 21,000 of 503,421 cases up to November resulted in details being uploadedThu Jan 20 2022 - 16:29
Plans being formulated to guard against future coronavirus surgesAmong issues being addressed are what defences to have ready, says Minister for HealthWed Jan 19 2022 - 01:00
As Covid risk recedes, we will need to unwind built-up fearThe pandemic isn’t over yet, but Ireland’s Omicron wave has hit its peakWed Jan 19 2022 - 01:00
Varadkar wants to set March 31st as ‘deadline to end almost all legal restrictions’Department of Health reports 5,767 new PCR-confirmed cases and 5,916 positive antigen tests registeredTue Jan 18 2022 - 22:18
Contamination issues blamed for high level of false positives with Genrui antigen testsHealth Products Regulatory Authority highlights problems with two batches of the testTue Jan 18 2022 - 17:15
Covid-19: TDs call for immediate lifting of 8pm hospitality curfewGovernment facing battle with own TDs to keep restrictions for another fortnightMon Jan 17 2022 - 01:37
Up to 220,000 doses of Covid-19 booster vaccines may expire by end of monthDecreased demand after Christmas and high infection rate caused excess of suppliesSun Jan 16 2022 - 18:59
Omicron circulated in Ireland almost a week before first case identifiedVariant accounted for more than 95% of sequenced cases in late December, HPSC saysSun Jan 16 2022 - 18:21
For the first time in many months, all the main pandemic indicators are stable or improvingAnalysis: Omicron has bounced favourably for the world but the next variant might not be so benignFri Jan 14 2022 - 19:20
Most hospital patients with Covid-19 have no viral symptoms, review findsMajority in hospital with virus do not need supplemental oxygenFri Jan 14 2022 - 09:30
Coronavirus outbreaks jump sevenfold in nursing homesUp to 15,000 healthcare workers absent, largely due to virus, says HSE chief Paul ReidThu Jan 13 2022 - 17:48
Covid restrictions for close contacts likely to be eased as Omicron sweeps across EuropeWHO warns half of Europe’s population could be infected within six-eight weeksWed Jan 12 2022 - 04:15
Covid-19: Self isolation and testing rules to change as 19,290 new cases reportedUp to 500,000 people likely to have been infected last week, says Dr Tony HolohanTue Jan 11 2022 - 23:11
Department defends €90m deal for antiviral drugs to treat Covid-19Cost of deal is three times annual budget usually in place for new drugs in RepublicTue Jan 11 2022 - 21:10
Healthcare workers in nursing homes advised to wear respirator masks – HSENew guidelines from January 17th say healthcare workers should wear FFP2 maskTue Jan 11 2022 - 14:52
Mandatory vaccination not going to happen in the RepublicAnalysis: There are far bigger issues for Nphet to resolve around inoculation policyMon Jan 10 2022 - 17:47
Children in 5-11 age group to be offered Covid vaccine from todayExperts encouraging uptake of the jab say the benefits for young far outweigh the risksSat Jan 08 2022 - 08:03
Another 21,926 Covid cases confirmed, with 936 virus patients in hospitalHSE advises nursing home staff to wear respirator masks when caring for residentsFri Jan 07 2022 - 18:17
Covid-19: Current wave is squeezing hospitals from both endsWe will only find out in coming days how many patients need highest level of careFri Jan 07 2022 - 15:23
Nphet decides not to recommend further Covid restrictionsHealth and court services struggling with staff shortages as Omicron peak nearsFri Jan 07 2022 - 06:22
No new Covid restrictions recommended by Nphet to GovernmentRecord 23,817 new Covid cases confirmed, virus patients in hospital rises to 941Thu Jan 06 2022 - 19:37
Q&A: If I bought a Genrui antigen test am I entitled to a refund?Regulator asked retailers to withdraw product following reports of false positivesThu Jan 06 2022 - 17:55
Q&A: Why do we have so many coronavirus infections?Expert virologist casts a cold eye on cause and effect – plus ‘fighting on all fronts’Wed Jan 05 2022 - 20:00
Regulator advises removal of Genrui antigen tests from shelvesManufacturer investigating following more than 550 complaints of false positive resultsWed Jan 05 2022 - 19:18
Total fatalities with Covid-19 among healthcare workers reaches 20Healthcare worker who died with virus is first such death reported since November 2020Wed Jan 05 2022 - 13:53
Nursing home visitors advised to self-test for Covid-19 twice a weekHolohan says to minimise discretionary mixing indoors ahead of school returnWed Jan 05 2022 - 01:00
Hospitals told to redeploy staff to treatment of Covid-19 patientsHSE tells hospitals to prioritise Covid-19 cases for two weeks ‘to maximum extent possible’Tue Jan 04 2022 - 19:57
Covid-19: Health service in for rough two months but should copeAnalysis: We lack real-time data tracking Omicron in population across age-groupsTue Jan 04 2022 - 19:43
