Ambulances wait beyond 60 minutes to hand over patientsA&E delay time recorded on at least 1,100 occasions every month, data revealsWed Aug 17 2016 - 01:00
Dr John Griffin case: ‘He suddenly offered me a payment to settle it’St Patrick’s Mental Health Services review team finds payment ‘unconventional’Tue Aug 16 2016 - 01:00
Sex abuse as child identified as main factor in patient’s conditionSt Patrick’s Hospital patient says life damaged by lengthy benzodiazepines treatmentTue Aug 16 2016 - 01:00
Psychiatrist paid patient €50,000 after complaint threatPayment could be construed as effort to thwart complaint to Medical Council - reportTue Aug 16 2016 - 01:00
One in six patients fails to show for hospital clinicsAlmost 500,000 appointments for outpatients classified as ‘did not attend’Mon Aug 15 2016 - 01:00
Irish least likely in Europe to have suffered heart problemsBurden imposed by heart disease, stroke in Ireland among lowest in Europe, notes studyMon Aug 15 2016 - 00:01
I could barely swim a length a year ago but now I’m an IronmanPaul Cullen completes 70.3 miles by land and sea in second Dublin Ironman triathlonSun Aug 14 2016 - 20:10
Number of HSE managers has risen almost 40% since 2012Nurse staff levels fell more than 3,000 since 2007, Health Service Executive figures showFri Aug 12 2016 - 01:00
Sarcoma patients criticise new treatment arrangementsGroup says the care of some sufferers may be compromised by the situation at St Luke’sThu Aug 11 2016 - 15:25
Averil Power appointed chief executive of Asthma SocietyFormer Fianna Fáil senator says she was hospitalised several times with conditionThu Aug 11 2016 - 13:21
Record 530,000 on public hospital waiting listsNumber waiting long periods continues to soar despite Government promisesSat Aug 06 2016 - 01:00
Man appeals for son’s release from psychiatric careFather says his son is being held against his will and criticises mental health tribunalsSat Aug 06 2016 - 01:00
State to strengthen mental health patients’ rightsProtections to include publishing tribunal findings in cases of involuntary detentionSat Aug 06 2016 - 01:00
Doctor guilty of professional misconduct over registrationSudanese physician failed to disclose fact he was refused registration in United KingdomThu Aug 04 2016 - 18:37
Temple Street emergency admissions return after power outageIntensive care patients transferred out of children’s hospital to come back after extra generator sourcedThu Aug 04 2016 - 18:35
Talks ongoing to avoid all-out strike in ambulance serviceNegotiations between Siptu and HSE continue over conditions of employmentWed Aug 03 2016 - 21:25
Manager of new autism centre lacked qualifications - HiqaFive areas of major non-compliance found at new care facility due to open in Co CorkWed Aug 03 2016 - 11:49
Action urged on ‘barbaric’ farm docking of cows’ tailsEuropean Commission report calls for greater awareness to stop mutilation of cattleTue Aug 02 2016 - 15:21
Delays to 35 out of 36 planned primary care centresOne opened but no progress made on some other centres since 2012, says Simon HarrisTue Aug 02 2016 - 01:00
Reviews of psychiatric detentions costing over €42mFees for lawyers, psychiatrists, lay people at mental health tribunals up 20% since 2011Mon Aug 01 2016 - 10:23
Authorities left in dark after toxic mineral exposed at quarryAlmost 3,000 tons of asbestos-containing rock delivered in Wicklow and south DublinMon Aug 01 2016 - 01:00
David Hall ambulance firm ordered to keep paying whistleblowersFormer managers of Lifeline Ambulance Service claim lost jobs linked to disclosuresFri Jul 29 2016 - 21:59
Whistleblowers accuse David Hall of ‘serious wrongdoing’Two former senior managers of Life Line Ambulance Service claim unfair dismissalFri Jul 29 2016 - 15:15
‘It’s time to tackle triathlon season. This time I can swim’Navigation is an issue when I’m swimming in the sea, so I practise using ‘alligator eyes’Sun Jul 10 2016 - 10:00
David Hall: Pugnacious, hyperactive defender of underdogEnergy of Console’s interim chief executive contrasts with approach of State agenciesSat Jul 09 2016 - 01:00
Console is set to run out of funds next weekSuicide prevention charity may be wound down following financial scandalThu Jul 07 2016 - 01:00
Charity boss received undisclosed payment of €600,000St John of God gave the money to its chief over pension and employment liabilitiesThu Jul 07 2016 - 01:00
Console controversy: Criminal investigation opens into charityOffice of the Director of Corporate Enforcement launches inquiry into charityWed Jul 06 2016 - 10:21
St John of God staff complained of poor managementEmployees’ frustrations revealed in unpublished report into death of teenager in careWed Jul 06 2016 - 01:01
Timing could not be worse for St John of God revelationsSenior figures in charity are not saying how €1.64m pot received in 2013 was sharedTue Jul 05 2016 - 01:00
HSE concerned about viability of ConsoleHSE funding of €70,000 due this month, with €53,000 left in charity’s Irish accountsMon Jul 04 2016 - 22:01
‘Significant amount’ of Console papers retrieved from lock-upInterim chief executive David Hall obtains court order to allow breaking into unitMon Jul 04 2016 - 21:18
St John of God says €1.5m for executives came from rental incomeOrder says decision not to inform the HSE about payments was taken on professional adviceMon Jul 04 2016 - 20:17
Malak Kuzbary Thawley: Maternal death inquest for JulyTeacher with ectopic pregnancy died after emergency operation at Holles Street hospitalMon Jul 04 2016 - 15:23
HSE confirms recruitment of sarcoma specialistGroup called this week on St Vincent’s to continue employing Dr Alexia BertuzziSat Jul 02 2016 - 13:48
Former Console chief Paul Kelly described as a ‘Walter Mitty’Founder of suicide prevention charity posed as doctor and claimed to have been ordainedSat Jul 02 2016 - 01:00
Console chief Paul Kelly no longer at helm of charityHigh Court blocks access to bank accounts and injuncts founder and family from roleFri Jul 01 2016 - 01:00
Pharmacists investigated over claiming for undispensed drugsIrish Pharmacy Union says there may be ‘isolated cases’ where this occurredThu Jun 30 2016 - 18:48
Irish doctors share €6.8m payments from pharma companiesReport reveals transfers by drug companies to healthcare organisations and professionalsThu Jun 30 2016 - 18:00
Five new trustees appointed to board of ConsoleMove by charities regulator comes as High Court asked to ensure running of organisationThu Jun 30 2016 - 15:55
Sarcoma patients protest outside HSE headquartersGroup calls on St Vincent’s to continue employing specialist in sarcoma Alexia BertuzziThu Jun 30 2016 - 12:59
Console charity expected to seek protection of High CourtSources say it is likely board will seek aid to help protect assets and retrieve other assetsThu Jun 30 2016 - 09:12
Nursing board failed to follow hiring guidelines, says reportBDO says board did not comply with policy on employment of non-permanent staffThu Jun 30 2016 - 01:00
Three Console directors did not know they had been appointedIndividuals have no details on charity’s finances and never attended board meetingThu Jun 30 2016 - 01:00
Terminations carried out on 26 women last yearSimon Harris publishes second review of Protection of Life during Pregnancy ActWed Jun 29 2016 - 20:27
Three Console directors did not know they were on boardTrio had never met each other despite being on board of charity, report findsWed Jun 29 2016 - 17:34
Console still owes Revenue Commissioners about €90,000Suicide charity has number of outstanding PAYE/PRSI contributions, bookkeeper saysWed Jun 29 2016 - 16:42
High levels of vitamin D linked to lower birth problems, study findsStudy by University College Cork calls for guidelines on nutrition for pregnant womenWed Jun 29 2016 - 15:27
Console founder Paul Kelly yet to furnish resignation letterChief executive of suicide prevention charity at centre of ongoing financial controversyWed Jun 29 2016 - 14:54
Gardaí interview staff at Console centre on financial issuesCharity to come under further pressure as more details of spending emergeWed Jun 29 2016 - 01:01
