Children’s hospital helipad will be ‘unusable’ by some craftCoastguard helicopters not licensed to land at elevated helipad, Bord Pleanala toldTue Dec 01 2015 - 13:47
Children’s hospital debate to generate more heat than lightPrevious iterations of the planning process suggest we should expect unexpectedTue Dec 01 2015 - 10:45
Children’s hospital ‘will not take all emergency cases’Hearing told no children’s hospital in developed world can take projected daily attendanceMon Nov 30 2015 - 16:50
Faults with St James’s site for children’s hospital admittedOral hearing opens into €650m plans to build national children’s hospital in DublinMon Nov 30 2015 - 11:39
HSE changes to filling internships lead to claims of biasCriteria to select medical graduates to fill 700 intern posts each year adjustedMon Nov 30 2015 - 01:03
HSE plans ‘national threshold’ on overcrowdingMaximum acceptable number of people on trolleys over coming winter set to be 236Mon Nov 30 2015 - 01:00
Pharmacist struck off after disappearance of 17,000 pillsFirst cancellation of registration since fitness to practise inquiries held in publicSat Nov 28 2015 - 16:35
Hospitals face €10,000 fine if in breach of overcrowding ruleNew mandatory escalation plan includes putting extra beds on wards as ‘final step’Sat Nov 28 2015 - 12:47
Three out of four GPs suffer from high stress, survey revealsNew review shows high level of demoralisation and risk of burnout among doctorsSat Nov 28 2015 - 01:00
Irish children’s cancer specialist awarded honorary CBEProf Owen Smith: strong record on developments in child health over two decadesFri Nov 27 2015 - 21:11
Doctor accused of making serious errors in reading CT scansRadiologist who worked at Bantry hospital denies poor professional performance allegationWed Nov 25 2015 - 19:32
Coombe hospital apologises to couple over baby’s death in 1992Hospital admits mother should have had Caesarean at earlier pointWed Nov 25 2015 - 11:09
Emergency department nurses vote in favour of strike actionBallot of INMO members shows 92% favour industrial action from next monthTue Nov 24 2015 - 16:52
General secretary of INMO refuses to disclose salary detailsLiam Doran referred to need for improved pay for nurses at announcement of industrial actionTue Nov 24 2015 - 12:54
Hospitals given 28 days to make plan for antibiotic resistanceHiqa warns of 15-fold increase in death rates if antimicrobial resistance not tackledTue Nov 24 2015 - 10:19
Stroke survivor: ‘I was fine. I felt a bit guilty about that’‘Gold standard’ on treatment established in major clinical trial completed months earlierTue Nov 24 2015 - 01:00
Varadkar urges banking inquiry to complete workCost of inquiry would buy ‘lot of home helps and homecare packages,’ Minister saysMon Nov 23 2015 - 14:13
Home nurse who stole from 97-year-old guilty of misconductNurse accused of misconduct after being caught taking money on hidden cameraFri Nov 20 2015 - 14:58
Eating fish during pregnancy helps children, seminar hearsBenefits of consumption outweigh any negative effects from contamination - expertThu Nov 19 2015 - 01:00
HSE deducts money from GPs to repay patientsMore than €8,000 refunded to medical cardholders after blood tests disputeThu Nov 19 2015 - 01:00
Blood service not told about problems with testing deviceQuestions as to whether kit properly validated before testing 180,000 Irish samplesWed Nov 18 2015 - 01:00
Mater to spend €320,000 on overflow ‘private capacity’Money earmarked for outsourcing emergencies when demand exceeds capacityWed Nov 18 2015 - 01:00
Odds of surviving pancreatic cancer narrow with new regimeAdvance from scientists at University of Ulster leads to significant reduction in tumourTue Nov 17 2015 - 10:36
Man who died in Dublin Airport was being deportedGarda Ombudsman, which is investigating incident, is still trying to contact relativesMon Nov 16 2015 - 01:00
Children’s hospital hearing may be live-streamedAn Bord Pleanála oral review of proposed St James’s Hospital development began todayFri Nov 13 2015 - 14:45
Tallaght hospital to investigate claims by consultantDoctor alleges she suffered intimidation as a result of advocating for emergency patientsFri Nov 13 2015 - 01:00
Tallaght hospital: Deep roots to events hogging headlinesThree years after a damning report, facility was back in the news due to overcrowdingFri Nov 13 2015 - 01:00
Varadkar to set out plans to improve patient safetyMinister for Health to announce creation of advocacy body and advisory councilThu Nov 12 2015 - 01:00
Patients at Tralee hospital at immediate risk of infection - HiqaReport finds bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease a threat at Kerry General HospitalTue Nov 10 2015 - 11:13
Varadkar told Tallaght hospital to look into whistleblower claimsInquiry to proceed after preliminary scoping exercise found grounds for full investigationTue Nov 10 2015 - 01:00
INMO welcomes plan to refurbish public nursing homesMore than €300m allocated in budget under capital plan for refurbishment of homesMon Nov 09 2015 - 15:28
Girl waiting six years for allergy test cannot get Tallaght bedChildren’s ward is being converted for use by adults with no admission for nine-year-oldMon Nov 09 2015 - 01:00
Doctor says he was asked to drop inquest evidenceTallaght hospital whistleblower Dr James Gray claims he was put under pressureSat Nov 07 2015 - 01:00
Outpatient waiting lists rise for fourth month in a rowDepartment imposes €8.7m fines on hospitals for breaching 18-month targetsFri Nov 06 2015 - 18:11
Tallaght hospital trying to gag me, says whistleblowerDr James Gray revealed 91-year-old spent 29 hours on trolley in emergency departmentFri Nov 06 2015 - 13:35
Tallaght hospital trying to silence doctors, group claimsConsultants concerned with inquiry into leak about 91-year-old man on trolleyFri Nov 06 2015 - 08:12
HPV vaccine does not cause syndromes, EU agency rulesEuropean Medicines Agency says there is no reason to change the way the drug is usedFri Nov 06 2015 - 01:02
Private companies could take over public hospitalsVaradkar is considering reforms that would allow private operators to manage centresFri Nov 06 2015 - 01:00
Flood of support for Tallaght whistleblowerFaced with a PR emergency, hospital management calls in the spin-doctorFri Nov 06 2015 - 01:00
Man (91) who spent 29 hours on trolley was ‘caught in crossfire’Varadkar says patient is unhappy over claims made about his Tallaght hospital visitFri Nov 06 2015 - 01:00
Doctor refuses to be silenced on Tallaght Hospital trolley casesInquiry ordered into leaking of the details of patient (91) left ‘festering’ on trolleyThu Nov 05 2015 - 11:32
Irish health outcomes are among worst in the WestOECD report says State has worst rates of asthma and COPD of 32 countries surveyedThu Nov 05 2015 - 01:00
RTÉ announces line-up for 1916 Rising centenaryProgrammes include five-part drama series, documentaries and Rubberbandits specialThu Nov 05 2015 - 01:00
Rise in lung condition cases surprises Irish specialistsBronchiectasis, thought to be “a disease of the past”, on the increaseThu Nov 05 2015 - 01:00
Concern says Ireland took ‘excessive precautions’ against EbolaAid agency says overreaction of Irish authorities triggered by ‘huge media coverage’Tue Nov 03 2015 - 01:00
Review of report that made corruption finding against BurkePlanning tribunal refuses to say if corruption findings against ex-FF minister to be droppedTue Nov 03 2015 - 01:00
State should pay to replace health workers it recruits – RobinsonFormer president says ‘you can’t build health system if you don’t have health workers’Tue Nov 03 2015 - 01:00
RTÉ made to retract audience gain claimState broadcaster claimed listenership for Breakfast Republic, Nicky Byrne shows had made ‘strong gains’ over last yearMon Nov 02 2015 - 08:20
Women with concerns over deliveries to meet maternity expertsMeetings arranged after review into baby deaths at Portlaoise hospital carried outMon Nov 02 2015 - 01:00
Two cases of listeria found in milk products since 2014European Commission report praises controls and says no risks identified for consumersMon Nov 02 2015 - 01:00
