BCG jab to be limited to high-risk babiesHiqa holds public consultation on plan to introduce selective vaccination against TBWed Sept 09 2015 - 11:24
Garda investigates disability worker over CCTV footageFour staff at HSE-run St Raphael’s Centre in Co Cork facing disciplinary proceedingsWed Sept 09 2015 - 01:00
Improving homes for intellectually disabled to cost €57mHiqa should take account of lack of resources when critical of individual facilities, says HSEWed Sept 09 2015 - 01:00
Former lobbyist and jockey named as tax defaultersFrank Dunlop and retired jockey and trainer Charlie Swan on latest tax defaulters listTue Sept 08 2015 - 15:52
Check-up: How Minister for Health Leo Varadkar faredHealth continues to be a thorn in the Coalition’s side but less so than under his predecessorMon Sept 07 2015 - 01:00
Government implements 16 of 58 health commitmentsSick system: The ailing health service, part2Mon Sept 07 2015 - 01:00
Broken: Ireland’s ailing health serviceSick system, part 1 of a series on Ireland's ailing health service.Sat Sept 05 2015 - 01:00
Empty Mount Carmel beds to go to southsidersLeo Varadkar acknowledges difficulties getting patients to cross LiffeyFri Sept 04 2015 - 16:34
Ireland may take thousands of migrants - KennyTaoiseach says numbers to increase under EU dealFri Sept 04 2015 - 14:33
Northside patients won’t cross Liffey for empty hospital bedsBeds reserved for patients from hospitals on northside where severe shortage existsFri Sept 04 2015 - 01:00
Analysis: Is this what happens when politics and medicine clash?Political meddling is getting in the way of radical change at Portlaoise hospitalFri Sept 04 2015 - 01:00
Nursing and Midwifery Board boss to resignDr Maura Pidgeon led board during dispute with INMO over increased registration feeThu Sept 03 2015 - 16:59
HSE to fund on limited basis cost of multiple sclerosis drugExtended campaign by patients proves success for medicine that helps sufferers to walkThu Sept 03 2015 - 16:50
Varadkar to press ahead with minimum alcohol pricing planEuropean Court of Justice said Scottish proposal could infringe on EU trade rulesThu Sept 03 2015 - 15:59
Nurse who put duct tape over patient’s mouth fined €2,000Bimbo Paden censured over 2013 incident at St John’s community hospital in SligoWed Sept 02 2015 - 13:32
HSE says multiple payments issue being investigated before leakHSE says at no time has it been approached by whistleblower about controversial practiceMon Aug 31 2015 - 12:35
Breakthrough on diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritisResearchers identify protein that regulates severity of tissue damage caused by diseaseMon Aug 31 2015 - 01:00
Rise of 27% in calls to youth mental health centreAnxiety the main problem, followed by low mood, family problems and anger issuesMon Aug 31 2015 - 01:00
Obesity affecting children as young as two, warns doctorPaediatrician Sinéad Murphy says families are desperate due to lack of servicesMon Aug 31 2015 - 01:00
HSE to face public watchdog over dispensing fees disputeCommittee to investigate claims of multiple fees charged for single prescriptionsMon Aug 31 2015 - 01:00
HSE alleges fraud over phased dispensing feesLloydsPharmacy Ireland chain describes allegation as ‘entirely unfounded’Sat Aug 29 2015 - 01:00
HSE investigates Lloyds pharmacy prescription paymentsLloyds denies fraud over boosting income by claiming multiple medical card prescription feesFri Aug 28 2015 - 18:02
Nurses and midwives back Lansdowne Road AgreementINMO members vote 71% in favour of revised public pay deal in spite of reservationsThu Aug 27 2015 - 18:03
Cancer survival rate after 10 years now at 54 per centNew data shows three-quarters of breast cancer patients will be alive a decade laterWed Aug 26 2015 - 01:00
Multiple sclerosis society urges patients to assert rightsSufferers subjected to ‘postcode lottery’ despite HSE approval of remedial treatmentMon Aug 24 2015 - 01:00
One drink a day raises breast cancer risk, study findsMedical review says those with family history of disease should consider giving up alcoholWed Aug 19 2015 - 10:12
Tallaght Hospital has image problem, study findsBoard members discouraged by problem of portraying the hospital in a positive lightWed Aug 19 2015 - 01:00
Incidence of several common cancers rising, report findsLung cancer in women up 11.7 per cent and colorectal cancer in men up 8.3 per centTue Aug 18 2015 - 01:00
Teething trouble a figment of parents’ imagination, says dentistSymptoms often associated with teething are generally the result of infectionsMon Aug 17 2015 - 12:50
Varadkar to remove training post barriers for overseas doctorsSituation ‘a sophisticated form of modern slavery’ says Overseas Medics of IrelandMon Aug 17 2015 - 01:00
HSE considered suing US firm over high price of live-saving drugAlexion Pharmaceuticals charging €4,557.50 per vial of Soliris for rare blood disorderMon Aug 17 2015 - 01:00
HSE seeks €250m funding for disability homesMoney to be used to accelerate move from institutions to smaller accommodation unitsSun Aug 16 2015 - 16:10
Terminally ill need not die in hospital, says studyPatients express preference for palliative care in specialist units over hospital careFri Aug 14 2015 - 01:00
Trolley crisis ‘the price being paid’ for focus on waiting listsEmergency being ‘squeezed’ as result of drive on Varadkar’s targets, say doctorsFri Aug 07 2015 - 01:00
Aras Attracta unit given 28 days to avoid closureHiqa issues closure notice for five bungalows at Co Mayo facilityThu Aug 06 2015 - 12:58
Hiqa adopts ‘get tough’ stance on nursing homesThousands of beds in State-run homes face closure over substandard facilitiesTue Aug 04 2015 - 01:00
Nursing homes face closure if Government fails to find moneyIssue of substandard accommodation is coming to a head as new standards must be metTue Aug 04 2015 - 01:00
Only 50% of newborns breastfed as mothers forgo health benefitsJust one mother in 40 exclusively breastfeeding by time baby is six-seven monthsMon Aug 03 2015 - 11:56
Doctor struck off list for over-prescribing sleeping pillsTwo medical professionals sanctioned for practices relating to prescribing of drugsMon Aug 03 2015 - 01:00
Catastrophic consequences for jailed former Anglo staff‘Stroke of one button’ sealed the fate of the three bankersSat Aug 01 2015 - 01:00
Ex-Anglo officials jailed for hiding accountsFirst bankers to go to jail since start of economic crisisSat Aug 01 2015 - 01:00
Three Anglo officials jailed for hiding accounts linked to Seán FitzPatrickTiarnan O’Mahoney given 3 year term, Bernard Daly 2 years, Aoife Maguire 18 monthsFri Jul 31 2015 - 18:25
Registration for free GP care for over-70s beginsAlmost 40,000 older people can now apply for free doctors’ visits under health schemeFri Jul 31 2015 - 01:00
At least 260 deaths in 20 years since hepatitis C scandal eruptedReport reveals health consequences of contaminated blood products supplied by StateThu Jul 30 2015 - 01:00
HSE records deficit of €164 million in first five monthsService unable to cut costs ‘because our focus has been on opening additional bed capacity’Wed Jul 29 2015 - 19:49
Drogheda hospital spending millions on unchecked staffOur Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Co Louth, in breach of HSE regulations on agenciesWed Jul 29 2015 - 10:26
Purchase of gift cards worth €3,000 queried by HSE auditorsManagement at National Drug Treatment Centre said cards related to play therapyWed Jul 29 2015 - 01:00
Hundreds of retired HSE staff employed again despite moratoriumIn one area 138 retired employees were paid a salary in 2013, according to audit reportWed Jul 29 2015 - 01:00
Galway hospital patients at risk from bird droppingsHiqa report finds ‘suboptimal’ cleanliness in many wards at PortiunculaTue Jul 28 2015 - 12:45
Ireland has one of highest rates of Hepatitis B in EuropeState saw 9.2 cases per 100,000 population in 2013, a rate passed only by Latvia and UKTue Jul 28 2015 - 01:00
