Bird flu: Almost 16,000 birds to be slaughtered after second outbreak in Tyrone
Temporary control zones have been established and all poultry at site will be ‘humanely culled’
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‘This is a disaster waiting to happen, and it will happen’: Ireland’s falling child vaccine rates
While most children in the State continue to receive vaccines, there has been significant slip in uptake since 2020. This has consequences for us all, warn medical experts
‘We never got to say goodbye to him’: family seek answers years after Naas hospital ambulance fire
Christy Byrne died in 2016 when an oxygen cylinder inside the ambulance ignited and engulfed the vehicle in flames – now his family want to know why a prosecution case against the HSE was dropped
Multi-agency protocol to speed up rape, murder cases involving children launched by Minister for Justice
Provisions include right of child defendant to youth justice worker to support them and explain every stage of court proceedings
No unilateral roster changes for thousands of HSE staff, say unions
Senior Minister earlier said Government ‘expects and insists’ that HSE should work within agreements
Trolley crisis: Health chief concerned by ‘continued congestion’ at five key hospital sites
Cork, Galway, Limerick, St James’s and St Vincent’s accounted for 44% of people waiting for beds, noted top civil servant
Tens of thousands of health staff appointed since 2008 can have rosters changed, says HSE chief
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Hundreds of children waiting more than a year to access mental health services
Social Democrats TD Aidan Farrelly describes latest update from HSE as ‘infuriating’
Judge approves €37,500 settlement for child burned after heel-prick test
Court hears boy’s mother was not happy with the HSE’s settlement offer
‘We were left on our own’: First-time mothers hit by shortage of public health nurses
Parents angry over lack of safety net providing vital checks in early years of their baby’s life
Number of Irish people who regard themselves as healthy is highest in EU
However, separate report finds Ireland had the second highest rate of new cancer diagnoses among EU countries in 2022
‘It’s so deeply unfair’: Lankum singer Radie Peat on the lack of supports for her autistic daughter
‘You ask yourself, will she ever say mama’ - singer and Lankum musician told she must wait until July 2028 for services
Infrastructure issues cannot explain trolley figures when numbers jump after weekends - Minister for Health
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill says aim as Minister for Health is to get waiting times down to three months
Wars are fuelling antibiotic-resistant infections, threatening global health crisis
Governments, pharmaceutical companies and international organisations must co-ordinate a response before it’s too late
Bird flu: Poultry must be kept indoors from next Monday amid an ‘increased risk’
Measures set to escalate after bird flu detected in five wild birds in last two months
Insurers will not cover obesity drugs that will cost users €2,500-plus a year
Patients looking to access Eli Lilly’s Mounjaro from next week will have to pay privately
Properties remain derelict after collapse of social housing deals with McVerry trust
Derelict and vacant sites left 'languishing' following withdrawal of trust from construction schemes
Mpox: how big is the risk to Ireland now that the type of most concern has been recorded here?
Q&A: Irish health officials have been preparing for a potential rise of cases in the State since August
Mpox: Ireland’s first case of new strain detected
HSE says risk to public ‘remains low’, with individual receiving specialist care in east of country
Medical supplies firm accused of attempt to hold HSE to ransom
Court hears of alleged demand for over €140,000 to ‘maintain integrity’ of patient data in company’s possession
‘It’s a sensitive subject in a small town’: Portiuncula maternity services review sparks local concern
HSE is conducting external reviews into delivery of nine babies at Ballinasloe hospital
Five years ago I entered a psychiatric hospital with an eating disorder
I’m not recovered from my eating disorder and the mental challenges behind it
Family settles High Court case over death of nurse by suicide in UHG mental health unit
‘Our family is broken beyond repair,’ says sister of Tara Coyne (25) as University Hospital Galway and Saolta Group apologise
Bereaved parents were promised changes. So why is Portiuncula Hospital under scrutiny again?
In the News podcast: Why did six babies delivered last year and one born this month suffer blood or oxygen depravation?
Woman who lost baby at Portiuncula hospital calls for review to be expanded
Galway woman Elizabeth O’Reilly calls for explanation for pre-natal death of daughter Bláithín
Portiuncula hospital: Hundreds of expectant mothers to be informed by HSE about external reviews into deliveries of nine babies
Health Service Executive seeks to be ‘open and transparent’ regarding external reviews into delivery at the hospital
Portiuncula University Hospital: Not the first time concerns raised about its maternity services
External reviews of delivery of nine babies come in wake of inquiry set up in 2015 around transfer of four newborns to Dublin for neonatal cooling the previous year, a baby’s death and other ‘significant concern’ cases
Portiuncula hospital: External reviews begin following concern over delivery of nine babies
HSE appoints management team to oversee and manage maternity services with immediate effect
Blackrock Clinic seeks to open women’s health facility in city centre
Planning application involves change of use of office development at Warrington Place in Dublin 2
Protein: Are we eating enough of it? And is ‘high protein’ branding just a fad?
With more products using the ‘P’ word as a selling point, here’s all you need to know before you jump on the latest nutrition bandwagon
Concerns around financial stability of several nursing homes across the State, Hiqa finds
Eight facilities operated by different providers were found to be non-compliant with tax
New Government wants to focus on disability issues but HSE warns of challenges in the coming year
Over 13,500 children and families are awaiting access to children’s disability services and assessment of need, while some services providers are facing issues about their ‘sustainability’
Tripling Beaumont’s emergency department and a new 95-bed ward among plans to update hospital
Infrastructure and digitisation are key challenges facing Anne Coyle, who returns to helm the north Dublin hospital having begun her career as an intern there
HSE will continue to monitor drugs market in Cork to identify if ‘extra risky substances’ are circulating
Two young men died of suspected overdoses in the city over a period of a few hours
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