The Irish Times

Strict checks on medical card eligibility urged

Concerns about ‘extravagant’ spending by Transfusion Positive detailed in HSE audit report

Thu Feb 18 2016 - 07:40

Excess claiming of travel allowances was ‘persistent’ at Sligo hospital

One-in-three travel and subsistence claims checked by HSE audit involved overpayment

Thu Feb 18 2016 - 01:02

Fine Gael’s John Perry has no problem being an outcast

On the canvass with the Sligo-North Leitrim TD who survived legal battle with his party

Sat Jan 16 2016 - 11:08

Man in custody after being charged with Sligo murder

Oisin Conroy (33) in court over death of Natalie McGuinness (23)

Thu Oct 29 2015 - 11:34

Sligo murder suspect subdued with Taser stun gun

Suspect known to dead woman Natalie McGuinness (23) was from Easkey, Co Sligo

Thu Oct 29 2015 - 01:00

Gardaí renew appeal for witnesses to Sligo crash

Man in his 60s working on the N4 fatally injured, three km south of Castlebaldwin

Tue Aug 18 2015 - 07:52

Sligo county councillor dies after suspected heart attack

Séamus O’Boyle (57) was taken to hospital after van crashed in Sligo town

Tue Aug 11 2015 - 22:26

Inquest hears woman (86) had to bang on table to call nurses

Coroner Eamonn MacGowan returned a verdict of death by medical misadventure

Mon May 11 2015 - 17:00

Woman who died after giving birth saved lives through organ donation

Husband of Sally Rowlette speaks about decision to help others to live after his wife died the day after giving birth to their fourth child

Thu Mar 26 2015 - 17:30

Two people dead after road crashes in Cork and Sligo

Woman dies after crash in heavy fog near Rathcormac; Man killed near Ballysadare

Wed Mar 18 2015 - 12:27

Sligo student found dead in apartment named

Jamie Shaw (23), was a first-year performing arts student at IT Sligo from Belfast

Tue Feb 24 2015 - 17:31

Heart-breaking message from four children to Leo Varadkar

Seán Rowlette and Michael Kivlehan had meeting with Minister about safety of maternity services

Mon Jan 26 2015 - 20:01

Widowers of women who died at Sligo hospital to meet Varadkar

Michael Kivlehan and Sean Rowlette lost wives after childbirth at Sligo Regional Hospital

Mon Jan 26 2015 - 07:18

Husbands of women who died in childbirth to meet Leo Varadkar

Sally Rowlette and Dhara Kivlehan died after giving birth at Sligo Regional Hospital

Tue Jan 20 2015 - 18:48

A week in my . . . job as an anaesthetist at Sligo General Hospital

Eileen Forrestal: ‘My work is all about paying attention at all times to everything’

Tue Dec 30 2014 - 14:00

HSE apologises to Sally Rowlette’s family for her ‘tragic death’

Second apology comes two weeks after public apology was issued to them through PR firm and media

Tue Dec 16 2014 - 22:09

Sligo hospital issues apology to Sally Rowlette family

Saolta hospital group says services have improved in maternity unit since her death

Thu Dec 04 2014 - 20:46

Sally Rowlette inquest returns medical misadventure verdict

Two months ago a jury recorded the same verdict in respect of Dhara Kivlehan

Thu Dec 04 2014 - 01:28

List of women dying in Ireland’s maternity hospitals continues to grow

Tania McCabe, Bimbo Onanuga, Dhara Kivlehan, Savita Halappanavar, Jennifer Crean and now Sally Rowlette: the system struggles to learn from past mistakes

Thu Dec 04 2014 - 01:00

Sally Rowlette ‘lost the opportunity of having a life'

No reference in hospital’s computerised records to Ms Rowlette’s history of HELLP

Wed Dec 03 2014 - 00:58

Husband of woman who died after birth gives evidence

Inquest hears Sally Rowlette (36) died in Sligo the day after her fourth baby was born

Mon Dec 01 2014 - 21:03

Ominous lack of intensive care beds in the Republic

Fri Oct 03 2014 - 00:47

Sharp fall in number of critical care hospital beds

The number of beds has fallen from 289 to 233

Thu Oct 02 2014 - 11:28

Rowlette inquest: ‘It’s hard when you have to wait for answers'

Hearing into Sligo hospital death to be held in December

Wed Oct 01 2014 - 09:33

Michael Kivlehan: ‘I don’t feel angry – it has gone past anger. I have got answers’

Dhara Kivlehan’s husband to set up foundation for bereaved parents who lose a partner

Wed Oct 01 2014 - 08:56

Consultant calls for ‘honest conversation’ about lack of beds in intensive care

Expert witness at Dhara Kivlehan inquest says bed capacity not sufficient for population needs

Tue Sept 30 2014 - 09:43

Audit of ICU facilities needed after Kivlehan inquest

Analysis: inquest raises questions about clinical care, writes Muiris Houston.

Tue Sept 30 2014 - 01:00

Consultant ‘did not mean to offend’ Dhara Kivlehan's husband

Nurse denies telling Michael Kivlehan to ‘stop eavesdropping’ on doctors

Sat Sept 27 2014 - 01:00

Kivlehan not seen by specialist for 60 hours after diagnosis

Delay after diagnosis ‘not appropriate’ but did not affect overall care, inquest told

Fri Sept 26 2014 - 01:00

Woman had renal failure six days before death, inquest hears

Dhara Kivlehan died in Belfast a week after giving birth at Sligo Regional Hospital

Wed Sept 24 2014 - 14:03

Wife was ‘unrecognisable’ hours after baby was born

Husband of Dhara Kivlehan says consultant told him she would be ‘fine’

Tue Sept 23 2014 - 01:00

Wife was ‘unrecognisable’ after giving birth, husband tells inquest

Dhara Kivlehan died in a Belfast hospital after being airlifted from Sligo Regional Hospital

Mon Sept 22 2014 - 15:05

Woman (82) dies in Donegal road crash

Car hit a fence at Bundoran bypass yesterday afternoon; Pensioner died en route to hospital

Tue Aug 19 2014 - 15:08

Patients on trolleys ‘a real problem’, Varadkar says

Figures for July show 8% increase in numbers since last year

Fri Aug 08 2014 - 20:10