E.coli-link infections up 200% so far in 2012THE NUMBER of cases of a potentially fatal EFri Jul 27 2012 - 01:00
Educate Together to run second level schoolMULTIDENOMINATIONAL patron Educate Together will have responsibility for a secondary school for the first time.Thu Jul 26 2012 - 01:00
Local government savings hit €200mAlmost €200 million has been saved through efficiencies in local government since 2010, a report published yesterday has found…Thu Jul 26 2012 - 01:00
Huge rise in calls to abuse helplineA helpline for parents, carers and professionals working with children received a more than 40 per cent increase in concerns …Thu Jul 26 2012 - 01:00
New school patrons announcedThe patrons for 14 new secondary school were announced by Minister for Education Ruairí Quinn this morning, including one in …Wed Jul 25 2012 - 01:00
Free cinema for the homeless opens in Dublin's Temple BarA FREE community cinema targeting homeless people in Dublin was launched last night in Temple Bar.Tue Jul 24 2012 - 01:00
An action-packed weekend of flying high, jockeying for position and scrubbing up wellPRESIDENTIAL race-going, sky-high marriage proposals and a wife-carrying competition were among the events which brought people…Mon Jul 23 2012 - 01:00
Patient had blisters 'the size of golf balls' on skinA DISABLED woman developed “golf-ball-sized blisters” and hair loss during treatment given by a dermatologist facing allegations…Sat Jul 21 2012 - 01:00
Dermatologist's patient's ears and lips 'turned purple'A PATIENT of a dermatologist who is facing more than 120 allegations of professional misconduct or poor professional performance…Fri Jul 20 2012 - 01:00
Removal of all pyrite not needed, says reportAN ESTIMATED 10,000 homes believed to have structurally damaging mineral pyrite in their foundations should not automatically…Thu Jul 19 2012 - 01:00
Deadline given for pyrite proposalsThe Construction Industry Federation, the Irish Concrete Federation, Homebond and other stakeholders have until the end of September…Wed Jul 18 2012 - 01:00
UCD's €50m sports centre to open with Olympic-sized poolA NEW €50 million sports and fitness complex, which includes the State’s third Olympic-specification swimming pool, is to open…Fri Jun 22 2012 - 01:00
Unit shows 350,000 on outpatient waiting listsUP TO 350,000 people are estimated to be waiting for first outpatient appointments to see consultants at public hospitals throughout…Fri Jun 22 2012 - 01:00
Health adviser free to also work elsewhereA CONSULTANT earning €164,000 a year appointed to the Department of Health Special Delivery Unit (SDU) by Minister for Health…Thu Jun 21 2012 - 01:00
300,000 wait to see consultantsUp to 350,000 people are estimated to be waiting for their first outpatient appointments to see consultants at public hospitals…Thu Jun 21 2012 - 01:00
Surgeon cleared as cancer patient 'fell through a gap'A CONSULTANT surgeon, who faced a Medical Council inquiry after his patient failed to get cancer biopsy results for 15 months…Thu Jun 21 2012 - 01:00
Department of Health reaches deal on new drugsNEW DRUGS for the treatment of conditions including multiple sclerosis, bipolar disorder and hepatitis C are to be made available…Tue Jun 19 2012 - 01:00
High Court orders repossession of mortgage-to-rent homeA COUPLE who had applied for the Government’s new mortgage-to-rent scheme in February lost their family home in the High Court…Tue Jun 19 2012 - 01:00
Doctor tells inquiry of hospital system 'failures'A CONSULTANT whose patient did not get the results of a cancerous skin biopsy for 15 months told a Medical Council fitness-to…Sat Jun 16 2012 - 01:00
'New cost solutions' needed for HSEMEASURES TO reduce a €169 million overspend in the health system will need to include “new solutions to deal with labour unit…Fri Jun 15 2012 - 01:00
Former lord mayor in unfair dismissal case against hotelFORMER DUBLIN lord mayor Royston Brady was sacked as general manager of a hotel after highlighting “illegal” bar licensing practices…Thu Jun 14 2012 - 01:00
HSE payment delay cited by defence against Revenue actionIT “CANNOT be equitable” for the Revenue Commissioners to take a man’s home while another arm of the State, the Health Service…Tue Jun 12 2012 - 01:00
McFeely case to be heard on FridayAN ATTEMPT to overturn the UK bankruptcy of Priory Hall developer Thomas McFeely will be heard in England this week, the High…Tue Jun 12 2012 - 01:00
Anti-malarial link to deaths 'not known'NEITHER MINISTER for Defence Alan Shatter nor the Defence Forces Medical Corps “are aware of any link” between “suspected” suicides…Mon Jun 11 2012 - 01:00
Advocacy group for womenA new advocacy group for women who have been traumatised by gynaecological surgical procedures is to be set up by the Irish Patients…Mon Jun 11 2012 - 01:00
No time for celebration, say clerical abuse survivors and gay rights groupPROTESTS: MORE THAN 100 people from a variety of organisations protested yesterday outside the opening Mass of the Eucharistic…Mon Jun 11 2012 - 01:00
Group welcomes Minister's support for home birthsTHE HOME Birth Association of Ireland has welcomed the support of the Minister for Health James Reilly for more home births in…Mon Jun 11 2012 - 01:00
Top prize for 'Irish Times' legal editorIRISH TIMES legal editor Carol Coulter has taken the top prize in this year’s Law Society of Ireland Justice Media Awards.Fri Jun 08 2012 - 01:00
Consultant tells inquiry 'reports go missing'IT WAS not unusual for biopsy and other lab reports to go missing at a hospital in Loughlinstown, Dublin, a Medical Council fitness…Thu Jun 07 2012 - 01:00
Patient died after 15-month delay in getting biopsy resultsA DUBLIN-BASED surgeon is facing two allegations of poor professional performance at a Medical Council fitness-to-practise committee…Wed Jun 06 2012 - 01:00
Women should have home birth option, says ReillyPREGNANT WOMEN in Ireland should be offered the choice of having their babies at home, Minister for Health James Reilly has said…Tue Jun 05 2012 - 01:00
Nominations for best nursing homes soughtNOMINATIONS ARE being sought for the State’s best nursing homes as part of an annual competition being run by Nursing Homes Ireland…Tue Jun 05 2012 - 01:00
Using technology to help independent livingThe Great Northern Haven in Dundalk is an experiment for older peopleTue Jun 05 2012 - 01:00
Keeping the home care fires burningWith nursing home beds becoming scarce, it’s time to look at home care for the growing elderly populationTue Jun 05 2012 - 01:00
Urban field bought back for less than half sale priceLAND ON an urban farm in Dublin that was sold to developers for €16 million at the height of the boom has been bought back for…Fri Jun 01 2012 - 01:00
Defence Forces say no time lost in transfer of organsOPERATING PROCEDURES governing the use of sports grounds in Dublin’s Phoenix Park have been reviewed by the Defence Forces after…Fri Jun 01 2012 - 01:00
O'Reilly wants data remit to take in financial bodies“PARANOIA” OR “a need to preserve secrecy” should not be reasons to keep public financial bodies outside the Freedom of Information…Thu May 31 2012 - 01:00
O'Reilly calls for expanded FOI ActInformation Commissioner Emily O’Reilly has urged the Government to extend the remit of the Freedom of Information Act under …Wed May 30 2012 - 01:00
Gardaí investigate as two die in rally crashA GARDA investigation is under way into how two spectators were killed and seven others injured after a car taking part in a …Mon May 28 2012 - 01:00
Four still in hospital after Cavan crashFour people remain in hospital today after two spectators were killed and seven others injured after a car taking part in a rally…Mon May 28 2012 - 01:00
Children's hospice calls for €1.4m in State fundsSOME €1.4 million in State funding is needed to enable the State’s only children’s hospice to continue caring for dying children…Fri May 25 2012 - 01:00
Medical card backlog cleared in AprilJOINT COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND CHILDREN: A BACKLOG of almost 60,000 medical card applications, built up over a six-month period…Fri May 25 2012 - 01:00
Clinics told not to use breast filler productTHE IRISH Medicines Board has told cosmetic clinics involved in breast augmentation to stop using a filler that has been found…Thu May 24 2012 - 01:00
Senator counters calls for more RTÉ resignationsTHE RESIGNATION of the chairman or the director general of RTÉ will do nothing to ensure the eradication of “group think” in …Thu May 24 2012 - 01:00
Hiqa CEO highlights lack of leadership in hospital managementOIREACHTAS COMMITTEE ON HEALTH: THERE IS “not necessarily a sufficient number of strong leaders at local level” to ensure recommendations…Wed May 23 2012 - 01:00
Farm incomes rise one-third in a yearFARMERS HAD record levels of income in 2011, a new survey shows, but the increases are unlikely to be sustained this year.Wed May 23 2012 - 01:00
Hospital first phase receives go-aheadPhase one of a new National Rehabilitation Hospital was given the go-ahead in Dún Laoghaire, Dublin, yesterday.Wed May 23 2012 - 01:00
Couple in mortgage arrears lose homeA KERRY couple whose mortgage interest supplement was “cut off” this month by the Department of Social Protection had their home…Tue May 22 2012 - 01:00
Only 36 HSE nursing homes have registeredLESS THAN a third of public nursing homes have been registered with the Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) in advance…Tue May 22 2012 - 01:00
Appeal by newspapers over fees adjournedAN APPEAL against legal fees taxed against two newspapers following the collapse of a trial at the Circuit Criminal Court was…Sat May 19 2012 - 01:00
