Hospital issues apology to the womenOur Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda last night issued an apology to the women affected by Caesarean hysterectomies carried…Wed Mar 01 2006 - 00:00
Neary inadequately supervised, report findsThe report on the high level of peripartum hysterectomies carried out at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda says that the…Wed Mar 01 2006 - 00:00
Report: main recommendationsThe report of the Inquiry into the high level of peripartum hysterectomies at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital has recommended that…Wed Mar 01 2006 - 00:00
Doctor with 'deep fault line' which was never correctedThe report of Judge Maureen Harding Clark maintains that Michael Neary was not an evil man or a bad doctorWed Mar 01 2006 - 00:00
HSE to be updated on consultant contract talksProgress report: The board of the Health Service Executive will hear a presentation on Thursday from its senior negotiators …Tue Feb 28 2006 - 00:00
Capital funding used to pay for deficitsHSE finances: The board of the Health Service Executive (HSE) was informed in a series of financial reports late last year and…Tue Feb 28 2006 - 00:00
Draft GP contract promised by mid-AprilPrimary care: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has said it will have a new draft contract for general practitioners for the…Tue Feb 28 2006 - 00:00
New rules would restrict visiting hours at hospitalsInfection control: The Health Service Executive (HSE) is to recommend to hospitals that visitors should only be allowed in to…Tue Feb 28 2006 - 00:00
NEC tells unions decision to close plant is finalJapanese electronics giant NEC yesterday told an Irish delegation, including Minister for Communications Noel Dempsey and officials…Fri Feb 24 2006 - 00:00
Service concerns for those with disabilitiesA report on the experiences of independent living by Irish people with disabilities has revealed concerns about a lack of uniformity…Thu Feb 23 2006 - 00:00
O Cuiv defends law on translatingMinister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs Éamon Ó Cuív has said he doubted anyone was suggesting that local authorities…Thu Feb 23 2006 - 00:00
Regions receive €5m in new marketing pushThree new 'super regions' created, with emphasis on promoting rural tourismWed Feb 22 2006 - 00:00
State urged to manage nursing refundsThe Opposition has called on the Government to manage the nursing home repayment scheme from within the public sector rather …Sat Feb 11 2006 - 00:00
Nursing home owners want legislation updatedThe operators of private nursing homes have called on the Government to introduce legislation which would set down minimum standards…Fri Feb 10 2006 - 00:00
HSE contracts decision infuriates consultantsTalks between hospital consultants and health service management on a new contract were adjourned yesterday following an acrimonious…Fri Feb 10 2006 - 00:00
Mobile firms are liable in any Garda phone mast casesMobile phone companies using masts on Garda stations or other public buildings will have to meet the costs of any compensation…Fri Feb 10 2006 - 00:00
FF deputy proposes review of risk equalisation schemeThe Fianna Fáil chairman of the Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children, John Maloney TD, has proposed that the Government…Wed Feb 08 2006 - 00:00
Fury over HSE decision to end contractConsultant talks : Talks between the Government and hospital consultants on a new contract are ready to boil over in the wake…Tue Feb 07 2006 - 00:00
Group calls for screening from mastsA group which represents people who maintain that their health has been affected by mobile phone masts yesterday called for measures…Fri Feb 03 2006 - 00:00
Scrapping of cafe bar plan causes concernA Government consumer report shows the Department of Justice has concerns that last year's decision to drop proposals for the…Fri Feb 03 2006 - 00:00
Opening of hospital wing to be delayed further for redesignThe completion of a new hospital development in the midlands, which has been lying idle for eight years, is now facing further…Fri Feb 03 2006 - 00:00
Greater rights for children urgedThe charity One In Four, which supports victims of sexual violence, has called on the Government to introduce a constitutional…Fri Feb 03 2006 - 00:00
Temple St call for Mater complex to go aheadThe medical board of Temple Street hospital last night called on the Government to establish an independent body to determine…Thu Feb 02 2006 - 00:00
Concern over money launderingMinister for Justice Michael McDowell has said the Irish and British governments are concerned about substantial war chests being…Thu Feb 02 2006 - 00:00
An Post to raise price for heavier itemsPostal charges for heavier items are to be increased from later this monthWed Feb 01 2006 - 00:00
Harney moves on hospital consultantsThe Minister for Health has said that in future private hospitals will have to employ their own consultant staff.Wed Feb 01 2006 - 00:00
HSE to fund 100 extra inpatient bedsHospital facilities: Around 100 additional inpatient hospital beds are to be provided in new units to be opened around the State…Tue Jan 31 2006 - 00:00
No tax breaks for primary care centresPrivate investment: The Government is not to provide new tax incentives to encourage private investment in the development of…Tue Jan 31 2006 - 00:00
Primary care teams to reduce hospital listsUp to 100 new primary care teams - comprising GPs, nurses, physiotherapists and other healthcare professionals - are to be established…Mon Jan 30 2006 - 00:00
State checks call to protect childrenCatholic bishops and the Conference of Religious in Ireland have called on the Government to introduce as a matter of urgency…Fri Jan 27 2006 - 00:00
Compensation bill for abuse victims could reach €1.35bnThe bill for compensation paid to the victims of abuse in orphanages and industrial schools could reach €1Fri Jan 27 2006 - 00:00
Ictu meeting discusses new agreement issuesSenior trade union officials have attended a meeting organised by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (Ictu) to discuss issues…Thu Jan 26 2006 - 00:00
Ictu unions to discuss talks on new partnership dealThe Irish Congress of Trade Unions (Ictu) will today convene talks by affiliated unions to discuss negotiations on a new partnership…Wed Jan 25 2006 - 00:00
Report given guarded welcomeDoctors and organisations in the mental health area yesterday generally welcomed the report of the expert group.Wed Jan 25 2006 - 00:00
Mater lacks internal disaster planAudit committee: The audit committee at the Mater Hospital in Dublin has warned the board that the hospital does not have an…Tue Jan 24 2006 - 00:00
A&E staff system 'unsustainable'Acute services: The current medical staffing arrangements in many accident and emergency units are unsustainable, according …Tue Jan 24 2006 - 00:00
Hospitals protest over delay to €500m redevelopmentThe boards of the Mater hospital and the Children's University Hospital in Temple Street, Dublin, have written to Tánaiste and…Mon Jan 23 2006 - 00:00
Health department's role in PPARS defendedThe former secretary-general of the Department of Health, Michael Kelly, has strongly defended the department's role in authorising…Fri Jan 20 2006 - 00:00
Bupa charges set to increase by 10%Bupa Ireland's 600,000 members are facing increases in subscription rates of close to 10 per cent on averageFri Jan 20 2006 - 00:00
Report fundamentally flawed, claim parentsReaction: The Parents for Justice organisation, which represents families affected by the organ retention controversy, last …Thu Jan 19 2006 - 00:00
Official not to testify on PPARS projectThe former senior health service official who was the "lead health board chief executive" on the development of the PPARS computer…Thu Jan 19 2006 - 00:00
Hygiene fears prompt Harney to call for limits on hospital visiting hoursMinister for Health Mary Harney yesterday called on health service management to review visiting hours in hospitals.Wed Jan 18 2006 - 00:00
Report rules out commercial motive for organ retentionThe report of the inquiry into the retention of children's organs by hospitals has concluded there was no commercial motivation…Wed Jan 18 2006 - 00:00
Harney focuses on cystic fibrosis servicesNews analysis: Tánaiste and Minister for Health Mary Harney has told the Health Service Executive (HSE) that she wants special…Tue Jan 17 2006 - 00:00
Government to invest ?9.5m in medical educationThe Government is to increase by almost 20 per cent the number of academic medical consultant posts which are shared between …Tue Jan 17 2006 - 00:00
150 new posts needed for youth justice reformsThe Department of Health believes that up to 150 new posts will be needed to facilitate plans by Minister of State for Children…Mon Jan 16 2006 - 00:00
Two-lung transplant patient in stable conditionA man in his 50s from the west remained in a stable condition at the Mater hospital in Dublin yesterday after undergoing the …Sat Jan 14 2006 - 00:00
Draft report says mental care should move to communityThe number of acute psychiatric beds in hospitals should be significantly reduced and the development of psychiatric services…Fri Jan 13 2006 - 00:00
'Comedy of errors' over weir fish deathsMembers of an Oireachtas committee yesterday strongly criticised the Office of Public Works (OPW) and the Department of the Marine…Thu Jan 12 2006 - 00:00
Bupa set to bring in new pricing structureThe country's second-largest private health insurance company, Bupa Ireland, said yesterday it was seeking to keep subscription…Tue Jan 10 2006 - 00:00
