IMO move could delay contract talksGrievances: The Government's prospects of speedily negotiating a new contract with hospital consultants faces fresh difficulties…Tue Nov 22 2005 - 00:00
Greater range of services from GPs soughtThe Government is seeking to have family doctors open their surgeries for longer each day and to provide a greater range of services…Mon Nov 21 2005 - 00:00
Project aims at 50% cut in farm accidentsA farm safety initiative launched yesterday will seek to reduce the level of farm accidents by 50 per cent.Sat Nov 19 2005 - 00:00
Psychiatrists 'thwarting' will of OireachtasThe secretary general of the Department of Health has claimed that consultant psychiatrists are thwarting the will of the Oireachtas…Sat Nov 19 2005 - 00:00
VHI subscribers face 2.5% rise in premiums after EstimatesThe country's 1.5 million VHI subscribers will face an additional 2Sat Nov 19 2005 - 00:00
O'Dea, under fire for 'ill-judged' picture, says he did not intend to glamorise gunsMinister for Defence Willie O'Dea has said he did not mean to offend anyone by posing for a photograph with an automatic pistol…Fri Nov 18 2005 - 00:00
Opposition say stealth taxes on the riseOpposition reaction: The Opposition parties last night said the Government's spending estimates for next year were incomplete…Fri Nov 18 2005 - 00:00
Firm given €70,000 in errorÚdarás na Gaeltachta has said it does not intend to try further to secure repayment of a €70,000 grant paid in error to a quarry…Fri Nov 18 2005 - 00:00
O'Dea warning about Al-Qaeda remarksThe Government is considering the introduction of changes to legislation aimed at preventing public comments such as those made…Thu Nov 17 2005 - 00:00
Figure for self-harm may reach 60,000, TDs toldUp to 60,000 people in Ireland may be deliberately harming themselves each year - and the vast majority of them never come to…Wed Nov 16 2005 - 00:00
Plan to treat cancer patients in BelfastMinister for Health Mary Harney is to meet her counterpart in Northern Ireland, Shaun Woodward, on Tuesday to discuss proposals…Mon Nov 14 2005 - 00:00
British were warned of IRA strategy - AttwoodThe British government was warned two months before the Northern Bank robbery last year that the Provisional movement was testing…Mon Nov 14 2005 - 00:00
Legislation dealing with on the run paramilitaries a 'dirty deal'SDLP spokesman for justice Alban Maginness has claimed that legislation introduced by the British government allowing "on the…Mon Nov 14 2005 - 00:00
Catholic quota for PSNI must be kept - BradleyThe vice-chairman of the Northern Ireland Policing Board Denis Bradley has urged that the 50:50 recruitment policy in the Police…Mon Nov 14 2005 - 00:00
Waiting lists in North far longer than those in England, party toldWaiting lists for hospital treatment in Northern Ireland are falling abysmally behind those in England, the SDLP conference heard…Mon Nov 14 2005 - 00:00
Health sector set to get 10% increase in fundingThe Government is set to use a large part of a 10 per cent increase in healthcare funding next year on primary care and services…Mon Nov 14 2005 - 00:00
No barrier-free tolling until 2010Public Accounts Committee: Motorists using the M50 motorway in Dublin may have to wait until 2010 for the introduction of electronic…Fri Nov 11 2005 - 00:00
Radical reforms proposed in cancer strategyThe introduction of new and extended national cancer screening programmes, higher tax on tobacco products, and a ban on children…Fri Nov 11 2005 - 00:00
Medical Council's reform plan concernsSenior members of the Medical Council have expressed concern that its future independence could be jeopardised under reforms …Fri Nov 11 2005 - 00:00
State to fund €10.6m Silvermines clean-up and restoration projectThe Government is to provide over €10 million to fund the clean-up and rehabilitation of former lead and zinc mining sites at…Wed Nov 09 2005 - 00:00
Archbishop promises full commission co-operationThe Archbishop of Dublin Dr Diarmuid Martin has said that the Dublin archdiocese will fully co-operate with the commission of…Wed Nov 09 2005 - 00:00
Beaumont introduces new code of conduct governing giftsHospitality: A new code of conduct introduced by Beaumont Hospital in Dublin will seek to restrict gifts and hospitality which…Tue Nov 08 2005 - 00:00
Ireland to engage in mock flu crisisIreland will be one of 28 countries participating in an international exercise aimed at testing the ability of health and emergency…Sat Nov 05 2005 - 00:00
Wren rejects claim on role in Ludlow inquiryThe former Garda commissioner Laurence Wren has said there is not a scintilla of evidence to support the findings of the Barron…Sat Nov 05 2005 - 00:00
Up to 330 acquired MRSA in Beaumont last yearThe board of Beaumont Hospital in Dublin, which finished at the bottom of the Government's national hygiene audit this week, …Sat Nov 05 2005 - 00:00
Private funds for new rail stationsPrivate developers are to pay for four new commuter train stations planned for Dublin, it has emerged - at Park West in west …Fri Nov 04 2005 - 00:00
Former senior Garda officers may be called to Oireachtas committeeFormer senior Garda officers named in the report on the murder of Séamus Ludlow are expected to be asked to make submissions …Fri Nov 04 2005 - 00:00
Transport penalties likelyThe Minister of State for Transport says that the Government will consider introducing penalty clauses in the contracts for the…Fri Nov 04 2005 - 00:00
First private hospital projects identifiedFee-paying facilities: The Tánaiste and Minister for Health Mary Harney has indicated that the first of the proposed new facilities…Tue Nov 01 2005 - 00:00
More details emerge of sexual abuse cases involving priestsThe Diocese of Ossory has paid €370,000 in compensation to the victims of child sexual abuse, it was revealed last night.Tue Nov 01 2005 - 00:00
€20bn transport plan to include reopening part of west rail linThe reopening of parts of the western rail corridor and the development of new commuter services in the south will form key elements…Tue Nov 01 2005 - 00:00
Dublin hospitals at risk from EU directiveDoctors' hours : A number of hospital units in Dublin will be "absolutely threatened" by the implementation of the European …Tue Nov 01 2005 - 00:00
Date is set for PPARS hearingThe Dáil spending watchdog, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), has provisionally set December 15th for the first public hearing…Tue Nov 01 2005 - 00:00
Private firm to enter rail freight marketA private sector operator is planning to enter the rail freight business to provide competition to Irish Rail on the country'…Mon Oct 31 2005 - 00:00
Two firms in talks to join health insurance marketThe regulator of the private health insurance market has told Tánaiste Mary Harney in a confidential report that it is in discussions…Mon Oct 31 2005 - 00:00
Bupa Ireland profits excessive, study findsBupa Ireland is making excessive or super-normal profits, the regulator for the private health insurance industry has claimed…Sat Oct 29 2005 - 01:00
Accused priest still in active ministryA priest in the diocese of Down and Connor who is the subject of a continuing police investigation into allegations of child …Fri Oct 28 2005 - 01:00
Church has paid at least €6m in compensation to abuse victimsChurch payments: Catholic dioceses throughout Ireland have so far paid at least €6 million in compensation to victims of sexual…Thu Oct 27 2005 - 01:00
Bishop Comiskey failed to remove priests after sex abuse allegationsTwo former Catholic bishops of Ferns diocese have been criticised by a State investigation for their inaction in dealing with…Wed Oct 26 2005 - 01:00
Fortune abused children while a seminarianFr Seán Fortune Fr Seán Fortune, who took his own life in March 1999 while facing 66 charges of child sex abuse and rape, had…Wed Oct 26 2005 - 01:00
Government to review method of buying medicinesDrug payment reform: The Government is considering major reforms to the way it pays for drugs and medicines, including proposals…Tue Oct 25 2005 - 01:00
Cancer specialist claims alerted HarneyThe suspension of clinical drug trials for patients with high-risk breast cancer at two Dublin hospitals may have deprived some…Sat Oct 22 2005 - 01:00
Union says retaining staff to cost €65mThe trade union Impact has claimed that the Government's decentralisation plans will see it paying out up to €65 million per …Fri Oct 21 2005 - 01:00
Tax evasion investigations net €2.1bnSpecial investigations carried out by the Revenue Commissioners into serious tax evasion schemes such as the Ansbacher accounts…Fri Oct 21 2005 - 01:00
Department approves arrangement to develop incineratorThe Department of the Environment has given the go-ahead to Dublin City Council to enter into a public/private partnership arrangement…Thu Oct 20 2005 - 01:00
Securicor dispute over restructuring referred to LRCA dispute at the cash-in-transit company Securicor, where services were disrupted by an unofficial one-day stoppage on Monday…Thu Oct 20 2005 - 01:00
Desmond criticises Moriarty tribunalThe businessman Dermot Desmond has criticised the operation of the Moriarty tribunal.Thu Oct 20 2005 - 01:00
Department paid over €14m to consultants since 1997The Department of Health has paid out more than €14 million in contracts to external consultants since the current Government…Wed Oct 19 2005 - 01:00
Council backs plan for Haughey estateFingal County Council has decided to grant planning permission for the development of houses, a hotel and a golf course at Abbeville…Wed Oct 19 2005 - 01:00
Minister to ask department to examine role in GP feesDoctors' charges: Minister for Health Mary Harney is to ask the Department of Enterprise and Employment to determine whether…Tue Oct 18 2005 - 01:00
