Further legal move in organ retention controversyA woman whose child's organs were retained by a hospital without consent yesterday initiated a further stage in legal proceedings…Wed Feb 23 2005 - 00:00
Harney to shut down inquiry into organ retentionThe Government is to close down the Dunne inquiry into post-mortem practices in hospitals in less than six weeks' time.Tue Feb 22 2005 - 00:00
No tax breaks for primary care centresHealth strategy: The Government will not provide tax incentives to encourage the development of the planned network of primary…Tue Feb 22 2005 - 00:00
RTE in legal move on SF ArdfheisRTÉ is taking legal advice on whether it can provide live television coverage of the the Sinn Féin Ardfheis on Saturday, March…Mon Feb 21 2005 - 00:00
Health services told to shed 2,000 jobsThe Department of Health has told the Health Service Executive (HSE) that up to 2,000 jobs will have to be shed from the health…Mon Feb 21 2005 - 00:00
Drug's success means early end to blood pressure studyAround 500 Irish patients involved in an international study on blood pressure treatment are to be recalled after a monitoring…Sat Feb 19 2005 - 00:00
Inquiry into illegal charges to hear from MartinThe Minister for Enterprise and Employment, Mr Martin, is to give evidence next week to the official inquiry established into…Sat Feb 19 2005 - 00:00
Guidelines on PR consultant services brought inThe Government last night introduced new guidelines for Departments on hiring outside consultants, particularly in the area of…Fri Feb 18 2005 - 00:00
Reforms could free up 10% of Agriculture staffPublic Accounts Committee: Almost 10 per cent of the staffing complement of the Department of Agriculture could be freed up …Fri Feb 18 2005 - 00:00
Rabbitte denies leaking report on deal with religiousPublic Accounts Committee: The proceedings of the Dáil Public Accounts Committee (PAC) were delayed yesterday by a major argument…Fri Feb 18 2005 - 00:00
Government to spend €125m on improving rural water qualityThe Government is to invest €125 million to improve water quality in rural areas.Thu Feb 17 2005 - 00:00
'I handed over my pension book when I came here'One woman's story: Dubliner Maureen Gough says her pension book has been held by the health service authorities since she moved…Thu Feb 17 2005 - 00:00
Support for M3, says lobby groupA lobby group supporting the controversial M3 motorway, which will run near Tara, yesterday told a Dáil Committee that its surveys…Wed Feb 16 2005 - 00:00
Investigation into costs of storing e-vote machinesThe Minister for the Environment, Mr Roche, has asked his Department to carry out an examination into who has been granted contracts…Sat Feb 12 2005 - 00:00
Cost of machine storage highest in WaterfordThe State's bill for storing e-voting machines in Co Waterford is four times higher on average than anywhere else in the State…Fri Feb 11 2005 - 00:00
Secret Service fund open to all ministers, PAC toldAny Government minister can seek to draw funding from the Secret Service allocation as long as it is for information in relation…Fri Feb 11 2005 - 00:00
Surgery might have saved child's life, says reportThe official report into the hospital treatment of a two-year-old girl who died after her heart operation was postponed criticises…Thu Feb 10 2005 - 00:00
Fianna Fail TD criticises Minister over store size changeThe Minister for the Environment, Mr Roche, yesterday clashed with his Fianna Fáil colleague Mr Ned O'Keeffe over the introduction…Thu Feb 10 2005 - 00:00
Suspicions over GP, dental price-listsOfficial documents show that civil servants feared they had been "outfoxed" by the medical and dental professions in talks over…Wed Feb 09 2005 - 00:00
Illegal importation of medicines risingAround one-third of all prescription medicines illegally imported into Ireland are products dealing with sexual dysfunction, …Wed Feb 09 2005 - 00:00
VHI seeks to enter financial services sectorVHI Healthcare, the State-owned health insurance company, is asking the Government to grant it commercial freedom to diversify…Mon Feb 07 2005 - 00:00
Legal battle over site may delay plans for Ikea storePlans for the development of the country's first Ikea superstore in north Dublin could be delayed by major legal battle over …Mon Feb 07 2005 - 00:00
Nurses plan protests over A&ENurses are planning a series of lunchtime protests later this month at hospitals around the country to highlight continued overcrowding…Sat Feb 05 2005 - 00:00
Hospital consultants vote for industrial actionUp to 50,000 patients a week will be affected if planned nationwide industrial action by hospital consultants goes ahead from…Sat Feb 05 2005 - 00:00
No 'access to papers' if UK has something to hideThe British authorities have already released a lot of sensitive material under the 30-year rule, and we have to draw certain…Wed Feb 02 2005 - 00:00
Troops at Dail had orders to shoot - O'MalleyOn one occasion in 1972, the Fianna Fáil government stationed hundreds of armed troops at the rear of Leinster House, with orders…Wed Feb 02 2005 - 00:00
Mental hospital move criticisedThe Mental Health Commission, the State's statutory watchdog for psychiatric services, has expressed concern about the Government…Sat Jan 29 2005 - 00:00
File reopened on troop deaths in LebanonThe Minister for Defence, Mr O'Dea, has ordered a reopening of Government files into the murder of two Irish soldiers in Lebanon…Sat Jan 29 2005 - 00:00
10% claiming for back pain eligiblePublic Accounts Committee: Only about 10 per cent of people claiming disability benefit for lower back pain, investigated as…Fri Jan 28 2005 - 00:00
Success of Luas puts paid to 48 bus routeThe success of the Luas line to Sandyford in south Dublin has claimed its first commercial victim, with Dublin Bus set to abolish…Fri Jan 28 2005 - 00:00
Residents seek reassurances about security following announcementThe independent senator and former president of the Irish Congress of Trades Unions, Mr Joe O'Toole, who lives adjacent to the…Thu Jan 27 2005 - 00:00
Mountjoy and mental hospital may fetch €170mThe Government could generate up to €170 million by the sale of the Mountjoy Prison complex and the Central Mental Hospital in…Thu Jan 27 2005 - 00:00
Expert defends phone safety stanceThere was no valid scientific reason for the Department of Communications to warn against the use of mobile phones by children…Wed Jan 26 2005 - 00:00
Department does not share mobile phone concernsThe Department of Communications will tell an Oireachtas committee today that it does not share concerns expressed in a recent…Tue Jan 25 2005 - 00:00
Cullen urges speed limit consultationsThe Minister for Transport, Mr Cullen, has said local authorities should consult communities in their areas about speed limits…Sat Jan 22 2005 - 00:00
BUPA to increase charges by 6%More than 400,000 subscribers to BUPA Ireland are facing a 6 per cent increase in private health insurance charges from the beginning…Sat Jan 22 2005 - 00:00
Surprise over delay in organs reportThe failure of the official inquiry into the retention of human organs at hospitals to meet the deadline for the submission of…Fri Jan 21 2005 - 00:00
Report criticises decision to extend medical cardsA confidential consultants' report to Government recommended a review of the controversial decision to provide medical cards …Mon Jan 17 2005 - 00:00
State rules out asking elderly to repay costsThe Government has said it will not seek to recoup millions of euro in charges from elderly patients in public nursing homes …Sat Jan 15 2005 - 00:00
Over 220 people on trolleys in A&EsMore than 220 people remained on trolleys in hospital accident and emergency units around the State yesterday awaiting admission…Sat Jan 15 2005 - 00:00
HelplineThe Health Service Executive - Southern Area has established an information and advice line for people who may have been affected…Fri Jan 14 2005 - 00:00
Harney to establish inquiry into hepatitis C controversyThe Government is to establish a statutory committee of investigation later this year to examine how more than two dozen patients…Thu Jan 13 2005 - 00:00
House may be built at lower heightThe Cathaoirleach of Roscommon County Council has said he believes that the Minister for Justice, Mr McDowell, and his wife will…Thu Jan 13 2005 - 00:00
Roscommon GP appointed minister for health in WalesA GP from Co Roscommon, whose father was a former Fianna Fáil Dáil deputy, has been appointed as the Minister for Health in Wales…Wed Jan 12 2005 - 00:00
Severe pressure on A&E units, warns INOOvercrowding in hospital accident and emergency departments reached its worst levels yesterday, with 365 patients awaiting admission…Wed Jan 12 2005 - 00:00
Frustration led to moveThe decision of Sen Feargal Quinn and his family to sell a controlling stake in the company that operates the Superquinn chain…Mon Jan 10 2005 - 00:00
Innovation key to chain's successThe deputy chairman and marketing director of Superquinn, Mr Eamonn Quinn, has told the story in interviews of being approached…Mon Jan 10 2005 - 00:00
The missing IrishEilis Finnegan: 27-year-old Ms Eilis Finnegan from Ballyfermot in Dublin was on Phi Phi island off the west coast of Thailand…Mon Jan 03 2005 - 00:00
DNA to help in search for IrishThe Government is offering DNA technology to help to determine if missing Irish people are among the dead found in Thailand after…Mon Jan 03 2005 - 00:00
Plan to restructure cancer care in hospitalsThe Government's new strategy for the provision of cancer care is to recommend a radical restructuring of how hospitals treat…Mon Jan 03 2005 - 00:00
