Literacy sector fears funding may contractGovernment funding of programmes to improve adult literacy levels had increased 18-fold in less than a decade, but many practitioners…Fri Sept 17 2004 - 01:00
FAS cuts affect work of carersThe Carer's Association has warned that any further Government retrenchment in the Community Employment schemes run by FÁS would…Thu Sept 16 2004 - 01:00
Study finds mental problems decreasedAn unusually high prevalence of psychiatric problems and behavioural disorders found in a group of children over 10 years ago…Wed Sept 15 2004 - 01:00
Council will seek to limit development of housing at AbbevilleFingal County Council has given a clear indication that it will seek to place severe limits on the development of housing on …Wed Sept 15 2004 - 01:00
Dana may still get support she needs from councilsMs Dana Rosemary Scallon could still receive the endorsement of a number of local authorities in time to contest the presidential…Wed Sept 15 2004 - 01:00
Priest defends policies after McCreevy attackThe director of the Justice Commission of the Conference of Religious in Ireland, Father Seán Healy, last night strongly rejected…Mon Sept 13 2004 - 01:00
New health chief to be namedThe name of the person appointed to run the health services under the new Government reforms is expected to be given to the Cabinet…Mon Sept 13 2004 - 01:00
Parents for Justice want Ahern to remove MartinThe Parents for Justice organisation, which represents families whose children's organs were removed and retained by hospitals…Mon Sept 13 2004 - 01:00
Mater Hospital unable to cut doctors' hoursThe Mater Hospital in Dublin has told the Department of Health that it will not be able to implement in full the new EU directive…Sat Sept 11 2004 - 01:00
Boards advocate swipe cards to monitor doctorsHealth boards want to introduce swipe cards to monitor the attendance of non-consultant doctors in hospitals.Sat Sept 11 2004 - 01:00
Regulator rules out equalisation of risk in health insurance areaThe regulator of the health insurance industry has ruled out, for the present, the introduction of a controversial risk-equalisation…Sat Sept 11 2004 - 01:00
New rosters in hospitals 'will reduce services'The introduction of new rosters in hospitals to allow for reductions in the working hours of non-consultant doctors will lead…Fri Sept 10 2004 - 01:00
Bill will improve parental leave termsThe Government is to introduce new legislation to improve parental leave entitlements.Fri Sept 10 2004 - 01:00
Tourism group calls for faster airport serviceA top-level advisory body on tourism has urged the Government to provide "fast turnaround" facilities at Dublin airport as a …Fri Sept 10 2004 - 01:00
Two developers must pay own costs of €2.6mMahon Tribunal: The chairman of the planning tribunal, Judge Alan Mahon, has ruled that the State should not have to pay over…Wed Sept 08 2004 - 01:00
Witnesses could be asked to pay inquiry's costsThe chairman of the planning tribunal, Judge Alan Mahon, has indicated that parties who hindered its work, such as former minister…Wed Sept 08 2004 - 01:00
Counsel criticises inquiry's methodsCounsel for the Dublin auctioneer Mr John Finnegan, who was found to have been involved in making a corrupt payment to the former…Wed Sept 08 2004 - 01:00
Builders to learn if they will receive €2.6m legal costsMr Tom Brennan and Mr Joseph McGowan, the Co Mayo builders found by the planning tribunal to have made corrupt payments to former…Tue Sept 07 2004 - 01:00
Burke ruling may affect Justice FinneganThe president of the High Court, Mr Justice Finnegan, is one of the lawyers who could be affected if the former minister, Mr …Tue Sept 07 2004 - 01:00
Decision leaves Burke facing €10m legal billThe former Fianna Fáil minister Mr Ray Burke is facing €10 million in legal fees after the chairman of the planning tribunal …Tue Sept 07 2004 - 01:00
Mosney may get extra social and health fundingThe Department of Health has said it will consider the allocation of special funding next year to improve medical and social …Fri Sept 03 2004 - 01:00
Report criticises healthcare at MosneyThe Mosney accommodation centre for asylum-seekers in Co Meath is considered by the Government to be the "flagship" of such centres…Thu Sept 02 2004 - 01:00
Number at the centre has quadrupled in four yearsThe Mosney accommodation centre for asylum-seekers was established in December 2000 and is currently the largest facility of …Thu Sept 02 2004 - 01:00
Parlon warns Government may not last full termThe Progressive Democrat Minister of State for Finance, Mr Tom Parlon, has said the party should be prepared for the possibility…Wed Sept 01 2004 - 01:00
Restrictions on staff numbers cost health board €1 millionEmployment ceiling: The North Eastern Health Board has claimed that the Government's ceiling on staff numbers in the health …Tue Aug 31 2004 - 01:00
Government concerns on SF affected NE spatial strategyFianna Fáil concerns about Sinn Féin played a role in a Government decision to designate both Cavan and Monaghan as development…Sat Aug 28 2004 - 01:00
New fee rates will not apply to sitting senior counselSenior counsel who chair tribunals and official inquiries will continue to be paid on a daily basis and will not be affected …Sat Aug 28 2004 - 01:00
Inquiry into claim nurse threatened patientGardaí are investigating allegations that a nurse at Peamount Hospital in west Dublin threatened to ill-treat a patient.Sat Aug 28 2004 - 01:00
Abbeville owners may face inquiryThe new owners of the former estate of Charles Haughey in north Dublin may face an investigation by the National Parks and Wildlife…Fri Aug 27 2004 - 01:00
Board warns of possible waiting list for aids for the disabledOne of the country's main health boards has warned that it may have to introduce waiting lists for walking or bathing aids for…Fri Aug 27 2004 - 01:00
Obstetrician inquiry due to start soonThe Medical Council investigation into Sligo consultant obstetrician, Dr Victor Moore, centres around allegations that the level…Thu Aug 26 2004 - 01:00
Medical Council to inquire into gynaecologist's practiceThe North Western Health Board has asked the Medical Council to carry out an investigation into the practice of a consultant …Wed Aug 25 2004 - 01:00
Ireland's poor record cited on implementing environment lawsIreland has one of the worst records among member-states for implementing EU directives on the environment, the EU Commission…Fri Aug 20 2004 - 01:00
Council defends official's house permitMeath County Council has defended its decision to grant planning permission to its county manager for a house on a site near …Fri Aug 20 2004 - 01:00
Consultants' papers sought in price-fixing investigationA Competition Authority investigation into possible price-fixing has led to hospital consultants being forced to hand over large…Thu Aug 19 2004 - 01:00
Tram incident splits up child and grandmotherConnex, the operator of the Luas system in Dublin, last night said that it would review procedures after an incident yesterday…Wed Aug 18 2004 - 01:00
Hospitals received payment for removal of glandsPathologists and hospitals were paid by a pharmaceutical company for removing and storing pituitary glands taken from dead patients…Tue Aug 17 2004 - 01:00
Parents criticise Martin over organ investigationThe parents of children whose organs were retained by hospitals without their consent have strongly criticised the Minister for…Tue Aug 17 2004 - 01:00
IFA leader in hospital after breaking leg in quad bike fallThe president of the Irish Farmers' Association, Mr John Dillon, was in hospital in Limerick last night after breaking his left…Mon Aug 16 2004 - 01:00
Board confirms glands donationsThe Southern Health confirmed last night that pituitary glands taken from a number of patients who died at Cork University Hospital…Mon Aug 16 2004 - 01:00
Overpaid health workers to repay EUR20,000The Southern Health Board has confirmed that two members of its staff have been asked to repay up to €20,000 which was paid to…Sat Aug 14 2004 - 01:00
Ireland failing to meet Kyoto emission targetsIreland's greenhouse-gas emissions are running far ahead of the targets set under the Kyoto Protocol, new figures published by…Fri Aug 13 2004 - 01:00
State faces fines on Kyoto ProtocolIreland is facing massive fines for failing to tackle greenhouse-gas levels, the Green Party warned last night.Fri Aug 13 2004 - 01:00
Minister accused of compensation claims delayThe Irish Haemophilia Society has accused the Minister for Health and his officials of risking losing hundreds of millions of…Thu Aug 12 2004 - 01:00
Legality of abortion scheme in doubtThe Government is prepared to seek legal advice if Irish women seek abortions under a home abortion pill programme due to be …Tue Aug 10 2004 - 01:00
Officials were told of school goalposts dangerDepartment was warned last year that some goalposts on school sports fields were a danger to children.Mon Aug 09 2004 - 01:00
SIPTU to consider action on transport of cashSIPTU shop stewards are to meet on Tuesday to consider industrial action throughout the cash transportation industryMon Aug 09 2004 - 01:00
Jehovah's group cites alternatives to transfusionsThe Jehovah's Witnesses community said it does not understand why hospitals seek court orders to overrule parental objections…Sat Aug 07 2004 - 01:00
Board to spend EUR150,000 per child for eating disorder care in UKThe North Eastern Health Board will spend around €150,000 per patient to send a small group of children to the UK for treatment…Sat Aug 07 2004 - 01:00
Plans to centralise cancer services severely criticisedRadical proposals for the reorganisation of cancer services into regional and supraregional centres were criticised yesterday…Fri Aug 06 2004 - 01:00
