‘Degree of misogyny’ in some areas of health sector, says TaoiseachVaradkar says attitude of medical staff ‘knowing best’ goes beyond CervicalCheckFri Sept 14 2018 - 01:00
Gardaí warn of industrial unrest unless they get trade union rightsGarda body says planned new industrial relations legislation has inherent defectsThu Sept 13 2018 - 21:56
Scally scathing of ‘whole-system failure’ in cervical screeningSystem ‘doomed to fail’ due to ‘demonstrable’ governance deficit, report saysThu Sept 13 2018 - 06:00
Eventual disclosure of cervical audit ‘caused hurt and anger’Dr Gabriel Scally recommends statutory duty of candour on individuals and organisationsWed Sept 12 2018 - 20:50
Medical Council guidelines not centred on patients – Scally reportCouncil urged to strengthen guide to put practice of open disclosure beyond doubtWed Sept 12 2018 - 20:27
Cervical screening system was doomed to fail at some point, Scally report findsReview of Cervical check system says there was a whole system failureWed Sept 12 2018 - 13:21
Irish Rail acknowledges Dart changes have led to problemsShorter carriages on more frequent services blamed for lack of capacity, overcrowdingTue Sept 11 2018 - 19:56
Consultants may strike over two-tier pay system, IMO warnsDoctors claim pay differential could rise to €50,000 per year for those hired after 2012Tue Sept 11 2018 - 13:10
Nurses to stage rolling protests outside hospitalsLunchtime protests over staffing to take place in Limerick, Cork and GalwayFri Sept 07 2018 - 21:19
Harris to seek extra powers to allow patient safety inquiriesMinister says he remains concerned about circumstances of death of Malak ThawleyThu Sept 06 2018 - 20:16
Staff in National Ambulance Service vote massively in favour of industrial actionRow centres of representation rights and the deduction of union subscriptionsWed Sept 05 2018 - 18:52
Health service pay not hindering recruitment, commission findsNo generalised problem recruiting and retaining nurses and midwives, report saysWed Sept 05 2018 - 06:00
Nurses will have to choose between taking the money or taking actionLess than half of nurses would benefit from recommended €20m pay improvementsWed Sept 05 2018 - 00:19
No problem recruiting and retaining nurses, pay report findsPublic Service Pay Commission says there are difficulties hiring hospital consultantsTue Sept 04 2018 - 14:32
On top of the world: Irishman is new World Ploughing ChampionSecond Irish competitor takes silver at championship in GermanyMon Sept 03 2018 - 20:51
Dispute over pay restoration in State-funded voluntary bodies may widenSiptu members planning stoppage on September 18thMon Sept 03 2018 - 18:51
Carers urged to register for new free GP card schemeUp to 14,000 people to benefit from initiativeMon Sept 03 2018 - 01:00
Lloyds Pharmacy offers voluntary severance scheme for staffEmployees opting to leave to receive 5 weeks pay per year of service, capped at €100,000Fri Aug 31 2018 - 17:38
Commission to reject nurses’ claim for pay increaseNursing unions threaten industrial action unless Government comes up with pay planFri Aug 31 2018 - 04:00
Pay pressures set to come to a head in build-up to budgetIssues of pay restoration and two-tier system could fuel industrial unrest in key sectorsFri Aug 31 2018 - 01:04
Government ‘constitutionally bound’ to hold presidential inauguration on Armistice DayTaoiseach spokesman says he is ‘committed’ to marking ArmisticeWed Aug 29 2018 - 16:00
Nurses set Government deadline of one month to produce serious pay offerINMO to consider other means to pursue claim if no proposals emerge in SeptemberTue Aug 28 2018 - 17:51
Civil servants get ‘abusive’ calls over delayed illness benefit paymentsSocial protection staff warn of industrial action as some doctors refuse to use new formsTue Aug 28 2018 - 15:50
Typhoid alert as 70 people may have been exposed to disease in hospitalHospital group says risk of ‘further contagion’ low and all protocols had been followedTue Aug 28 2018 - 00:12
Nurses to hold emergency meeting over pay and staffing levelsINMO warns failure to tackle recruitment and retention issues will hamper health reformsMon Aug 27 2018 - 20:35
Rotunda’s move to Connolly Hospital could take up to 10 yearsConnolly needs to be upgraded to level IV hospital before Rotunda’s relocationTue Aug 14 2018 - 00:48
Patients at Rotunda face serious health risks - warningWarning comes after outbreaks of infection in neonatal intensive care unitTue Aug 14 2018 - 00:42
State must contemplate perceived flaws in Sláintecare policyPlans to remove private care from public hospital practice prompt stark anxietiesTue Aug 07 2018 - 02:03
Researchers say private care in public hospitals institutionalises inequitySubmission to Sláintecare expert group says there is an economic incentive in the public hospital system to treat private patientsTue Aug 07 2018 - 02:01
HSE warns Sláintecare may require compensation for consultantsElimination of private practice in public hospitals to pose financial complicationsTue Aug 07 2018 - 02:00
Rotunda warns of difficulty recruiting hospital consultantsHospital says State may have to triple salary level to recruit leading obstetricians if it removes private practice from public hospitalsMon Aug 06 2018 - 02:02
VHI says consultants could bring legal challenges over Sláintecare reformsState insurer says it does not believe Sláintecare recommendations will lead to a substantial reduction in hospital waiting listsMon Aug 06 2018 - 02:01
VHI claims Sláintecare will result in 200,000 paying moreInsurer says removing private care from public hospitals will close cheaper plansMon Aug 06 2018 - 02:00
Smartphones exposing many to longer working hours, Ictu saysLabour Court awarded €7,500 to woman who had to check emails as late as midnightFri Aug 03 2018 - 16:04
Tourism’s 9% special VAT rate is a ‘deadweight’, says reportDepartment of Finance says rate has cost €2.6bn since its introduction during recessionTue Jul 31 2018 - 20:22
Nurses pursue talks with HSE over staffing levelsINMO says highest level of overcrowding for month of July recorded since records beganTue Jul 31 2018 - 16:19
Government to review handling of CervicalCheck casesLegal ‘aggression’ by laboratories in recent weeks has caused surpriseTue Jul 31 2018 - 01:25
Nurses and doctors await commission report on staff payUnions argue that Ireland is losing workers to other countries with better salariesMon Jul 30 2018 - 00:34
Up to 350 vacant consultant posts, notes HSE reportLargest hospital in the south, Cork University Hospital, has 33 vacant positionsMon Jul 30 2018 - 00:00
Forsá union insists Ryanair must stop threatening staffRyanair has cancelled 20 of its 300 planned flights to and from Ireland next FridayFri Jul 27 2018 - 20:38
Further industrial action seems likely at Lloyd PharmacyMandate says workers involved in industrial action reject new proposals on terms, conditionsFri Jul 27 2018 - 14:44
Reforms at cytogenetics lab at Crumlin hospital necessary to meet best practice – HSEDraft report expresses serious concern at governance and management issues at labThu Jul 26 2018 - 21:44
Children’s hospital lab has high risk of ‘serious error’Review raises concerns about cytogenetics facility at Our Lady’s hospital in CrumlinThu Jul 26 2018 - 01:14
Ambulance staff to ballot for strike action in row over negotiation rights with HSEHSE last week threatened injunction to prevent previously planned industrial actionWed Jul 25 2018 - 20:47
Section 39 health staff to strike over pay restorationUnion claims management refused to give €1.5m for process to beginWed Jul 25 2018 - 14:50
Nearly 400 people on trolleys in country’s hospitalsNurses say ‘startling’ figures up 23% on number recorded on same day last yearWed Jul 25 2018 - 11:28
Number waiting on hospital trolleys 26 per cent higher than last yearMore than 400 people are waiting on hospital trolleys in emergency departmentsTue Jul 24 2018 - 18:05
Extend HPV vaccine to boys, says Hiqa assessmentSimon Harris says proposal will be given priority if approved by final health body reportTue Jul 24 2018 - 11:36
Universal free GP care to be significantly delayedPlan is downgraded to long-term goal, while Donohoe criticises Harris’s HSE proposalsMon Jul 23 2018 - 01:24
Sláintecare may progress at slower pace due to cost restraintsHealth reform move towards free GP care for all emerging as long-term objectiveMon Jul 23 2018 - 01:02
