Simon Harris says children’s hospital to go ahead despite ‘colossal’ cost overrun‘It’s a mess,’ admits Department of Health head as scaled-down project ruled outTue Jan 29 2019 - 18:17
HSE warns of disruption caused by nurses’ strikeAll emergency departments will open but delays expected due to reduced staff numbersTue Jan 29 2019 - 14:42
Contractor costs at children’s hospital rose 65% in a yearDepartment of Health says an underestimate of material added €115m to cost of projectTue Jan 29 2019 - 13:25
Irish healthy diet guide keeps red meat on the menuImportant ‘not to throw the baby out with the bathwater’ regarding meat and potatoesMon Jan 28 2019 - 19:04
Half of new hospital beds promised for winter still not openHospitals in Dublin, Cork, Waterford and Galway still to receive new bedsMon Jan 28 2019 - 18:42
Clinical risk in repeat smear tests ‘exceedingly low’, says Harris‘Fear and anxiety injected into women and families of Ireland again,’ support group saysSat Jan 26 2019 - 02:00
Cardiac services campaigners deploy referendum lobbying techniquesCampaigners in Waterford recruit local firms in effort to secure 24/7 cardiac serviceSat Jan 26 2019 - 02:00
CervicalCheck ‘in jeopardy’ as free tests overwhelm system - MartinFianna Fáil leader claims Harris offered rechecks against expert adviceWed Jan 23 2019 - 18:19
Pembro drug to be made available to all women with cervical cancerDecision ends inequity whereby access was restricted to CervicalCheck patientsWed Jan 23 2019 - 15:43
Review into overruns at children’s hospital to cost €450,000Cost of St James’s project, now expected to be €1.7bn, was originally set at €600mWed Jan 23 2019 - 13:23
Department head accused of ‘disrespect’ over refusal to discuss hospital costsOireachtas health committee says it is disappointed at non-appearance of Robert WattWed Jan 23 2019 - 10:33
Children waiting over three years to see psychologists298 children on Dublin southwest waiting list for speech and occupational therapistsWed Jan 23 2019 - 01:00
Cost hike of €450m for children’s hospital ‘very disturbing’PAC to hear €50m of overrun for St James’s site to come from health budget this yearWed Jan 23 2019 - 01:00
Fergus Finlay and patient advocates among eight on new HSE boardLaw professor Prof Deirdre Madden and Tim Hynes of AIB among others to be appointedTue Jan 22 2019 - 18:22
Foetal anomaly cases require ‘teams of doctors’Guidelines indicate foetal medicine specialist should be involved once a diagnosis is madeTue Jan 22 2019 - 00:02
Family of Orla Church seeks early introduction of HPV testingMemory of the latest of the women in CervicalCheck controversy to die would be honouredMon Jan 21 2019 - 20:18
Seventy children with cystic fibrosis to benefit from new drugOrkambi will be provided to Irish two to five-year-olds following deal with EU CommissionMon Jan 21 2019 - 12:02
Frustration grows over slow reform after CervicalCheck scandalLoss of momentum in dealing with issues following Scally report and tribunal promiseMon Jan 21 2019 - 02:27
CervicalCheck court hearing postponed for Orla Church funeralSettlement of her case against the HSE and a US lab was due to be announced on TuesdayMon Jan 21 2019 - 00:42
Woman refused abortion says she was told of fatal abnormalityCoombe says medics not of opinion foetus would die before or within 28 days of birthSat Jan 19 2019 - 03:00
Surgical terminations after 12 weeks unlikely to be widely available this yearNew guidelines on treatment of babies with fatal foetal anomalies publishedFri Jan 18 2019 - 18:00
Coombe hospital says board has no role in certifying terminationsTwo TDs tell Dáil a woman was denied abortion ‘despite consultants’ approval’Fri Jan 18 2019 - 06:00
Law on terminations in fatal foetal abnormality cases set out in ActLevel of service available for women living in Coombe’s catchment area not entirely clearFri Jan 18 2019 - 01:00
No mention in law of process for reviewing or overturning decisions of certifying doctorsGuide to the law on abortion in cases of fatal foetal abnormalityThu Jan 17 2019 - 14:52
Cost overruns at children’s hospital ‘catastrophic’, say TDs‘When the dust settles, we won’t have much change from €2bn’Wed Jan 16 2019 - 12:51
Almost 4,000 cases of hospital equipment failing reported since 2015Patients’ group says new children’s hospital is ‘choking’ investment in other facilitiesTue Jan 15 2019 - 19:52
More haste, less care in Minister’s rush to start abortion servicesBad preparation has left health professionals with little guidance, training and resourcesTue Jan 08 2019 - 01:00
Free GP care for under-6s led to rise in emergency department referrals, study findsNumber of patients on trolleys on Monday rises to 541 as swine flu numbers riseMon Jan 07 2019 - 19:07
Residents in five counties over 30 minutes from emergency departmentCarlow, Leitrim and Donegal are the worst-served counties, Eircode data showsMon Jan 07 2019 - 01:00
First widespread administration of abortion pills likely to take place todayLaw requires at least three days elapse between a consultation and a terminationMon Jan 07 2019 - 01:00
Cork scientists develop infant brain injury detection techniqueBirth-related injuries account for most €450 million paid out by HSE in compensationMon Jan 07 2019 - 00:30
Many patients missing out on vital operations, consultants group claimsEfforts to cut trolley numbers and bed, doctor shortages impacting on ‘urgent cancer surgery’Mon Jan 07 2019 - 00:01
Archbishop urges caution on anti-abortion protests at GP surgeriesDr Diarmuid Martin speaks out amid continuing controversy over Galway picketSun Jan 06 2019 - 18:45
No abortion service being provided in four countiesNot a single GP in Sligo, Leitrim, Carlow and Offaly signs up to the new serviceSat Jan 05 2019 - 02:30
Call for immediate exclusion zones after anti-abortion picketHSE warns websites are claiming to offer services using variation of official MyOptions siteFri Jan 04 2019 - 09:07
Crumlin hospital site may be sold or refitted for adultsOur Lady’s land bank could have ‘significant residual value’ after St James’s opensFri Jan 04 2019 - 00:47
Not all ‘confirmed’ hospitals ready to provide abortion serviceHSE warns hospitals not to restrict services to women from their catchment areaFri Jan 04 2019 - 00:41
Anti-abortion protesters picket GP practice in GalwayDemonstration comes as HSE issues warning about pregnancy support websitesThu Jan 03 2019 - 17:45
Almost half of nursing homes inspected were not up to standardHiqa report uncovers issues with protection, record-keeping, staffing and infection controlThu Jan 03 2019 - 15:10
About 20 women sought terminations on first working day of abortion serviceExact level of demand for abortion service will not be known for some weeksThu Jan 03 2019 - 01:03
Trolley numbers down but ‘late’ flu will put hospitals under pressureEmergency department overcrowding down by half on same day last yearWed Jan 02 2019 - 14:44
Number of potentially fatal cases of pneumonia in children has plummetedIncidence of invasive pneumococcal diseases in under-5s falling since 2008 vaccine introductionSun Dec 30 2018 - 20:06
Women seeking abortions face shortfall in ultrasound facilitiesHSE letter to State hospital groups highlights lack of abortion servicesFri Dec 28 2018 - 01:00
Options are limited for raising funds for children’s hospitalState may sell off the name of the flagship buildingThu Dec 27 2018 - 03:01
Children’s hospital may sell naming rights to donorsHarris considering sponsor opportunities for overall and sectional nomenclature at siteThu Dec 27 2018 - 03:00
Abortion guidelines for girls under 15 cause unease among doctorsAccess to services without parental consent to be had in ‘exceptional circumstances’Mon Dec 24 2018 - 01:00
Rising cost of national children’s hospital a scandal in the makingHigh levels of construction inflation resulting in bigger payments to main contractorsSat Dec 22 2018 - 06:00
Key health projects face five-year delays because of Children's Hospital costsConfidential memo from Simon Harris says final bill for the facility could be €1.73bnSat Dec 22 2018 - 01:00
Just nine maternity units will be able to offer abortion services by January 1stSources say 145 GPs have signed a contract to provide termination services to patientsSat Dec 22 2018 - 01:00
Irish Family Planning Association to provide abortion services from January 7thReferral pathway must be finalised by HSE before service can begin, says medical directorFri Dec 21 2018 - 19:01
