Almost 3,000 new inpatient hospital beds to be delivered by 2031, says DonnellyShortage of beds leading to overcrowding problems experienced in hospitals such as Limerick, unions saysWed May 29 2024 - 18:08
Youth mental health services hit by lack of modern technology, HSE hearsHealth services cannot ‘speak to each other efficiently’ without an IT upgrade, officials sayWed May 29 2024 - 05:00
Ireland has fewer critical-care beds than European norm, report showsOccupancy of intensive care units regularly exceed recommended levelsWed May 29 2024 - 00:01
‘My donor was the same age as I was when he died’: Ireland’s longest-living heart transplant recipient gives thanks for second chanceAndy Kavanagh was told life expectancy post-transplant in the 1986 was normally one or two yearsTue May 28 2024 - 17:20
‘Concerning’ increase in under-18s presenting to addiction services due to legally available cannabis vapesHSE warns use of HHC vapes can lead to mental health difficulties in usersTue May 28 2024 - 16:40
Uptake of public-only consultant contract lower in MidwestMove to phase out private care from public system has had different take-up in different parts of the countryMon May 27 2024 - 06:00
Admissions to children’s critical care units up 14% on pre-pandemic levelsOccupancy rates regularly exceed recommended levels, audit findsMon May 27 2024 - 06:00
Husband of woman who killed herself and couple’s child says she was ‘screaming for help’ but not getting itDarren Coleman says his wife, Nicola Keane, was not a monster but a ‘really, really ill person’Sun May 26 2024 - 10:40
Trust in cervical screening ‘significantly lower’ in Ireland than Scotland, ESRI findsThe research investigated the impact of this controversy on public trust and the attribution of blame for interval cancers – cancers diagnosed after a negative screening resultThu May 23 2024 - 18:24
Most Irish women who went to UK for abortion did so due to physical or mental health injury riskTotal of 201 travelled from Ireland for procedure in England and Wales in 2022, a slight decrease on the previous yearThu May 23 2024 - 17:35
Five north Dublin nursing home residents died in three separate disease outbreaks, Hiqa findsSome staff of Raheny facility wore masks below their nose while some equipment was not cleaned properlyThu May 23 2024 - 13:21
Irish dancing: All cases of alleged competition fixing dropped by governing bodyThe CLRG says it is unable to identify a suitable witness to provide evidence against the teachers and adjudicatorsWed May 22 2024 - 21:49
Almost 240 patients died in UHL emergency department over past five yearsFigures emerge amid increased scrutiny of hospital’s safety record following Aoife Johnston caseWed May 22 2024 - 15:17
Pedestrians twice as likely to be hit by electric or hybrid cars, research suggestsQuieter, heavier vehicles could pose a deadlier threat on impact, Irish medics sayWed May 22 2024 - 06:00
Number of vacant and derelict homes brought back into use for social housing fell last yearAccording to the 2022 census there are 163,433 vacant homes in Ireland, of which 48,000 have been empty since 2016Tue May 21 2024 - 06:00
Unfilled psychiatric posts leaving young people on ‘unacceptably long waiting lists’In child and adolescent psychiatry, more than one-third of approved permanent consultant posts either vacant or filled on a temporary basis at end of 2023Tue May 21 2024 - 00:01
Healthcare workers to get quick digital access to patients’ medical records under new national systemGovernment plans aimed at addressing ‘major deficiencies’ in current information systemTue May 21 2024 - 00:00
Why are new cancer drugs available to private patients but not public patients? The approval for the public system is a long process, entailing between 20 and 30 stepsMon May 20 2024 - 06:02
Ireland’s two-tier cancer drug system: ‘I can give one drug to one lot of patients, not to another’Public patients face ‘huge delays’ on cancer drugs, a poorer quality of life and a poorer chance of survivalMon May 20 2024 - 06:01
Commitments on delivery of neurorehabilitation teams ‘being impacted by delays’, committee toldLast May, the HSE appeared before the committee and said teams in four Community Healthcare Organisations would be ‘fully functional by early 2024′Wed May 15 2024 - 22:13
HSE cyber attack: More than 470 legal proceedings issued against health service after ransomware hitLeak by Conti, the Russia-based crime group, compromised personal data of almost 100,000 staff and patientsTue May 14 2024 - 09:49
‘Well how are you going to get a job with a degree like that?’Social sciences seek to understand how people interact with each other, how society functions and how cultures developTue May 14 2024 - 05:35
Teaching offers ‘many and varied’ career pathways Teachers are responsible for imparting knowledge and skills that are essential for people to succeed in lifeTue May 14 2024 - 05:05
It’s not quite Grey’s Anatomy but a career in medicine can be very rewarding Directly improving patient well-being can be a very rewarding career.Tue May 14 2024 - 02:20
Spotlight on Business: Just like the degrees, the job prospects are also variedCommon-entry business programmes are among the most popular, as they allow undecided students the opportunity to try various streams.Tue May 14 2024 - 00:30
Tobacco sales: Raising legal age to 21 should be ‘stepping stone’ to complete phase-out, charity saysIrish Heart Foundation says decision to increase to 21 the age at which a person can legally be sold tobacco ‘one of the most important public health measures’Mon May 13 2024 - 15:25
Teenage boy dies in Grand Canal in Co KildareGardaí became aware of a person struggling in the water between Ardclough and Celbridge at around 5.40pmMon May 13 2024 - 11:49
Two yellow warnings in place as heavy rain forecast across countryWeather Ireland: Potential for localised flooding, difficult travelling conditions and poor visibility in some areasMon May 13 2024 - 08:14
HSE approves new treatment option for people with breast cancer at high-risk of recurrenceThe drug, called abemaciclib, reduces chance of cancer returning by more than 30%Sun May 12 2024 - 18:39
Whooping cough Q&A: What is the disease, and what should I do if my child has it?Whooping cough is a highly infectious bacterial disease involving the lungs and airwaysThu May 09 2024 - 19:00
Whooping cough cases in State four times higher than 2023 totalTwenty measles cases confirmed in 2024 to date with 13 others under investigationThu May 09 2024 - 12:21
Almost half of septic tanks inspected by local authorities last year failedThe EPA, through the National Inspection Plan, has identified rivers and areas where household drinking water wells are most at risk of contamination by faulty septic tanksThu May 09 2024 - 00:01
Eurovision: Bambie Thug was asked to remove pro-Palestinian Ogham writing for performanceEuropean Broadcasting Union says writing on artist’s body ‘contravened contest rules’Wed May 08 2024 - 14:34
Cannabis: Almost €3.7 million worth of drug seized by gardaí in Wexford and DublinTwo men arrested in separate operations by Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau and Revenue Customs ServiceWed May 08 2024 - 13:57
Damp and lack of running water among issues found by councils in rental propertiesDublin City Council issued 36 prohibition notices to landlords last year, while Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council issued 24Wed May 08 2024 - 05:00
Truck trailer containing €150,000 worth of meat stolen from Dublin petrol stationVolvo lorry believed to have driven north after theft incident at Turvey, Donabate on Saturday morningMon May 06 2024 - 22:00
Ireland’s housing budget: How the State is now spending more than €8bn to address the crisis State spending on a range of housing initiatives has risen significantly in recent years as the pressure is on to increase housing supplyMon May 06 2024 - 06:00
Man arrested after three women injured in alleged hatchet attack in LouthElderly woman understood to have ‘serious injuries’ after incident at residential property in Co LouthFri May 03 2024 - 17:53
HSE tells suppliers it can ‘no longer sustain’ price increasesHSE officers issues letter saying price increases hitting funds needed for patient care ‘in a growing challenging environment’Thu May 02 2024 - 06:00
Rents for new tenancies increase twice as fast in areas outside DublinThe national standardised average rent in new tenancies stood at €1,595 per month in the final months of last year, with fastest growing average rent in LimerickThu May 02 2024 - 01:00
‘So long as I’ve my head about me and I’m physically able, I’ll keep helping people’ Sr Rose Carmel McNamara left Dublin for England at 17 and finds herself helping the poor in Romania at 82Wed May 01 2024 - 06:00
University Hospital Limerick overcrowding to be focus of new health services support teamWork to begin immediately on devising actions designed to ease crowding and pressures in hospital and HSE’s Mid West regionTue Apr 30 2024 - 17:54
Watchdog finds ‘serious concerns’ about foster service for unaccompanied minors seeking international protectionHiqa finds carers were approved on emergency basis without necessary mandatory training in fostering and in one case Garda vetting had not been completedTue Apr 30 2024 - 14:07
Almost 200 people die each year from cancer associated with HPV, report findsThe finding is included in a report on HPV cancers from the National Cancer Registry of IrelandTue Apr 30 2024 - 06:00
What now for transgender healthcare in Ireland after publication of the Cass review?The landmark report by UK paediatrician Hilary Cass into transgender treatment for young people is published as the HSE plans a new Irish clinical programme for gender healthcareMon Apr 29 2024 - 06:20
Former taoiseach Leo Varadkar raises concerns about racism in Late Late Show interviewVaradkar, who resigned last month, declined to be drawn on whether he would run in the next general electionFri Apr 26 2024 - 23:22
Public-only contract ‘will not, in and of itself, solve the chronic problems the health service is facing’, the IMO saysThe contract also intends to enhance senior decision maker presence on-site, out of hours and at weekendsFri Apr 26 2024 - 20:09
HSE concerned over whether hospitals are benefiting from new public-only consultant contractHSE’s chief operations officer has written to heads of hospitals and community healthcare organisations about implementation of contractFri Apr 26 2024 - 06:00
Failings highlighted during Aoife Johnston inquest are an indictment of the health serviceTragic death of 16-year-old Aoife Johnston by medical misadventure comes amid other concerning cases and warnings from campaignersThu Apr 25 2024 - 21:26
Establish commission to investigate baby and maternal deaths and injuries, campaigners urge HarrisParental groups alliance met with politicians to call for actions to ‘try to stop these repeated deaths and injuries in Irish hospitals’Tue Apr 23 2024 - 16:45
