State to have ‘effective ownership’ of maternity hospital land following legal advice
‘It is ownership,’ said the Taoiseach following questions from Mary Lou McDonald
HSE board members reiterate concerns over National Maternity Hospital
State would be better served by owning land hospital is built on, letter to committee says
HSE board members restate concerns over National Maternity Hospital
Prof Deirdre Madden and Dr Sarah McLoughlin dissent from HSE decision
NMH: Clinical independence must be ‘crystal clear’, says Minister Catherine Martin
Green Party deputy leader to await second Government memo before deciding if concerns around maternity hospital have been addressed
Maternity hospital move gets mired even deeper in controversy
Despite desperate assurances over governance, public has lost faith in this project
Coalition delay on approving new National Maternity Hospital due to ‘genuine concerns’
Minister for Health indicates best course of action to allow all to see details of arrangements
Pension increase ‘woeful’ and Greens a ‘disgrace’: Ballinasloe reacts to budget
Galway town locals unhappy about welfare payment changes and feel ‘forgotten about’
Kids in the kitchen: How to get your children cooking
‘The concept of clean as you go is how professional kitchens operate and is what I teach my junior chefs’
Science advice network needed to inform government, RIA says
Network could advise government on viruses, climate change and water supply issues
Strapped for cash? Here's how to do Christmas on a budget
Tips on how to manage money at the most wonderful - and most expensive - time of year
New opt-out system may transform organ donation, says Harris
New Human Tissue legislation will regulate removal, donation, use and disposal of organs ad tissues
Harris may appoint person with clinical expertise to HSE board
Oireachtas committee backs changes to Government plans in vote on Wednesday
Government will have to change plans for new HSE board
Health committee backs proposals for people with clinical expertise to serve on board
How to protect your digital wellbeing
Putting realistic boundaries in place around screen time is a simple and effective way to start
Fergus Finlay and patient advocates among eight on new HSE board
Law professor Prof Deirdre Madden and Tim Hynes of AIB among others to be appointed
How to survive Christmas with a difficult family
Advice and ideas on how to make it through the festivities when it’s not a season of goodwill
State advised not to run voluntary hospital services
Review recommends major changes to funding arrangements to voluntary service providers
The dog-owner’s heartbreak - ‘Marley & Me’ author draws tears from Trinity audience
‘Each of us in this world has a story worth telling,’ John Grogan tells students
Hearing stories of my homeplace through new friends abroad
When they hear my accent, people who have been there tell me how they loved Northern Ireland
'Remote' IVF allows use of anonymous donor eggs without travel
Patients will be able to ‘remotely’ carry out IVF with donor egg, says company
What’s the difference between Greek and Irish writers?
At a meeting in Corfu, interesting similarities and divergences became apparent
Fertility clinics seek clarification over disposal of embryos
Clinics say embryos created before change in rules should be used when women decide
Former EU official to head review of voluntary hospitals in health service
Harris wants three-person panel to report within a year
Government approves ‘opt-out’ system for organ donation
Harris says the measure has potential to transform organ donation in the State
Meet the woman you can complain to
Ginny Hanrahan, the CEO of CORU, the health and social care regulator, explains its role in protecting the public from charlatans and unethical healthcare workers
Keeping a watchful eye on the health professionals
Ginny Hanrahan, CEO of CORU, explains the role of the health and social care regulator
Greece letter: Walking line between tradition and modernity
Must a small nation loosen grip of the past in order to embrace benefits of the future?
Greece Letter: Too great a burden on shoulders of tourism
The refugee crisis and overdevelopment are beginning to deter holidaymakers
Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks: Irish road to modernity has no straight lines
The collective works in our series show how molten and defiant Irish artworks can be
Mother whose son died after medical errors calls for honesty
Margaret Murphy says staff are anxious about ‘putting their head above the parapet’
Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks: 2008 – Molly Fox’s Birthday, by Deirdre Madden
The power of the novelist’s work lies in its control and transformation of powerful feeling into understated art
Ríona Judge McCormack wins Hennessy New Irish Writer award
Chris Connolly wins Emerging Fiction prize, Jane Clarke wins Emerging Poetry award and Éilís Ní Dhuibhne inducted into Hennessy Literary Awards Hall of Fame
Cúirt; Fish Short Story winners; Gavin Corbett at TCD; Cork World Book Fest
Dublin Shakespeare Society; Kevin Curran reading; All-Ireland Poetry Day; Trinity talk on Derry authors; hunger strike talk at UCD
Minister admits shelving plan to force doctors to disclose mistakes
Move prompts FF spokesman Billy Kelleher to accuse Minister of making ‘blatant U-turn’
Literary listings: Irish head for Edinburgh, and Library Voices at Dun Laoghaire
Fighting Words seeks volunteers, Nuala Ní Chonchúir and Paula McGrath launch new novels, and celebrities and authors read at Dubray Books
Review: All Over Ireland: New Irish Short Stories, edited by Deirdre Madden
The latest Faber anthology of Irish stories contains an array of talent showcased in style
Slow delivery of legislation on issue of reproduction
Analysis: Scant detail in Leo Varadkar’s proposals except in relation to surrogacy
Brought to Book: John Boyne on Noddy, Homer Wells, ‘Birdsong’ and a Kindle tip
‘I am at my happiest when I have completed a first draft of a novel and am about to begin a second’
Eimear McBride wins €15,000 Kerry Group Irish novel of the year award
‘A Girl Is A Half-formed Thing’ author has already won Goldsmiths Prize and been shortlisted for Baileys, Folio and Desmond Elliott prizes
Brought to Book: Joseph O’Connor on why reading is a more creative act than writing
‘If there is a Hell being prepared for me, it will be a dinner party. But I’d like to be in a bar, late at night in New York, with Colm Toibin, Patti Smith, Dickens, St John of the Cross, Toni Morrison, Keats and Emily Bronte, with her brother Branwell leading the singsong while arm-wrestling’
Is there a better way of dealing with medical mistakes?
A judge’s criticism has shone a spotlight on the sensitive area of medical negligence
Deirdre Madden on space and time
Deirdre Madden’s new novel is about a slippery subject. But it’s far from being weird, obscure or overly philosophical
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