Dublin hospital car parks are full every morning
Those who arrive after 9am must sit in their cars in a queue waiting on a space
Hospitals
Private patient income loss among Slaintecare’s unintended consequences
Loss of voluntary hospitals’ independence by cutting funding will ultimately result in poorer quality of care for all
Wide of the target regarding voluntary hospitals
Many of these institutions have been responsible for some of the most important advances in Irish medicine
Like smoking, private maternity care is a choice comparable in cost to a family holiday
Assertion that Ireland’s two-tiered model of healthcare casts us as an outlier requires some evidence
‘Free births’ in Ireland: Within three hours Naomi (38) died, leaving behind four kids
Doctors and midwives are concerned about a ‘notable rise’ in medically unassisted home births in the State. Do expectant mothers know the risks?
Doctors obliged to train in Irish hospitals in need of support
I can identify with reference to ‘unsafe staffing levels’ for junior doctors
Annual hospital car parking fee revenue almost doubles to top €15m in five years
Capped charges for patients undergoing treatment should be introduced, says Social Democrats TD
Waiting lists: Patients waiting 18 months or more increased in the majority of Irish hospitals in 2025
Across the three waiting list types – inpatient, outpatient, and GI endoscopy – 894,369 people were waiting for treatment last year
Initial breathlessness turned out to be incurable cancer: ‘My initial reaction was shock’
When Ilana Hastings first noticed symptoms in July 2024, she thought her breathlessness might be a sign of Long Covid
Health service failed to meet goal of cutting hospital waiting lists in 2025
NTPF figures show 64 per cent of the 750,000 patients on hospital waiting lists were waiting longer than target times
How virtual replicas of hospitals and patients can transform Irish healthcare
Digital twins in healthcare: Ireland’s path to predictive medicine
The rise of virtual wards providing care at home: ‘It’s been absolutely fantastic’
Patients are remotely monitored by St Vincent’s Hospital medical teams
Dublin’s Rotunda Hospital transferring women as far as Drogheda due to bed shortage
Babies younger than 25 weeks were once not considered viable but ‘now we’re looking at 22-weekers’, says Rotunda master
Equivalent of two large hospitals needed to deal with expected Irish flu surge, doctors warn
Irish Medical Organisation says flu cases will require equivalent of two large hospitals
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