Coalition unwilling to revisit Covid-19 restrictions despite mounting pressure
Minister urged to reconsider public health advice as hospitals struggle with Covid surge
Return to mandatory mask-wearing would not change trajectory of Covid wave, Taoiseach says
Micheál Martin acknowledges pressure on hospitals but says BA.2 is too transmissible
Reintroduce mask-wearing rules, say ‘exhausted’ hospital staff
Taoiseach confirms that pandemic emergency powers will be allowed expire
Warning on future of emergency departments in wake of Covid-19
Without segregation ‘virus could spread like bush fire’, says emergency medicine group
Hospital beds crisis: ‘It's like trying to put out a fire with a tea cup’
Consultants say HSE plans will fail to provide enough beds to ease overcrowding
Drug trialled in Cork hospital reduces deaths from head injury
CUH part of global trial of cheap, easy to administer drug that reduces brain bleeds
Emergency unit doctors warn of patient risks amid nurses’ strike
Varadkar says Government does not intend to withhold payments due to nurses under public sector pay agreements
Nurses’ initial one-day strike gets widespread backing
Prominent doctors line up to support fellow health professionals but wary note also sounded
Last-minute bid to avert looming nurses' strike continues
Labour Court: Attempts to stop what is expected to be widespread disruption continue
Nurses strike: Labour Court intervenes in bid to avert stoppage
INMO to attend hearing this afternoon but preparations for 24-hour strike will continue
Emergency staff work hard enough – it’s the system that’s not working
Government needs to focus on recruitment and bed capacity to solve crisis
Air ambulance lacks skills to meet needs of seriously ill, emergency doctors claim
Group expresses concern over lack of doctor on first community-funded rescue service
OPW defends decision to issue pass with ‘crucifix’ to health staff during pope's visit
Lynn Ruane says it is ‘disrepectful’ to require staff to produce badge for crossing Garda cordons
Hospitals expect ‘surge’ in emergencies after snow subsides
Fractures and dislocations from ‘trips and slips’ already being treated
No-show by 20 locum doctors fails to close emergency departments
Tallaght, Navan and Portlaoise hospitals most affected by locum pay dispute
Emergency medicine group rails against health spend
Organisation says almost 500 patients on hospital trolleys when Budget 2017 unveiled
Tallaght hospital trying to silence doctors, group claims
Consultants concerned with inquiry into leak about 91-year-old man on trolley
Radio: Liveline’s TV drama makes for great listening
Joe Duffy uses pensioner’s account of satellite dish court case to tell a broader tale while Sean Moncrieff sets the airwaves ablaze
Country ‘cannot sustain’ 29 hospital emergency departments
Irish Assocation for Emergency Medicine says too many departments have deficiencies like Portlaoise
Doctors say trolley numbers ‘unacceptable’ as figure reaches 530
Association for Emergency Medicine fear likely impact of flu on over-crowded departments
Up to 350 people will die due to overcrowding, warns consultant
‘Aggressive intervention’ required, but Dr Fergal Hickey expects situation to get worse
Number of injuries from trampolines has reduced
A&E staff now bracing themselves for ice-skating injuries
Ebola readiness exercise at National Isolation Unit Dublin
Mater hospital’s major incident plan to be put to the test today
Emergency department doctors concerned over Ebola readiness
Hospital overcrowding and locum staff a cause of ‘serious safety concerns’
IMO considers invitation to LRC talks in doctors’ dispute
Kenny urges return to negotiating table as 3,000 doctors protest over working hours
IMO warns of further hospital strikes
Doctors say there will be more action if HSE fails to engage on long working hours
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