Inequities in care ‘shorten the lives’ of people with a lesser-known lung disease
Lung fibrosis affects about 5,000 people in Ireland, but many patients are left in limbo as higher-profile respiratory illnesses are prioritised for treatment
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill
Children’s Health Ireland to be folded into HSE
Move follows months of controversy, notably relating to orthopaedic and spinal services
Minister urged to intercede over regulator row in psychotherapy sector
Stakeholders raise concerns that new standards will lower the quality of training, creating risks for client safety
Jordan chosen as route to evacuate sick Gaza children to Ireland in ‘imminent’ operation
It is understood around 11 children have been identified for an upcoming third evacuation mission
Two in five men in Ireland die before the age of 75, report finds
Men in Ireland dying too young from causes that are largely preventable, Movember charity research outlines
Minister for Health briefed on Drogheda hospital concern weeks before patients
Patients advised of file reviews 11 weeks after HSE raised it with department, Labour’s Ged Nash says
New financial safeguards planned for national maternity hospital project
Government seeks to implement lessons learned from national children’s hospital construction
Minister for Health will not attend hospital consultants’ annual conference
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill’s meeting in March with the senior clinicians’ association was described as ‘tense’
Pharmacy sector to receive additional €75m under new agreement with State
Pharmacists will be able to prescribe medication for a number of common conditions under agreement
Two-thirds of public hospitals have unsafe bed-occupancy levels in first half of 2025
Occupancy at 95.9% nationally in the first six months of the year, where 85% considered the limit, new figures show
CHI still faces questions over waiting list irregularities and orthopaedic care
Children’s Health Ireland still faces inquiries into its services which are yet to be completed
Doubts grow that planned State elective hospitals will be built before 2030s
Minister did not secure sufficient funding to pay for all key health projects, says Sinn Féin
Garda deemed report into potential CHI waiting list irregularities ‘not suitable’ for investigation
Confidential document on work culture and use of funding to cut public waiting lists was leaked widely in the media earlier this year
Number of children on community healthcare waiting lists rises to 42,000
More than 14,000 children waiting more than a year for psychological services, figures show
Time, stress and cost deemed factors in preventing women from safeguarding heart health
Barriers to healthy living include cost of good food and gym membership, notes Irish Heart Foundation data
Consultant at centre of review in Drogheda’s Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital has left country
Just over 1,000 cases being looked at as part of analysis relating to tissue diagnoses slides across various specialities
National children’s hospital developer BAM’s claims ‘not credible’, says Minister
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill says she has concerns about BAM’s ability to meet its work programme
More than 1,000 patient cases examined as part of review at Drogheda hospital
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital is taking a look back at all histopathology slides seen by one consultant
New plan aims to improve diagnosis and care for people with rare diseases
Life-threatening or chronically debilitating diseases affect 300,000 people in Ireland
Harvey Morrison Sherratt’s parents are a politician’s nightmare: articulate, calm, grieving
Saturday’s rally for Harvey with its deeply moving images became a platform for Sinn Féin, People before Profit and Aontú
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‘The future of transport is not cars – electric or otherwise’
Michael Collins’s legacy honoured by sending Irish troops on peacekeeping missions, says Carroll MacNeill
Minister for Health addressed risks of violence against politicians during Béal na Bláth oration
Over 50 consultants urge State to stop using Israeli medicines ‘if viable alternatives’
Teva Pharmaceuticals, which makes Sudocrem, is one of the largest suppliers of generic medicines to HSE
Was Michael Collins behind plan for French military airfields in Ireland?
UCC historian Jerome Aan de Wiel unearths diplomatic archive material showing Collins’s associate overture to French intelligence
‘Significant decline’ in RSV-related illness in babies after high uptake of vaccine
Department of Health introduced new vaccination programme for babies last year
A promising start for Jim O’Callaghan, not so for James Browne: How has the Cabinet performed in its first six months?
Jim O’Callaghan and Peter Burke have made promising starts, James Browne has a lot of catching up to do
Medical device company paid €720,000 twice by HSE for the same invoice now in liquidation
Company is now in liquidation, and health service says it is engaged with liquidator to recover overpayment
Semi-synthetic cannabinoid HHC reclassified as an illegal drug
Drug is commonly sold in e-cigarettes and vape pens or in edibles jellies
Inquiries under way into further allegations around waiting list initiatives at Children’s Health Ireland
Public Accounts Committee and Minister hears that consultant paid €40,000 in 2018 to treat patients on his waiting list at private hospital
Inquiry begins into historical use of anti-epileptic drug and effects on pregnant women
Mothers of children diagnosed with foetal valproate syndrome disorder had demanded investigation
State agencies to implement new rules aiming to enhance transparency in political ads
Introduction of alcohol warning labels to be deferred for two years, Ministers to hear
HPV vaccine catch-up programme to be rolled out in schools ‘without delay’
National Cancer Registry reports an estimated 641 cases of new HPV-associated cancers diagnosed and 196 cancer deaths every year in Ireland
Ministers sought multiples of available funding as part of national plan review
Spending on five key areas yet to be resolved in advance of launch of revised National Development Plan next week
Warning labels on alcohol an idea from ‘different time’, Minister warned Cabinet colleague
Minister for Enterprise asked Minister for Health to pause plans for alcohol health warnings due to global economic uncertainty
Health labelling on alcoholic drinks set to be deferred until 2029
Decision on long-planned move, which was due to come into force in 2026, will be made next week
Families at centre of Portiuncula review call into question viability of service
Concern about maternity care is ‘specific to Portiuncula’, Minister for Health says
Medical evacuation of children from Gaza to Ireland ‘a matter of life and death’, says Mary Lou McDonald
‘Every chance’ sick children will be killed unless flown out before autumn, Sinn Féin leader tells Dáil
Gaza children chosen for treatment in Ireland not expected to fly here until September
Minister for Health to bring Cabinet memo to recognise Ireland must evacuate patients’ siblings
Seized criminal assets to be disposed of more quickly under new measures
Under new Bill, assets seized by Criminal Assets Bureau can be disposed of after two years instead of five
HSE paid one firm €54m over 27 months for services to tackle waiting lists in public hospitals
Three firms involved in insourcing received more than €70m in total, new HSE report shows
HSE proposes phasing out use of external companies used to cut waiting lists in public hospitals
HSE chief warns without increases in productivity, ending insourcing arrangements may see private sector use increas
Saturday outpatient appointments at Crumlin hospital surge by 240%
Concerns raised about overreliance on appointments paid for by National Treatment Purchase Fund
Almost €100m spent on companies that use HSE facilities and staff to cut waiting lists after hours
Health service report to Minister for Health admits ‘over-reliance’ on so-called insourcing arrangements
Q&A: How are GP shortages affecting the country - and where are they hardest to find?
An uneven spread of doctors paints an unhealthy picture for many in rural areas
GP black spots: Parts of Clare, Mayo among areas ‘at risk’ of losing doctor
Report identifies 132 GPs ‘at risk of retirement with no viable replacement’, which would represent tens of thousands of patients
‘Simple and straightforward’: The €4,500 naming of the National Children’s Hospital Ireland
It could have been different, except that ‘Phoenix’ rose from the ashes only to be shot down by a healthcare facility in Arizona
Long Covid scheme for healthcare workers to be extended after Labour Court recommendation
Scheme will remain in place until end of year, as unions urge Government to classify Covid as an occupational illness in line with most other EU countries
Hospitals allowed to act like ‘independent republics’ for too long, says Minister for Health
Productivity dashboard showing activity levels, waiting lists and more will ‘hold healthcare facilities to account’
Long Covid support scheme to end this month, Minister for Health confirms
Labour Court recommends scheme be extended for a further six months
‘They saved my life’: Trinity St James’s Cancer Institute is recognised for care, research and education
Patient praises Dublin hospital as institute is accredited as State’s first comprehensive cancer centre
Ireland’s STI clinics struggling to cater for increasing demand
Health strategy envisages free contraception for up to 55-year-olds and increased STI testing
Plan to ‘wean ourselves off’ paying public hospital personnel for out-of-hours clinics
Recent controversy at CHI and Beaumont related to ‘insourcing’ practice by NTPF
Ministers to be warned over spending; approval sought for plan to dramatically change Dublin city centre
Taoiseach Micheál Martin to seek Cabinet approval for 10 year Dublin rejuvenation plan based on Taskforce recommendations
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