What does division over abortion within Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael mean for Government?
Possible leadership contenders O’Callaghan and Calleary vote against removing three-day waiting period
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill
Process under way to halt ‘nixers’ by public-only consultants, Tánaiste says
Government and Minister for Health have insisted contract breaches ‘simply won’t be tolerated’, Simon Harris tells Dáil
Recent hospital budget increases ‘not fiscally sustainable’, Minister for Health warns
Pay costs from over-recruitment contributing to hospitals’ financial pressures, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill tells PAC
Sinn Féin Bill on abortion services passes crucial Dáil vote with help of Ministers
Proposal will abolish compulsory three-day wait for access
Carroll MacNeill plans in-house HSE ‘agency’ staff to reduce payouts to outside companies
Health service’s expenditure on agency workers reached €903.4 million last year
With abortion reform looking likely, Sinn Féin seems set to achieve rare feat
Abortion may not be the defining social and political issue it once was, but securing a change to reproductive rights would still be significant
Some of those who added the three-day wait to Irish abortion law look set to abandon it
Little explanation of Coalition support for Opposition’s bid to remove key clause from draft law Harris said ‘has to count for something’
Taoiseach preaches compliance as Dáil hears latest on private practice stork at Rotunda
‘Breach’ deliveries of bonuses also occurring at other hospitals, Social Democrats TD reveals
Idea that some babies and mothers only survived because they went private is a myth
Many women most in need of continuity of care never see it in an unfair system
Taoiseach, Tánaiste, Minister for Health to back SF Bill ending mandatory three-day abortion wait
Micheál Martin says Bill should go to committee stage; Government TDs will have free vote as a ‘matter of conscience’
If Jennifer Carroll MacNeill means what she says about women’s choice, she needs to fund it
It’s very difficult to have a conversation which begins with a threat to the hospital’s funding
Evening and Saturday work levels among hospital consultants ‘really disappointing’, says Minister
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill tells senior doctors to ‘remedy’ situation relating to public contracts next month
‘I felt nobody had my back’: What the Rotunda row says about public v private maternity care
Mothers and medical professionals share their views as differences between public and private maternity care in the State are brought into sharp focus
Tensions come to fore over drive towards single-tier healthcare
Inside Politics: Meanwhile, political focus on controversial Ireland-Israel matches as, elsewhere, the World Cup kicks off
Private healthcare and public hospitals
We need a single national health fund if we want to create a health system based on need not income
Consultants bring legal challenge to ban on private care in new public surgical hubs
HSE has said new hubs, designed to reduce waiting times in acute hospitals, were for public patients only
Leaked CHI report states consultants ‘prioritising private over public’ child patients
One child waited seven years for routine urology surgery, TD tells Dáil
Public or private? Share your experience of maternity care in Ireland
Tell your story: did you choose public or private maternity care – and why?
Eight women under private care by public-only consultants at Rotunda to switch doctors
State’s busiest maternity hospital backed down in dispute over private care
Rotunda consultant row is just the tip of the iceberg
Majority of voluntary hospitals still restricting state access to their financial information
Rotunda master defends decision to allow public-only consultants carry out private work
Seán Daly says hospital allowing public-only consultants to do private work was on basis of legal advice, and says ‘so much misinformation’ over issue
Carroll MacNeill the big political winner after Rotunda board backs down
Stand-off arose it emerged consultants on public-only contracts were allowed to treat private patients at the hospital despite a direction not to do so
Controversial triple-lock legislation to get formal Cabinet approval today
Removal of UN Security Council approval set to spark conflict with Opposition politicians
Rotunda Hospital board agrees to Minister’s demands over public-only consultants
Board has backed down following stand-off with Government and will comply with terms of public-only consultant contract
Rotunda backs down in standoff over consultants taking private work
Maternity hospital’s board to ‘bring its arrangements into line with Government policy’
The Irish Times view on maternity services: choice should not depend on purchasing power
The attempt by the Rotunda Hospital to face down the Minister for Health is unwise
Taoiseach warns Rotunda board to ‘reflect’ on public contracts decision
Minister of State Robert Troy says there must be ‘consequences’ if public contracts not implemented
Rotunda Hospital’s clash with Coalition over private maternity care deepens
Hospital refuses to back down on decision allowing public-only consultants to offer private care on-site
All pregnant women should get continuity of care – not just those who can pay for it
Days of the consultant being on-call for the labour ward from home need to be consigned to history, too
Prestige or patient choice? Rotunda resists plan to stop public-only consultants offering private maternity care
Dublin hospital picks public fight with HSE and Minister for Health with threat looming of State funding being withdrawn
Rotunda stands by decision to allow public-only consultants offer private maternity care
Hospital may owe refunds to women cared for privately, says Minister for Health
Rotunda told funding could be pulled over public-only consultants providing private care
Minister for Health says ‘last thing’ she wants is conversation on cuts, but Government policy is clear
New HSE autism assessments may ‘harm children’ and lengthen wait lists, groups say
Updated protocol, which will introduce three-tiered approach, likely to come into force mid-2027
Psychiatrists’ body ‘cannot endorse’ new State autism protocol
Approach will ‘streamline’ access to autism diagnoses, HSE says
‘Significant disparities’ in accessing specialised diabetes resources, report finds
Ireland’s first national strategy for diabetes outlining recommendations for action is published
Rotunda at loggerheads with Minister over public-only consultants having private patients
Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill told master of the hospital she is ‘not happy’ about situation
New strategy aims to cut suicide rate with specialist nursing teams
Minister of State Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran speaks of his own difficulties and urges others to seek help
Fine Gael councillor reprimanded over remarks about Jennifer Carroll MacNeill’s feet
Remarks on WhatsApp, swiftly deleted, were made as a joke by Carlow councillor Brian O’Donoghue
Long-delayed Occupied Territories Bill to be brought to Cabinet but will exclude services
Legislation proposes to ban the import and sale of goods produced in illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine
‘Not possible to determine’ if single shingles vaccine lowers risk of dementia, says Hiqa
Watchdog examines studies amid calls for wider vaccine access
Increasing community care likely to put more pressure on services, State think tank says
Implementing reforms will require increasing staff levels, ESRI report finds
Irish diplomats were warned about ‘approaches’ from Big Tobacco
Warning issued by senior Irish official to more than 280 diplomatic staff in Brussels
Dáil rejects Social Democrats abortion reform Bill
Two Government Ministers abstain while three backbenchers support move to committee stage
Talks aimed at resolving ambulance staff industrial action set for Labour Court
Move follows 24-hour strike by National Ambulance Service workers over pay and grading
Micheál Martin under pressure over response to striking ambulance workers
Inside Politics: Spending ‘diktats’ from Jack Chambers are ‘going down like a lead balloon’, according to one Minister
Government flags ‘difficulties’ with Social Democrats’ abortion reforms
Holly Cairns said the Bill would provide clarity on terminations for medical reasons, including fatal foetal abnormalities
Striking ambulance unions urged to re-enter talks as patient safety ‘clearly at risk’
HSE says 24-hour stoppage on Tuesday had a ‘significant impact’ on services and waiting times
Frontline hiring pause ruled out by Minister for Health intent on replacing agency staff
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill aims to remove ‘artificial, bureaucratic barriers’ in trying to convert posts
Counting the cost of shingles
The shingles vaccine should be made available free to over-65s in Ireland, as it is in several EU countries
Scoping exercise into Michael Shine, Europe’s ‘most prolific paedophile’, to take place
Investigation could lead to inquiry into former hospital consultant following campaign by charity Dignity4Patients
Long shifts, understaffing and mental toll ‘causing six in 10 nurses to consider quitting’
‘Heartbreaking that we cannot do what we were trained to,’ delegate tells INMO conference
Irish medicines pricing deal already under pressure from tariffs and Iran conflict
Supply chains not just fragile, but highly exposed to geopolitical and economic shocks
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