St Vincent’s Healthcare Group and State struggled to agree on land ownership in 2017
Hospital project has been beset by delays amid concerns about site ownership and potential religious influence over new facility
Combative style key to choice of Robert Watt as top health mandarin
Salary rise of €80,000 to €292,000 a year indicative of desire to pursue ‘reform’ agenda
Senior cycle needs to move into 21st century, says Minister
Overemphasis on Leaving Cert written exam is bringing stress and challenges for students
Frustrations simmer as Nphet and Government muddle through
Initial reaction to pandemic was near-consensus but this soon wore thin
Documents reveal deep concern over Ireland's spending on PPE during pandemic
HSE said PPE markets extremely volatile and Ireland was ahead in securing key supplies
HSE sues regulator over beds at Co Cork nursing home
Case taken over reduction of three beds at Midleton home with large multibed rooms
HSE takes case against watchdog over bed reduction order at west Cork care facility
Legal action taken against Hiqa over regulator’s restriction on multi-bedded rooms
Coronavirus: Private hospitals takeover agreed without ‘luxury’ of due diligence
HSE chief Paul Reid warned of likely ‘unforeseen consequences’ of three-month deal
Private nursing homes treated ‘equitably’ during Covid-19 crisis, health chief says
Jim Breslin tells Oireachtas committee new cases in care homes steadily decreasing
Elderly care will require ‘significant changes’ to manage Covid-19
HSE chief to tell Dáil committee that half of nursing home infection clusters now ‘closed’
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A third of arrivals in Ireland are not answering phone for self-isolation checks
Over 6,000 Irish people have returned from abroad since start of pandemic
Timeline: How the disaster in nursing homes unfolded
Timeline suggests that it took more than a month for a specific plan to be put in place
Courts hope to resume full-day hearings ‘as soon as tomorrow’
Courts Service is believed to have received advice from expert who raised issue of ‘two-hour limit’ at Dáil committee hearing
Inaugural Covid-19 Dáil committee hearing a hurried affair
Many questions go unanswered due to time limits, but politicians on best behaviour
No commitment on lifting of 14-day quarantine for arrivals into country
‘No certainty’ coronavirus can be suppressed, warns chief medical officer
Dáil witnesses in same place for too long would breach Covid-19 guidelines
Guidelines broken even if witnesses move locations after being together more than two hours
Concerns raised over private health insurance due to hospital takeover by State
FG TD Colm Brophy says there is ‘no logic’ in paying for insurance during pandemic
Ireland will be living with coronavirus for ‘foreseeable future’
Deputy chief medical officer hopes social distancing becomes normal habit
Witnesses can give video evidence at Dáil committee, chairman says
Independent TD Michael McNamara says social distancing will be maintained
Covid-19: Return of construction poses risks, health officials fear
Harris urges ‘collective cop-on’ so that easing of restrictions does not reverse progress
Bitter pill for HSE board as €20m funding for new drugs turned down
Plea rejected despite targeted savings of €50m from generic or biosimilar medicines
CervicalCheck performance similar to UK programmes, review finds
Hundreds of women told that review of their slides has produced a different result
Plan to upgrade nursing homes over budget and behind schedule
About 90 older buildings set to be replaced or refurbished under €385m initiative
Irish over 65s highest consumers of benzodiazepine in OECD
Healthcare quality report finds MMR uptake 3% short of target; hospital antibiotic use increases
HSE chief confirms children’s hospital overspend could impact future projects
Paul Reid appears before PAC says if projects affected it’s likely to be those slated for 2020-21
Simon Harris accused of misleading Dáil over cervical cancer claim
Two-thirds of 80,000 backlog of tests due to decision to offer free out-of-cycle smears
Introduction of new cervical cancer test ‘held up by backlog’
HPV testing unlikely to be introduced this year, HSE officials tell Oireachtas committee
Children’s hospital: The meetings, the memos and the Minister - who knew what when?
Timeline: Project had an overrun of €61m five months after getting the green light
Children’s hospital: top health chiefs were told in September 2018 of €400m overrun
Officials discussed how ‘construction costing is trending very significantly over budget’
Public expenditure official not required to report on spiralling costs
Hospital board member Paul Quinn appointed in personal capacity, Harris says
Department had concerns over hospital project two years ago, files show
Cost of children’s hospital could exceed €2bn, ‘which would make it the most expensive hospital in the world’
‘Highly unlikely’ children’s hospital will come in under €2bn – PAC hears
Alan Kelly says public confidence in how large projects are managed is ‘lost’
Patients stockpiling drugs over Brexit fears, committee hears
Departure of UK from EU may result in ‘rationalisation’ of Irish medicine supplies
Simon Harris says children’s hospital to go ahead despite ‘colossal’ cost overrun
‘It’s a mess,’ admits Department of Health head as scaled-down project ruled out
Contractor costs at children’s hospital rose 65% in a year
Department of Health says an underestimate of material added €115m to cost of project
Taoiseach defends Watt’s refusal to attend health committee
No capital projects stopped because of overruns but some may be ‘deferred’ - Varadkar
Cost hike of €450m for children’s hospital ‘very disturbing’
PAC to hear €50m of overrun for St James’s site to come from health budget this year
Official refuses to attend hearing on cost of children’s hospital
Public expenditure secretary claims health counterpart should answer Oireachtas questions
Spiralling children’s hospital costs 'will delay other projects'
Taoiseach says latest increase is ‘way beyond what we had ever anticipated’
Fears grow bill for new children’s hospital may hit €1.4bn
Cost estimates for facility at St James’s Hospital spiralling from 2012’s €404m
Hepatitis C sufferers to be offered community-based programmes
National treatment programme to expand to reach more of the 30,000 infected with virus
Supply of medicines a key Brexit concern for health service, says Harris
Minister says contingency plans are being made but there is no stockpiling of drugs
Hundreds of patients not told they had come into contact with superbug
HSE chief says those affected may be ‘upset and disappointed’ over delay in informing them
Soaring health deficit causing alarm within Government
Day-to-day HSE spending and insurance firm practices main culprits behind overspend
Harris sought nearly €1bn in health capital funding to be brought forward
Minister warned Paschal Donohoe that Government capital plan was “unbalanced”
Sláintecare job could be Laura Magahy’s toughest challenge yet
Consultant had roles in several high-profile projects, some of which attracted controversy
Health service faces significant funding shortfall this year, PAC hears
Solution that will not affect patient care will require ‘serious effort’, committee told
Tony O’Brien approved for share options days before leaving HSE
Sign-off agreed on director share-buying at US firm as cancer controversy deepened
Acting HSE head ‘listening intently’ to Vicky Phelan
Terminally-ill Limerick woman seeking accountability over CervicalCheck scandal
CervicalCheck: Ministers ‘not informed of delays in telling women’
Tony Holahan insists Department of Health decision not to escalate ‘reasonable’
Government likely to move to appoint HSE chairperson-designate under new reforms
Scally warns of ‘fevered atmosphere’ around cervical screening controversy
Department ‘aware’ of CervicalCheck policy on informing women
Doctor expresses concern about difficulties he has met in carrying out scoping inquiry
Senior officials told women would get audit results – HSE
Interim HSE chief says top management not told of row between doctors and CervicalCheck
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