Eoghan Gorman’s life changed instantly after a bad fall. He says better supports are needed to help people with disabilities reintegrate in the community
Voluntary hospitals also warn on cost of boosting cybersecurity and weight of accumulated deficits of more than €340m
Brendan Lawlor died two weeks after an operation at the Mater Private Hospital from a ‘rare but recognised’ complication
Issues affecting the Mater’s IT system are not as a result of any malicious attack
IT issue affecting Dublin hospital emerged earlier on Tuesday but cause of problem not yet known
Genetic heart conditions: Testing family members for cardiac genetic abnormalities following a sudden adult death can save lives
Voluntary hospitals tell HSE they are facing ‘critical liquidity issues’
Andy Kavanagh was told life expectancy post-transplant in the 1986 was normally one or two years
Move to phase out private care from public system has had different take-up in different parts of the country
Credit unions top the annual RepTrak study for 2024, with only X found to have a worse reputation than RTÉ
Use of social networks increasingly contributing to mental health problems, particularly among young people, conference hears
Noise expert says tunnel machine noise akin to ‘washing machine’ but residents say they have had little contact with Transport Infrastructure Ireland
Mary Broderick has had a long road to travel from a heart murmur since infancy to receiving a new heart with various other surgeries along the way
The problem isn’t the overrun - it is that the cost was grossly underestimated and all the information the market needed to squeeze the Government was made public
Fewer than 5,000 people in Ireland estimated to have disease but many are hard-to-reach drug users
Technology has led to rapid notification of suspected pathologies and the freeing up of time
While suspected attacker’s medical condition has improved, 49-year-old naturalised Irish citizen still suffering serious injury
Dublin riots: Life in the city centre is partially returning to normal but there are fears that there could be more trouble
Death rate from advanced ovarian cancer fell through use of multiple skilled specialists, study finds
HSE report highlights lifesaving value of knowing CPR, where defibrillators are located and how to use them
Voluntary hospitals tell HSE they are set to run a financial deficit of €327 million this year
The Mater recently completed its 1,000th surgery assisted by a robot, which reduces trauma and recovery time and frees up beds
Hospital management extremely worried over situation, email to Gardaí shows
First trial indicates ‘AI will complement radiography but it won’t take over’, says Irish radiologist
Dublin hospital received more than €420m in HSE funding last year, up from €377m in 2021, records show
People with symptoms of fibromyalgia are often dismissed as attention-seekers, but with long Covid now recognised, chronic illness is slowly being taken more seriously
Over one-fifth of all posts had no permanent incumbent last month, a significant increase on 2021
Inadequate services are causing ‘preventable harm and suffering’ to homeless people after they are discharged from hospital, health expert warns
The Human Tissue Bill has taken 15 years to reach committee stage but it promises to be a milestone for donors and those in need of organs
Conor Cronin died two days after he fell while out jogging near DCU
Incident happened on Eccles St, beside Mater Hospital, at about 3pm on Tuesday
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West and northwest have highest cancer incidence and mortality rates in Ireland, according to campaigners
Oireachtas committee members were ‘shocked’ after a fractious session with Department of Health secretary general Robert Watt
Huge increases in health budget ‘can only go on for so long’, says Varadkar
Daffodil Day: Being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma has ‘really shaped my life’, says gym owner Sarah O’Neill
Excess deaths among Irish patients in winter period up to January 29th rose to 1,278
Deal could value business at about €600 million
Consultant ophthalmologist was a staunch advocate for patients and used his position to seek improvements in services
After being admitted to the Mater hospital, he laid bare on social media the awful reality of extreme Covid
Hospitals bracing for exceptional pressures as HSE warns of ‘one of the busiest ever periods’
Pressure on hospitals is the result of high levels of flu and Covid-19 and increasing cases of respiratory syncytial virus
Hospital is under ‘extreme pressure’ and advises public to use other services
Hospital-acquired superbugs ‘absolutely‘ contribute to a number of patient deaths annually
Incident left father of two dead and teenage girl in critical condition in hospital
Irish founded company was acquired by US telehealth platform Amwell last year
We need art on every centimetre of Ireland’s hospital walls, and artists-in-residence to bring nonsecular, open-hearted warmth to our medical spaces
Delayed discharges increase risk of a patient contracting an infection and can contribute to overcrowding due to lost bed days
Irish system is training doctors and nurses to leave as doctor warns plan to tackle hospital waits is ‘fiddling while Rome burns’
The medical staff provided care, assessment and management that was “above a reasonable standard”, hospital says
Patients with non-urgent conditions are experiencing ‘lengthy waiting times’, hospital says
Jamie Lynch (30) pleaded guilty to assault of David Crowe at city centre bar in 2018
Union says its members carry out identical work as biochemists but are paid on average 8 per cent less
Woman was stabbed on her way home from work in the IFSC in Dublin
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
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