Rotunda Hospital gets additional HSE funds to resolve dispute that left it facing projected €6m deficit
Hospital chairman argued it was being penalised for increasing activity and treating more women
HSE chief wants up to 10% of healthcare staff rostered over weekends by end of June
Bernard Gloster tells conference roster changes would be ‘big part’ of response to trolley challenges
Government and HSE appear to hate doctors, new head of the IMO says
Dr Anne Dee calls out ‘underlying hostility’ towards doctors who are blamed for health service woes
Reimbursing weight loss drugs for all who could benefit would push State’s annual medicines bill to €10bn, doctors told
Clinical pharmacoeconomics lead says one million people could benefit from weight loss drugs, but cost would be ‘unaffordable’
Violent pornography’s pervasive role in child development must be disrupted, doctors hear
IMO conference hears aggressive sexual activity is leaving women with serious physical injuries
‘It’s a double grief’: Teachers talk of difficulties in standing before a class after a miscarriage
ASTI conference backs calls for introduction of paid leave for those who have a miscarriage or are undergoing IVF treatment
What Irish teachers think of AI: ‘It has great benefits’
Artificial intelligence has a role to play in class, but educators are wary of scope for misuse by students
Teacher had to postpone having children due to restrictions on sick leave, ASTI conference told
Julianne Butler from Limerick used up sick leave provision which operates over a four-year cycle
Leaving Cert reforms ‘will hurt DEIS schools, but benefit those in private education’, teacher warns
ASTI conference told of ‘chaos’ if changes to senior education cycle programme are introduced in September
Second-level teachers to ballot for industrial action over Leaving Cert reforms
ASTI delegates back emergency motion on Government proposals
Teachers to consider industrial action over proposed Leaving Cert reforms
Asti and TUI expected to table emergency motions at conferences which would escalate opposition to Government plans
Curb education ‘overspending’ before lowering class sizes, officials warn
More than 50,000 pupils are in ‘supersized’ classes with 30 children or more
Independent complaints process to be introduced for Defence Forces members
External Grievance System will deal with complaints of interpersonal nature from serving members
New teachers will be fast-tracked into permanent posts to tackle staffing ‘crisis’
Helen McEntee says move will give certainty to new entrants when applying for mortgages
Documents prepared for Minister last summer revealed depth of botched Arts Council IT project
Department of Arts prepared three notes for Catherine Martin last July about the now-abandoned IT project