Dermatologist says he has been waiting for two years to have examination light installed as patient services ‘dismantled’Dr Dermot McKenna has written to GPs in the north-west apologising for the state of the serviceWed Dec 27 2023 - 06:00
Tributes paid as funeral of former Irish Times western correspondent Michael Finlan heldMayo native had distinguished, lengthy career with media outlets including the Western People, Irish News Agency, the Irish Press and later The Irish TimesSat Dec 23 2023 - 15:07
Girl (5) injured in Parnell Square incident moved from intensive careTwo other children have already been discharged from hospital following incident which prompted night of rioting in Dublin city centreFri Dec 22 2023 - 17:12
Flu cases more than double as Covid-19 infections surge, latest HSE figures showExact prevalence of Covid not known as only limited testing carried out but flu levels remain well below those recorded this time last yearThu Dec 21 2023 - 16:18
Healthy plant-based diet can eliminate many type 2 diabetes cases, study findsDiet high in fruit, vegetables and wholegrains can reduce risk by 24%, even for those with added risk factorsWed Dec 20 2023 - 00:01
New investigation ordered into death of teenager at Limerick hospitalRetired judge Mr Justice Frank Clarke appointed to investigate death of Aoife Johnston (16) after lengthy wait in UHL last DecemberMon Dec 18 2023 - 17:45
RSV: Parents warned to cocoon babies as respiratory cases at ‘extraordinarily’ high levels, HSE warnsNumber of people hospitalised with RSV falls, but flu and Covid-19 hospital numbers are upThu Dec 14 2023 - 17:38
Number of people hospitalised with dog bites rises by over 50% in decadeHighest rates are among children, with policy interventions recommended to address this riskThu Dec 14 2023 - 15:00
Rural areas worst affected as 14 nursing homes closeAlmost 1,000 beds lost last year through closures or reductions in bed numbers, according to HiqaThu Dec 14 2023 - 10:19
Dublins’ eye and ear hospital performs 10,000th cataract operationUnit, which opened in July 2017, capable of doing 4,200 cataract procedures a yearTue Dec 12 2023 - 17:40
Coercive control: Nicola Hanney tells of brutal campaign at the hands of former garda Paul MoodyThe mother-of-one suffered abuse at the hands of her former partner who was jailed last yearTue Dec 12 2023 - 06:47
Teenager arrested after man (40s) dies in Tallaght stabbingSuspect arrested after incident at house in Castle Park area of Dublin suburbMon Dec 11 2023 - 23:21
Storm Fergus: Clean-up under way after tornado in Leitrim village uproots trees and overturns boatsStrong winds and high tides cause flooding, property damage and power outages in western counties as second storm of the weekend sweeps across the countryMon Dec 11 2023 - 00:01
Thomas Kilroy, acclaimed playwright, novelist and academic, dies aged 89Kilkenny author of 16 plays and one novel helped modernise Irish theatreSun Dec 10 2023 - 21:19
Number of overdoses in Cork linked to dangerous synthetic drug rises to 13Overdoses believed to relate to the presence in heroin of nitazene, a synthetic opioid 25 times stronger than fentanylSun Dec 10 2023 - 19:18
Tornadoes in Ireland: what causes them and how often do they occur?Leitrim ‘tornado’ highlights a rare but not uncommon phenomenonSun Dec 10 2023 - 18:25
Government almost 50,000 behind on its own hospital waiting list targetsShortfall due to higher than anticipated numbers of patients joining waiting lists, Department of Health saysFri Dec 08 2023 - 18:44
Chuck Feeney left the world ‘better than he found it’, mourners at his funeral ceremony toldBillionaire philanthropist is laid to rest in Glasnevin Cemetery, two months after dying in San FranciscoFri Dec 08 2023 - 17:23
Children’s hospital ‘swamped’ by record surge in respiratory casesAlmost 370 patients, most of them children, were hospitalised with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) last weekFri Dec 08 2023 - 06:00
Patients waiting over 1,000 days for access to high-tech drugs, TDs toldDelays in access to innovative treatments to lengthen next year due to lack of dedicated funding, industry saysWed Dec 06 2023 - 13:54
Early diagnosis credited for near-total survival from some cancers after five yearsLate presentation remains common for cancers affecting the head and neck, pancreas and lung, with consequent poor outcomesTue Dec 05 2023 - 00:01
Health service struggling to recruit temporary staff as doctors can ‘pick and choose’More than €60 million spent last year on ‘non-framework’ agencies for recruiting doctors and healthcare assistantsMon Dec 04 2023 - 18:28
Hotel outbreak of winter vomiting bug infects 63 peopleThe number of norovirus cases tripled last week and outbreaks are increasing, says HPSCMon Dec 04 2023 - 14:15
Patients to be treated at home under new ‘virtual ward’ programmeThe hospital at home concept aims to support patients’ preferences for care in their own homesMon Dec 04 2023 - 06:00
Emergency department overcrowding: ‘People get left behind because there’s nobody at home’On one day during a visit to St Luke’s Hospital in Kilkenny, 70 per cent of patients are aged over 65Sat Dec 02 2023 - 07:00
Irish rate of HIV diagnoses highest in western EuropeRate of diagnosis in Ireland was over three times higher in 2022 than the European averageFri Dec 01 2023 - 15:59
Five more hospitals to provide abortions from this monthExpansion of service to Kilkenny, Letterkenny, Wexford, Portlaoise and Ballinasloe sees terminations become available in 17 out of 19 maternity unitsFri Dec 01 2023 - 06:00
Agreement signed to move on from ‘painful past’ around CervicalCheckMemo acknowledges improvements made to cervical cancer screening since 2018 controversyWed Nov 29 2023 - 16:30
AI to improve treatment for thousands of cancer patients at three Dublin hospitalsAI is being deployed to help staff who are examining the scan of a cancer patient to define which areas of tissue need to be targeted during radiotherapy and which areas to avoidWed Nov 29 2023 - 14:00
More than 10,000 contacts made to rape crisis helplines last yearFigures from Rape Crisis Network Ireland show number of contacts and appointments down but referrals to counselling at record highTue Nov 28 2023 - 16:32
Bacterial infection causing concern in China detected in IrelandFirst Irish outbreak of mycoplasma pneumoniae in a number of years occurred in October, Health Protection Surveillance Centre warnsSun Nov 26 2023 - 19:00
Newborn babies to be tested for spinal muscular atrophyAddition of SMA to screening programme brings to 11 the number of conditions included in ‘heel prick’ testSun Nov 26 2023 - 16:18
Letterkenny patients’ lives under ‘immediate threat’, doctors warnDonegal hospital facing ‘death by a thousand cuts’, according to letter from almost 30 consultantsFri Nov 24 2023 - 04:00
Children’s hospitals under pressure as respiratory cases rise 36pc in a weekAlmost 300 people were hospitalised with RSV virus last week, most of them childrenThu Nov 23 2023 - 20:15
Narrative verdict returned at inquest into death of first GP to die with Covid-19South Dublin GP Paul McDermott was found dead at his home in Rathfarnham in January 2021, at the height of the second wave of infection during the pandemicTue Nov 21 2023 - 17:57
Covid and flu vaccines: why take-up is so low this year and how to get the jabsJust 10 per cent of immunocompromised patients have had a Covid-19 vaccine this winterTue Nov 21 2023 - 13:40
‘Disappointing’ vaccine uptake to put pressure on hospitals, Health Service Executive forecasts HSE expressed alarm that just 11.5 per cent of HSE staff have Covid-19 booster and 24.3 per cent the flu vaccineTue Nov 21 2023 - 00:01
A quiet revolution in treating small children with serious heart diseaseChildren from the North account for up to 20 per cent of heart interventions performed in Crumlin’s children’s hospital in DublinSun Nov 19 2023 - 06:00
Hiqa publishes terms of reference of Temple Street reviewInterim findings into the use of unauthorised springs in operations will be made by end of year, watchdog saysFri Nov 17 2023 - 12:45
Antibiotic use in Irish health service rising despite European aim to lower consumptionState has had success in cutting number of superbug infections, according to disease watchdogFri Nov 17 2023 - 11:26
Hospitals seek to charge patients due for discharge who refuse to take up offers of long-term careOn Tuesday, 160 patients approved for long-term care had their discharge from hospital delayedTue Nov 14 2023 - 19:54
Health service not underfunded, head of Department of Public Expenditure tells TDsDavid Moloney defends Budget 2024 allocation to health against HSE claims it is ‘inadequate’Tue Nov 14 2023 - 18:13
RSV immunisation recommended for infants and older people as case numbers riseICUs in children’s hospitals under pressure with more than 400 cases of virus reported in first week of NovemberMon Nov 13 2023 - 13:19
Temple Street managers gave warning about surgeon’s competence a year before serious incidentsReport asked Children’s Health Ireland to address issues at Temple Street that posed ‘real risk to patient safety and staff’Mon Nov 13 2023 - 05:00
CHI chief’s summary of problems at Temple Street fails to answer the question whyA central question is, did children’s spinal surgeries scandal result from actions of one consultant or were there wider factors at play?Mon Nov 13 2023 - 05:00
More than 1,000 hospital consultants sign up for new public-only contractOne in every four consultants in health service now on contract, Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly saysSun Nov 12 2023 - 12:09
Unions criticised HSE decision to widen recruitment embargo to most staff categories‘Neither affordable or sustainable’ to exceed target, warns HSE chief executive Bernard GlosterFri Nov 10 2023 - 13:05
Ireland warned to prepare for spread of mosquito-borne diseasesEuropean Centre for Disease Control says tropical diseases are now endemic across the ContinentWed Nov 08 2023 - 20:01
Outcomes in smaller ICUs just as good as in larger units, report findsThree-quarters of patients admitted to intensive care in 2021 survivedWed Nov 08 2023 - 06:00
Ireland ranks worst for digital health policies in developed world, says reportOECD report compares key indicators for people’s health and their health systems across the 38 member countriesTue Nov 07 2023 - 10:41
