CervicalCheck campaigner to focus on her health and familyVicky Phelan is to pull back from campaigning after prolonged stay in hospitalWed Feb 20 2019 - 19:07
National Maternity Hospital moves to assure women over its IT systemsHospital says an audit trail is created so any abortion data breach could be tracedWed Feb 20 2019 - 00:44
Health professionals will have to declare overseas convictionsInquiries in other jurisdictions to be admissible in fitness-to-practise cases – new BillWed Feb 20 2019 - 00:44
Cervical cancer ‘could be eliminated in Ireland’Lancet study: Increasing vaccinations and HPV testing could prevent almost 2,500 casesWed Feb 20 2019 - 00:05
Fatal foetal cases still being forced abroad for abortions, Dáil toldRuth Coppinger says woman carrying baby with Edwards Syndrome treated like a ‘leper’Tue Feb 19 2019 - 18:21
Increasing numbers adding to pressure at University Hospital LimerickINMO: 512 patients on trolleys or wards waiting for a bed nationally on TuesdayTue Feb 19 2019 - 17:59
Abortion regime criticised as being available only to ‘a select few’Pro-choice groups write open letter expressing fear that people are being left behindTue Feb 19 2019 - 00:54
Children's hospital overrun would have happened regardless – reportSame costs would have arisen even without Bam as contractor, review claimsTue Feb 19 2019 - 00:46
HSE seeks labs to carry out 130,000 cervical screening testsMassive backlog means women have to wait up to 27 weeks for resultsMon Feb 18 2019 - 02:30
Health worker claims hospital discriminates against non-ChristiansMater’s mission policy urges staff to take part in ‘the healing ministry of Christ’Mon Feb 18 2019 - 01:30
Bam gave Varadkar 2¼-hour ultimatum to clarify ‘lowballing’ remarkHospital contractor’s letter and tight deadline understood to have irked GovernmentMon Feb 18 2019 - 01:00
The return of mumps: Why has the disease gained a hold in Ireland?Current outbreaks of mumps and measles may be partially due to vaccination controversiesSat Feb 16 2019 - 06:00
More than 523,000 patients wait for appointmentsTrolley crisis and nurses’ strike lead to big increase in inpatient and outpatient delaysFri Feb 15 2019 - 17:37
Dispute over pharmacy dispensing fees settled in courtHSE had claimed Hickeys pharmacy group was overcharging for feesFri Feb 15 2019 - 16:12
Irish Cancer Society on track to spend €30m on research in a decadeCharity says more than €2.3m will be invested in 100 researchers across State this yearFri Feb 15 2019 - 15:11
Hurlers warned against adapting helmets after player injuredPiercing of club player’s hand with metal bar from opponent’s helmet triggers safety alertFri Feb 15 2019 - 02:00
Almost two-thirds of people who suffered psychosis were in remission 20 years laterStudy finds long-term outcomes for psychosis may be better than previously thoughtThu Feb 14 2019 - 21:00
Flu rates fall slightly after 34 deaths, HSE saysMost of the deaths reported this winter have been among those aged 65 and olderThu Feb 14 2019 - 19:47
Opposition blames Government’s ‘disastrous’ decision for smear test backlogIntroduction of HPV test delayed as more than 80,000 women wait for resultsThu Feb 14 2019 - 00:16
INMO executive council recommends acceptance of nursing pay dealBallot result of 40,000 nurses will be known on March 28thWed Feb 13 2019 - 18:30
Introduction of new cervical cancer test ‘held up by backlog’HPV testing unlikely to be introduced this year, HSE officials tell Oireachtas committeeWed Feb 13 2019 - 14:05
Hospitals to get back to normal after light attendances on TuesdayPatients with procedures cancelled over strike may wait days for rescheduled datesTue Feb 12 2019 - 20:52
Children’s hospital: cost grows as McDonald’s refused naming rightsFamily accommodation block likely to be downsized as State faces extra €10m-plus billTue Feb 12 2019 - 01:00
Hospital services may be disrupted on Tuesday – HSECancellation of three days of strike action comes after Labour Court issues proposalsMon Feb 11 2019 - 21:01
Nurses’ strike called off as Labour Court proposes enhanced pay scaleA move to enhanced scale involves a salary increase of €2,439 for some nursesMon Feb 11 2019 - 20:23
Strong support for nurses among those affected by strike‘I have seen first-hand their care and kindness and incredible hard work’Mon Feb 11 2019 - 18:21
Siting children’s hospital at St James’s adds up to 5% to cost, study findsConstruction inflation on brownfield city-centre sites higher than on greenfield sitesSat Feb 09 2019 - 06:00
Prescription medicines fitted with anti-tampering devicesPharmacies must check medicine authenticity before dispensing as part of directiveFri Feb 08 2019 - 14:56
CervicalCheck: Scally criticises ‘toxic mix’ of politicians, lawyers and mediaIn hard-hitting speech Dr Gabriel Scally says controversy created ‘fevered atmosphere’Fri Feb 08 2019 - 01:45
Cardiac and cancer surgeries cancelled due to nurses’ strikeThousands of operations planned for non-strike days have also been cancelledThu Feb 07 2019 - 19:30
Careless spending on health could bankrupt State, HSE chair warnsCiarán Devane says priority for spending has to shift away from hospitals to communityThu Feb 07 2019 - 19:14
Children’s hospital row: Minister to outline capital plan changes caused by overrunsConcerns raised at Fine Gael parliamentary party meeting at overspend on the new hospitalThu Feb 07 2019 - 06:40
Harris says €1.4bn cost of children’s hospital ‘reasonable’Minister questioned about rising price of project as cost overruns come under scrutinyWed Feb 06 2019 - 18:50
Large numbers of patients dying unnecessarily, says reportDelays, interruptions and lack of services in trauma care causing deaths, research findsWed Feb 06 2019 - 00:01
The Coombe begins abortion services for women in catchment areaReferrals only being accepted from Kildare, west Wicklow and parts of DublinTue Feb 05 2019 - 20:40
Timeline of national children’s hospital developmentFrom first proposal in 1993 to present day controversy over escalating costsTue Feb 05 2019 - 10:57
Public expenditure official not required to report on spiralling costsHospital board member Paul Quinn appointed in personal capacity, Harris saysTue Feb 05 2019 - 01:00
Calls for PwC to expand review on location of children’s hospitalNational children’s hospital switched from Coombe to St James’s campusTue Feb 05 2019 - 01:00
Legal experts cast doubt over ‘naming and shaming’ in hospital overrunsPersonal culpability would slow PwC inquiry into national children’s hospital – barristerTue Feb 05 2019 - 01:00
Emergency unit doctors warn of patient risks amid nurses’ strikeVaradkar says Government does not intend to withhold payments due to nurses under public sector pay agreementsMon Feb 04 2019 - 02:00
Individuals may be held accountable over cost of children's hospitalTaoiseach yields to concerns around oversight layers and acceptance of responsibilityMon Feb 04 2019 - 01:00
Most women in cervical screening controversy disease freeOf the 221 women affected, some 178 have no evidence of disease, HSE report findsSun Feb 03 2019 - 20:49
Nurses strike: Taoiseach rejects call for review of pay claimAlmost 40,000 members of the nurses union plan to strike on Tuesday and ThursdaySun Feb 03 2019 - 16:12
Children’s hospital review changed to allow individual accountabilityTaoiseach says public right to be angry over cost but ‘no one will regret it when it’s built’Sun Feb 03 2019 - 14:15
What lies behind the children’s hospital’s ballooning budget?The cost of the national children’s hospital is now €1.433bn. Here’s whySat Feb 02 2019 - 06:00
Former nurse sets-up Ireland’s first ‘truly mobile’ X-ray service‘If we can send men to the moon why can’t we take an X-ray machine to the nursing home’Fri Feb 01 2019 - 06:01
Nurses’ initial one-day strike gets widespread backingProminent doctors line up to support fellow health professionals but wary note also soundedThu Jan 31 2019 - 01:00
No evidence that breakfast is most important meal of the day, says reviewSkipping breakfast does not automatically result in weight gain, according to new findingsThu Jan 31 2019 - 00:03
HSE warns of more disruption to services after nurses’ strike dayINMO reject Government claims that meeting demands will cost €300 millionWed Jan 30 2019 - 16:46
Patients stockpiling drugs over Brexit fears, committee hearsDeparture of UK from EU may result in ‘rationalisation’ of Irish medicine suppliesWed Jan 30 2019 - 13:39
