HSE has said new hubs, designed to reduce waiting times in acute hospitals, were for public patients only

State agency suggests stricter age verification for online porn, similar to a law enacted in the UK in 2025

State’s busiest maternity hospital backed down in dispute over private care

Former basketball coach and serial child sex abuser was given ‘favourable treatment’ when crimes came to light

Serious dereliction of duty by senior Garda officers when they learned Kenneally sexually abused a boy in the late 1980s, report finds

Health board also criticised for failing to follow through on abuse complaints by teenage boy in timely manner

Maternity hospital’s board to ‘bring its arrangements into line with Government policy’

Domestic Violence (Judgments) Register Bill 2026 to be known as Jennie’s law in honour of murdered Jennifer Poole

Issue of politicians allegedly using AI was raised at the Dáil business committee last month

Carney will make trip to Co Mayo to see grandparents’ home place

Minister of State Robert Troy says there must be ‘consequences’ if public contracts not implemented

Hospital refuses to back down on decision allowing public-only consultants to offer private care on-site

Doctors and midwives are concerned about a ‘notable rise’ in medically unassisted home births in the State. Do expectant mothers know the risks?

Lack of medical supervision can put women and babies at risk of life-threatening complications, new policy paper states

Dublin hospital picks public fight with HSE and Minister for Health with threat looming of State funding being withdrawn