Exhibition gives value to the work women do‘Still We Work’ exhibition examines the seen and unseen contribution of women to all levels of societyThu Oct 17 2013 - 22:19
Maternity benefit: young mothers an ‘easy target’Calls for gender-proofing of future budgetsWed Oct 16 2013 - 22:13
Maternity benefit cut ‘anti-woman’ and ‘anti-family’Women’s Council says cuts to benefits for older people to disproportionately affect womenTue Oct 15 2013 - 18:09
Dublin Simon Community’s van stolenPublic warned against people pretending to collect for the homelessness charityTue Oct 15 2013 - 15:02
Failures ‘cannot be explained away’ by poor staffing levels‘No staffing issue can explain away the lack of basic clinical care that took place’ for SavitaFri Oct 11 2013 - 07:24
One in three young women feel unable to tell GP ‘sensitive’ health concernsNational campaign to empower young women on thier own well-beingFri Oct 11 2013 - 01:13
Rotunda master raises concerns over whether report will be acted on‘The HSE is a very big organisation; who is responsible for carrying this out, when will it be done by and where is the accountability?’Fri Oct 11 2013 - 01:00
Patient safety to become top priority for management across health systemMaternity services strategy to be developed ‘with urgency’ Minister vowsThu Oct 10 2013 - 01:00
Praveen Halappanavar ‘satisfied’ Hiqa report vindicates his account of eventsSolicitor calls on Minister for Health to apologise and to meet with his clientThu Oct 10 2013 - 01:00
A year since the death of Savita HalappanavarHiqa report finds failure to provide the most basic element of patient care and failure to recognise and act upon signs of clinical diagnosisWed Oct 09 2013 - 15:36
Almost 40% of sexual violence against children ‘by under-18s’Age at which abuse starts has impact on type of abuse and length of time it lastsWed Oct 09 2013 - 07:47
Over-tired junior doctors ‘inevitably’ make mistakes during shifts, says registrarVoices from the picketlineWed Oct 09 2013 - 01:00
Referendum on Court of Appeal comfortably passedNew court is intended to clear backlog and confine Supreme Court to constitutional issuesSat Oct 05 2013 - 18:58
Mater ‘won’t be performing abortions’, religious board member stressesResignation of Fr Kevin Doran from Mater Hospital a ‘great loss’, says colleagueThu Oct 03 2013 - 07:31
Injury Board records increases in claims and awardsHighest proportion of personal claims from Limerick, Longford and DublinWed Oct 02 2013 - 01:01
Mater hospital to comply with legislationHospital says it has carefully considered Protection of Life During Pregnancy ActWed Sept 25 2013 - 22:18
Haddington Road cuts to apply to charitiesGrants to non-statutory agencies to be cutWed Sept 25 2013 - 01:00
Dublin Simon chief says homelessness policy now ‘in the worst of times’Number of rough-sleepers in Dublin up 88% compared with same period last yearWed Sept 25 2013 - 01:00
A ‘pseudo national holiday’, says MinisterAlex White describes Arthur’s Day as ‘contrived’Mon Sept 23 2013 - 22:25
Borg serves Fine Gael notice of his displeasureImage of former tennis star used in party’s Seanad abolition campaign without consentSat Sept 21 2013 - 13:13
Social worker panels to ensure child protection work carried out safelyEstimated annual cost of panels €3.2 millionSat Sept 21 2013 - 01:01
Anti-bullying plan for schools by EasterFor the first time, every school must have a policy to deal with cyber-bullyingSat Sept 14 2013 - 00:53
Schools will be forced to tackle bullyingPlans to be published by Minister for Education todayFri Sept 13 2013 - 12:43
Arts must be supported through economic crisis - TaoiseachOver €3m in bursaries given to emerging artists over past three yearsThu Sept 12 2013 - 20:34
Defence Forces honoured in new stampsFour-stamp set depicts Army, Naval Service, Air Corps and Reserve Defence ForceThu Sept 12 2013 - 08:32
Greater oversight on HSE mental health spending sought by TDHarris says ‘not good enough’ that ring-fenced money spent elsewhereWed Sept 11 2013 - 21:07
Horses at risk of death because club cannot get insuranceClondalkin Equine Club warns animals at risk of starvation and disease if project doesn’t go aheadSat Aug 31 2013 - 01:00
Gay man alleges prejudice by blood bankDonor was asked to attend meeting to answer questions about his sexual lifeSun Aug 25 2013 - 22:10
College students urged not to overpay for rented accommodationPRTB publishes market rates for rental propertiesWed Aug 21 2013 - 01:00
New service for people with excess ironFree treatment to be provided for people with hereditary haemochromatosisMon Aug 19 2013 - 15:22
Education campaigners concerned about possible cutsSignificant savings would make it almost impossible to deliver curriculum, INTO saysMon Aug 19 2013 - 01:16
Thousands march in Dublin for marriage equalityLGBT Noise group calls on Government to set referendum date during 5th annual rights eventSun Aug 18 2013 - 22:17
Options for cuts in education sector outlined in Department documentMinister for Education Ruairi Quinn to find savings of over €100m in October BudgetSun Aug 18 2013 - 20:32
Medical cannabis needed 'as soon as possible'MS Ireland says people are ‘extremely frustrated and tired’ of waiting for the legalisation of medicinal cannabisSat Aug 17 2013 - 12:09
Patients in Waterford hospital at ‘serious risk’ - HiqaHospital drawing up plan to address risks indentified during unannounced visitSat Aug 17 2013 - 01:00
‘Immediate risk’ to Waterford hospital patientsHiqa report highlights serious concerns over patient care at ‘unclean’ hospitalFri Aug 16 2013 - 14:20
Breast self-examination a waste of time, says cancer registry chief‘Little evidence’ annual prostate tests improve survival chances, says Harry ComberFri Aug 16 2013 - 08:45
GPs to be allowed prescribe medicinal cannabisGovernment to criminalise possession of certain prescription drugs such as benzodiazepines without authorisationThu Aug 15 2013 - 10:35
Irish women more likely to need Caesarean sectionsObesity and smoking linked to birth complicationsThu Aug 15 2013 - 01:00
ESRI questions mainstream schoolingLimited evidence of inclusive education systemFri Aug 09 2013 - 10:52
Dublin drug treatment centre reports ‘dramatic increase’ in steroid abuseUsers more aggressive and at significant risk of personal and psychological harmFri Aug 09 2013 - 01:00
Aggressive beggars ‘putting off’ tourists, business owners claimBegging and drug-dealing in Dublin to be raised at Lord Mayor’s policing forumFri Aug 09 2013 - 01:00
Late change could allow Mater opt out of providing abortionsDraft legislation stated no institution could refuse to provide a terminationThu Aug 08 2013 - 01:00
Mater board priest says hospital can’t carry out abortionsBoard of governors to consider position on new law versus Mater ‘ethos’Wed Aug 07 2013 - 01:00
Susi says 82,000 grant applications have been receivedDeadline extended last week after online application system crashedTue Aug 06 2013 - 17:36
Traveller housing plans to be reviewedO’Sullivan to demand ‘midterm’ reports on housing plans from local authoritiesTue Aug 06 2013 - 01:00
Big House has big ideas for better futureMotions call for more women in public life and need to recapture the ideals of 1919Mon Aug 05 2013 - 01:00
Travellers bring accommodation action to EuropeIrish Travellers are taking a class action over what they say is the State’s failure to provide them with adequate accommodationSat Aug 03 2013 - 01:00
Mr Gay Europe will use win to highlight gay health issuesMental health problems of gay men are of huge concern to winnerSat Aug 03 2013 - 01:00
