Almost 1,000 people attended the Limerick hospital over a three-day period last week, an ‘exceptionally high level of activity for any time of the year’

Not all of those carrying out scans have level of degree stipulated in contract, says Affidea Ireland

Hiqa publishes Ireland’s first national guidance on safe use of AI in health and social care services

Hiqa identified ‘significant concerns over the quality and safety of care provided for young residents’

Causes include population growth outstripping rate of increases in provision of family doctors

The representative body for Irish GPs warns of three ‘emerging pressure points’

The maternal foetal medicine specialist who oversaw the births says it might be the first such case in Australia

Evaluation panel established in 2025 to examine Ireland’s response to pandemic is due to report in six months’ time

Initiative aimed at improving access to healthcare ended last month

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Patients report ‘litany of poor experiences’ with services

Louise Egan, the first baby born in the maternity hospital’s current premises, and her mother celebrate the Coombe’s 200th anniversary

Report finds ‘severe’ damage dealt to abused men ‘was plain and still visible even following the passage of time’

Shine was convicted of assaulting seven boys between 1971 and 1992 and served three years in prison

‘I don’t think anyone would say paracetamol is sufficient when it comes to real, genuine labour pain’