HSE paid one firm €54m over 27 months for services to tackle waiting lists in public hospitals
Three firms involved in insourcing received more than €70m in total, new HSE report shows
David Cullinane
Saturday outpatient appointments at Crumlin hospital surge by 240%
Concerns raised about overreliance on appointments paid for by National Treatment Purchase Fund
Hospital endoscopy procedures are increasingly being done at weekends
Health service trying to accommodate more patients outside traditional weekday hours
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill in the spotlight as health controversies intensify
Fears rolling issues involving children’s hospital services and others could dominate the political agenda over the summer
‘A load of bull’ that Sinn Féin is on the side of working people, Tánaiste says
Simon Harris claims Sinn Féin is the ‘wealthiest party’ and property owner in the Dáil
Fund set up by Micheál Martin 20 years ago to cut hospital waiting lists under fresh scrutiny
Questions raised over governance and transparency of waiting list initiatives after hospital controversies
Oireachtas health committee must hear from HSE on Portiuncula maternity services, says Opposition
‘Questions need to be asked now about what exactly is going on here,’ says Labour health spokesperson as 10 reviews ongoing
There is no ‘right’ to subvert women’s freedom to have their own events and spaces
UK ruling on meaning of ‘woman’ is reassuring for those alarmed by claims that gender is, somehow, entirely separate from sex and is a social, psychological construct
Sinn Féin health spokesman David Cullinane backtracks on comments welcoming UK ruling defining the term ‘woman’
Politician deletes social media post hailing landmark United Kingdom ruling
Why is Irish social media star Garron Noone at the heart of a controversy on immigration?
Tiktok personality is known for more light-hearted online content
Waterford constituency candidates list: Fine Gael will be gunning to retake a seat here
Election 2024: Sinn Féin has chance at second seat in home of one of its highest vote-getters David Cullinane
Sinn Féin seeks distance from scandal - and the solution is policy, policy, policy
David Cullinane’s health policy runs to 120 pages with big reform promises and a proposed €4.4 billion increase in budget
Sinn Féin proposing free prescriptions for all if elected to Government
Election 2024: Sinn Féin to launch new healthcare policy as it fights to regain momentum
Dáil votes by 76 to 53 to accept assisted dying report after Coalition parties allow free vote
Motion says that House will takes note of document which made 38 recommendations as some TDs oppose legislation
HSE awarded €500m worth of tenders to external companies in past eight years, figures show
Consultancy firm Ernst and Young was paid a total of €33.5m by health service in 2023 for orders over €100,000
Minimum smoking age to rise to 21 in new Bill as Opposition warns more action needed on vaping
Minister says legislation is ‘end-game measure, signalling beginning of the end of tobacco in our country’
What is behind the decline in support for Sinn Féin?
The party soared on opposition to Government policy on housing but it faces a huge challenge in its positioning on immigration
‘Major vulnerabilities’ in Temple Street neonatal critical care, doctors warn management
Dublin hospital is ‘failing to meet the specific needs’ of newborns requiring intensive care, doctors say
Sinn Féin TD says he does not think any republican ‘shed a tear’ at death of garda-killer McAuley
David Cullinane agrees with Garda Commissioner that draping of flag on McAuley’s coffin was ‘outrageous’
Number of people waiting for disability services has risen sharply since 2019
HSE acknowledged ‘significant unmet need’, with Sinn Féin calling for ‘massive’ funding increase
Public cancer patients being offered treatment that is second best to one in private system, conference hears
Minister for Health tells medicines industry conference he has sanctioned 34 new hires to speed up vetting process for new treatments
Patients waiting over two years for access to EU- approved medicines
Irish approvals process delays mean public patients forced to wait for new therapies already available to private patients
‘Up to 2,000’ children born through surrogacy awaiting formal recognition of parentage
Retrospective recognition the most significant part of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill, says Donnelly
Catherine Martin willing to give statements to Dáil on recent RTÉ developments
The Minister for Media will also appear before the Oireachtas Media Committee on Tuesday
Stephen Donnelly casts doubt on National Children’s Hospital completion date
Minister for Health also suggested ‘supplementary budget’ could be needed by the health service this year
Miriam Lord’s political awards for 2023
Gongs go to Timmy Dooley, Mary Robinson, Seán Ó Fearghaíl, Louise O’Reilly, Thomas Pringle, Michael Collins, Mary Lou McDonald and Helen McEntee, but will they be thrilled?
How Sinn Féin is pivoting as it anticipates power in the Republic
State’s main opposition party - consistently topping opinion polls - is tinkering with its stances on tax and foreign policy as it seeks to present itself as a party of Government
No way of recording ‘warnings’ issued to protesters outside abortion clinics, Committee told
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly says it would not be appropriate for him to be involved in regulating Garda operational matters
‘Savings and efficiencies’ needed in health budget, senior officials acknowledge
Robert Watt, secretary general of the Department of Health, says productivity gains are needed in health service
Drip-feeding funding: The politics of not budgeting for runaway health spending
Tensions have bubbled up inside - and outside - Government and among senior civil servants in the fallout from a new budget that did not budget for massive health spending overruns
Stephen Donnelly promises ‘in-depth report’ on future costs of healthcare after budget row
HSE chief said last week the health allocation was ‘not adequate for all current costs’
No plans to reopen health service budget allocations, says Donohoe
Budget allocation will have ‘catastrophic implications’ for patients and those who work on the front line of health service, says Sinn Féin
Gerry Adams at 75: What role now for Sinn Féin’s former president?
A ‘man about the parish’ or ‘extremely active’ - party members weigh up the part currently played by the former politician
We ‘will in our arse’ have an Irish NHS
An ‘Irish NHS’ is an oft-repeated pledge from Sinn Féin. But is it a threat or a promise?
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