Cork University Hospital is facing €60m deficit but doctors and managers believe recruitment restrictions pose patient safety risk, although this is rejected by Minister
Jennifer Kearney raised concerns in a letter to superiors on Cork University Hospital patient safety and staffing levels
Expecting overstretched consultants to prioritise paperwork over patient care is unethical, inefficient and inappropriate
Workforce ‘exhausted and angry’ because 80 nursing posts remain unfilled, INMO officer says
Dr Patrick Morrissey of Adare Medical Centre faces 39 factual allegations by the Medical Council
Dr Connor Green was focus of reports related to care of children with scoliosis and spina bifida
Routine development checks for babies are being triaged in seven health areas, raising concerns that children are ‘being left behind’
Dr Connor Green, who was on leave for three years, resigned from Temple Street children’s hospital this year
Figures for first seven months of 2026 show issue most prominent at Dublin’s Mater and St James’s hospitals
Minister tells Dáil committee that health service will carry out new national review of charges
Boy has been missing from Tusla care for more than two weeks, and is nightly posting videos of himself breaking into cars
Overpayments to health service workers amount to about €10m a year, figures show
Employees hired via agencies can cost about 40 per cent more than directly employed staff, HSE tells PAC
All regions provided assurance private practice in public settings had ceased, HSE says
State’s approach to weight-loss medications ‘raises important matters of health policy which will require discussions’, says HSE
Coalition ‘open for negotations’ with unions, says Taoiseach, following action by more than 300,000 workers
It was claimed Martina Calpin developed sepsis after a procedure in Sligo University Hospital in 2021
More than 300,000 public sector workers are due to strike in the biggest industrial action of its kind since 2009
Ozempic and Mounjaro are not available for free on medical card or subsidised by the Drugs Payment Scheme
Autism a Chara, which previously traded as Autism Initiatives Ireland, provides specialist care and support for adults with autism
Protests are planned in advance of work stoppages that will begin in public health service next week
€15,000 income threshold for Childcare Services Tax Relief set to be increased
Existential risk remains a ‘huge leap’, experts say, but concerns are growing over AI capability
The incident is the first publicly reported breach of a government website by an AI ‘agent’
Scrapping private practice in public hospitals to cost HSE €140m
Gap between funded service levels and real cost of delivery now ‘increasingly structural’, TDs to hear
Patients wishing to pursue complaints ‘may struggle to find a clear pathway’
Analysis leads Minister for Health to criticise hospitals unable to explain ‘consistently’ poor trolley figures
Figures show a 140% increase in car parking revenue since 2021
Weekend pilot of acute medical assessment unit reports no improvement in ED patient flow
Infectious disease watchdog says a ‘substantial’ communication campaign reached ‘millions of people’
More than 11,000 countrywide on waiting lists for dental or orthodontic care
Recent HSE checks identified high-strength MDMA, copycat pills and powders containing different substances of varying strengths
Food safety watchdog says orders followed evidence of pest activity and poor hygiene
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