Taoiseach attends two summits as tensions over Ukraine and Gaza escalate
Opposition will be keenly watching outcome of Brussels meeting to respond to any new defence commitments
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Advertising zero-alcohol drinks ‘flagrant breach’ of laws, campaign group claims
Restrictions should apply to alcohol-free versions of drinks at sports events and near schools, Alcohol Action Ireland says
Vulnerable woman at risk of ‘actual harm’ in hospital transferred to nursing home against wishes
Family complain nursing home is 50km away but judge says it is the only one that can meet her ‘extensive’ care needs
WRC talks aimed at resolving S39 dispute adjourned until Friday
Unions say progress made on a number of issues but some obstacles to deal remain
HSE criticised by Department of Health for ‘rationing’ home support hours
Patients must have access to the care they need, health service chief executive told
Pay rises of over €1,000 for civil and public servants to kick in from Saturday
Increases are part of public sector pay deal hammered out between government and unions last year
Property group PHP pays €22m for Laya health and wellbeing clinic in Cork
London-listed Primary Healthcare Properties hopes to double its portfolio of health centre buildings in the State
Eating disorders: ‘I wouldn’t speak to my worst enemy the way I talked to myself’
Bulimia, anorexia and other such disorders affect almost 190,000 people in Ireland, but help is available
Irish debate on access to next-generation medicines is missing key data
Industry and Government keep urging each other to do more but neither is moving to fill in the gaps
Drug reimbursement system no longer fit for purpose, former HSE boss says
Government will need to reform how it assesses which drugs to fund if it is to meet Programme for Government commitments, Ipha conference hears
HSE Health App: How does it work and is it any good?
Perhaps of most interest is not what’s there now, but what’s coming later
HSE launches app for patients to ‘manage care’ online
Health App is among first initiatives of Digital for Care framework
Regulator sought for artificial intelligence in health sector
Citizens’ jury puts emphasis on keeping people at the heart of healthcare
Lack of mental health services among key factors driving rates of prescriptions to deal with psychological conditions
Medical Council concerned at overprescribing of highly addictive medicines such as benzodiazepines
Bird flu: Almost 16,000 birds to be slaughtered after second outbreak in Tyrone
Temporary control zones have been established and all poultry at site will be ‘humanely culled’
‘This is a disaster waiting to happen, and it will happen’: Ireland’s falling child vaccine rates
While most children in the State continue to receive vaccines, there has been significant slip in uptake since 2020. This has consequences for us all, warn medical experts
‘We never got to say goodbye to him’: family seek answers years after Naas hospital ambulance fire
Christy Byrne died in 2016 when an oxygen cylinder inside the ambulance ignited and engulfed the vehicle in flames – now his family want to know why a prosecution case against the HSE was dropped
Multi-agency protocol to speed up rape, murder cases involving children launched by Minister for Justice
Provisions include right of child defendant to youth justice worker to support them and explain every stage of court proceedings
No unilateral roster changes for thousands of HSE staff, say unions
Senior Minister earlier said Government ‘expects and insists’ that HSE should work within agreements
Trolley crisis: Health chief concerned by ‘continued congestion’ at five key hospital sites
Cork, Galway, Limerick, St James’s and St Vincent’s accounted for 44% of people waiting for beds, noted top civil servant
Tens of thousands of health staff appointed since 2008 can have rosters changed, says HSE chief
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Hundreds of children waiting more than a year to access mental health services
Social Democrats TD Aidan Farrelly describes latest update from HSE as ‘infuriating’
Judge approves €37,500 settlement for child burned after heel-prick test
Court hears boy’s mother was not happy with the HSE’s settlement offer
‘We were left on our own’: First-time mothers hit by shortage of public health nurses
Parents angry over lack of safety net providing vital checks in early years of their baby’s life
Number of Irish people who regard themselves as healthy is highest in EU
However, separate report finds Ireland had the second highest rate of new cancer diagnoses among EU countries in 2022
‘It’s so deeply unfair’: Lankum singer Radie Peat on the lack of supports for her autistic daughter
‘You ask yourself, will she ever say mama’ - singer and Lankum musician told she must wait until July 2028 for services
Infrastructure issues cannot explain trolley figures when numbers jump after weekends - Minister for Health
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill says aim as Minister for Health is to get waiting times down to three months
Wars are fuelling antibiotic-resistant infections, threatening global health crisis
Governments, pharmaceutical companies and international organisations must co-ordinate a response before it’s too late
Bird flu: Poultry must be kept indoors from next Monday amid an ‘increased risk’
Measures set to escalate after bird flu detected in five wild birds in last two months
Insurers will not cover obesity drugs that will cost users €2,500-plus a year
Patients looking to access Eli Lilly’s Mounjaro from next week will have to pay privately
Properties remain derelict after collapse of social housing deals with McVerry trust
Derelict and vacant sites left 'languishing' following withdrawal of trust from construction schemes
Mpox: how big is the risk to Ireland now that the type of most concern has been recorded here?
Q&A: Irish health officials have been preparing for a potential rise of cases in the State since August
Mpox: Ireland’s first case of new strain detected
HSE says risk to public ‘remains low’, with individual receiving specialist care in east of country
Medical supplies firm accused of attempt to hold HSE to ransom
Court hears of alleged demand for over €140,000 to ‘maintain integrity’ of patient data in company’s possession
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