‘This gas can have long-term impacts on children’: 130% rise in treatment for nitrous oxide abuse
Abuse of the gas can lead to permanent spinal cord and nerve damage
HSE
The Irish Times view on health spending: a politically toxic challenge
Bringing the budget back on course will require difficult decisions
Schoolgirl seeks to raise awareness of sepsis after losing her hands and feet to infection
Almost 12,000 cases of sepsis and septic shock recorded in Irish hospitals last year, with death rate standing at 21.2%
Minister for Health defends Saturday hospital unit that treated five patients in 12 weeks
Consultants helped tackle surging inpatient numbers, too, during pilot project, which was ‘not real test’ of system
Overspending health regions to be asked to slow hiring after headcount surge
Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill said there had been ‘extraordinarily high’ recruitment in the HSE
HSE doing the same thing but expecting a different outcome
Why is the definition of insanity being once again flaunted?
Moving the goalposts on citizenship rules is deeply unfair
Proposed regulations ignore contributions made by those already resident for many years
Disruption to schools and health services likely with unions to stage one-day strike
A further strike if necessary ‘is also planned’, Irish Congress of Trade Unions says, as it puts pressure on Government over new pay deal
Spending on pay being monitored amid ‘extraordinarily high’ HSE recruitment, says Minister
Government has taken measures to put brakes on outgoings following €577m deficit to the end of July
Bouncy castle play linked to largest outbreak of common superbug in Ireland
Forty-eight children and teens developed skin and soft tissue infections after an outbreak of aggressive strain of MRSA developed
Why was HSE decentralised if now regions’ spending powers are being removed?
Repeatedly reorganising management structures while restricting recruitment at the frontline is not healthcare reform
Politicians trying to influence funding of high-cost drugs is a ‘concern’, Minister says
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: TDs and Senators should be aware of need to stabilise national drug approval process
Five new lactation consultant roles remain unfilled due to HSE budget issues
Funding for breastfeeding support positions had been promised as part of Budget 2026
Hospitals face disruption as three trade unions set to start campaign of industrial action
Fórsa, Siptu and INMO have all said they will take action on September 30th
HSE spending controls have ‘not had sufficient impact’, says Minister
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill says scale of projected HSE overspend ‘cannot be explained by demand pressures alone’
‘Disruptive’ Jack Chambers talks tough on HSE overspending and budget negotiations
Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
Move to strip four HSE regions of spending powers is a dramatic Government policy shift
Regionalisation of health administration was a key Government reform but within months financial challenges began to emerge
Irish hospitals’ income ‘severely impacted’ by move to public-only contracts, notes confidential HSE report
Internal Health Service Executive paper indicates shortfall of nearly €56m
‘People come to our exercise classes with heart disease, lung disease, cancer, diabetes’
ExWell runs community-based clinical exercise programmes for people living with chronic illness
‘Community care’ is exposed as an empty concept when a carer dies
An advocacy group for ageing parents of children with disability believes we have replaced the high walls of the institutions with kilometres of distance instead
Homebirth options in underserved west of country could be created under proposals
Future model could see mandate for hospitals to have internal service with rotating community midwives
Irish women’s birth stories: ‘Women are so vulnerable when they’re pregnant’
A 10-year strategy aimed at improving maternity experiences in the State is ending. Has it worked? Women who have given birth and those behind the initiative share their views
Time for a conversation about healthcare
Sláintecare is a noble aspiration, but ignores the reality of the private healthcare system in Ireland
Laughable to refer to HSE for drug treatment
I am working with drug users waiting five months or more to access treatment
The Irish Times view on cancer outcomes: a good news story
Despite significant improvements there is still much more to be done
‘The trauma, for kids especially, is huge’: A family’s struggle to get out of homelessness
David Carroll says rising rents, cost-of-living issues and mental health difficulties are putting people under increasing pressure
People caught with drugs can be referred to health system under new scheme
New approach is part of wider plan to reduce drug-related harm and support people to access help at an earlier stage
Elderly patient in alleged abuse video is not who was originally identified, says HSE
HSE Mid West has met a second family after inquiries found disturbing footage was not filmed in University Hospital Limerick
State-backed lender asked to examine loan schemes for medical graduates and electric vehicles
Newly-qualified doctors would be expected to agree to spend set period working in State under proposal
Tusla overruled conflict of interest concerns to award firm €2.5m contract
Senior officials in the agency sounded alarm about ‘crisis’ in system for children in State care
What do Irish experts think about controversial ADHD claims?
Treatment of ADHD is associated with significant benefits in physical and mental health outcomes, says Marie Boilson of the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland
Patients can now dispose of unused and out-of-date medicines in any pharmacy
MediBack is HSE scheme designed to reduce dangers to public from unwanted medication
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