CUH care being ‘on par’ with other hospitals is not reassuring
The ordinary state of affairs in Irish hospitals is unsafe
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill
‘I was in extreme pain’: Women with endometriosis forced to travel abroad for treatment
HSE estimates one in seven women could be affected by the ‘difficult to diagnose’ and treat condition
‘People will die’: The secret recording, the Taoiseach and turmoil at Cork’s main hospital
A row over staffing and resources at Cork University Hospital intensified amid ‘false assertions’ of political pressure that were subsequently recanted
Ireland’s only children’s hospice LauraLynn to be fully funded by State in future
Founded in 2001, the charity supports children and families through inpatient hospice and home-based care
Grandfather offers to give up dialysis so non-verbal grandson can get speech therapy
Sinn Féin TD tells Dáil he was stopped in his tracks by email from man whose heart is broken by ‘frustrated’ three-year-old boy
Thousands of children without under-six health checks face increased risk, watchdog finds
Ombudsman makes four recommendations to Health Service Executive for improving access to developmental checks
Friction between Cork hospital and HSE region over staffing and spending goes back months
Cork University Hospital is facing €60m deficit but doctors and managers believe recruitment restrictions pose patient safety risk, although this is rejected by Minister
HSE executive instructed by Taoiseach’s office to have ‘specific conversations’ with Cork University Hospital boss
Jennifer Kearney raised concerns in a letter to superiors on Cork University Hospital patient safety and staffing levels
Minister for Health’s disregard for patient safety is terrifying
Recruitment restrictions should have every voter in the land up in arms
Doctors ask Taoiseach to intervene to secure independent assessment of CUH staffing needs
Micheál Martin also asked to hold Minister for Health to account over ‘the accuracy’ of comments about hospital
Actually, someone is to blame for the €125m in insurance claims written off by hospitals: consultants
Failure to do the necessary paperwork is the biggest reason insurance claims are not filed in time
Women weary of being ‘exported’ when medical profession unable to meet vital healthcare needs
GPs should pause to ‘reflect, review, rethink’ when woman shows same symptoms three times in 12 months
Health staff face sweeping promotion restrictions under spending controls
Staffing rules introduced by HSE to tackle potential €1bn overrun as doctors, nurses warn of significant patient risk
Tighter oversight of health service spending likely to stoke simmering tensions
Nine months into a new funding system, most health regions have autonomy on day-to-day spending revoked
Advert showing grandparents hugging grandchildren is taken down amid criticism
Dublin Rape Crisis Centre removes online video, saying it does not want ‘negativity’ to impinge on its work
No link between healthcare staff recruitment and hospital performance, says Minister
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill compares Cork to Beaumont, where fewer patients are on trolleys
Government rows back on promise to hold tribunal into scoliosis and spinal surgery scandal
Issues include unauthorised springs implanted in children, alleged waiting list irregularities and unnecessary hip surgeries
Irish doctors say UK bid to crack down on ‘cosmetic cowboys’ does not go far enough
Under new rules, procedures including ‘Brazilian butt lifts’ could only be performed by doctors
Minister for Health says onus on everyone to ensure private care bills paid by insurers
Public Accounts Committee told €125m of insurance claims written off over four years in HSE hospitals
Government wants HSE to cap hospital parking fee at €10 a day
Minister tells Dáil committee that health service will carry out new national review of charges
Construction of new National Maternity Hospital expected to begin next year
The €1.86 billion project is due for completion in 2033
Health budget no longer based on evidence, consultants’ conference told
Cork University Hospital CEO says returning to HSE ‘like stepping back in time’
Consultants’ private healthcare in public settings has ‘ceased’, HSE review finds
All regions provided assurance private practice in public settings had ceased, HSE says
Senior hospital doctors criticise Minister for Health’s ‘closed-door’ approach to engagement
Union says if ‘engagement is being systematically discouraged or prevented, that would be a matter of ‘profound concern’
First children’s hospice outside Dublin to be built in Co Mayo
Sunflower Children’s Hospice in Castlebar due to be completed in 2029
The Irish Times view on the National Drugs Strategy: incremental change
A fudge on decriminalisation brings policy a bit closer to reality on the ground
How can runaway spending in the health service be reined in?
The budget overrun in the health service could reach €1bn by the end of year, despite spending curbs being put in place
‘They were all sick of each other by then’: Inside the Government rooms where the budget was made
Fraught last-minute haggling in back rooms dominated the final days of negotiations as spending Minister Jack Chambers dug in
‘It is labour intensive but vital work’: An island-hopping GP on the west coast
Dr Noreen Curtis takes a curragh out to remote islands off the Co Mayo coast in her role as a medicine-dispensing GP
Budget 2027 continues extraordinary rise in State spending
Inside Politics: Hard to know who’ll blink first in standoff between Government and public sector unions
Half of HSE regions have ‘eaten into’ next year’s budget due to overruns, Minister says
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill said steps are being taken to prevent the overruns from reaching the billion figure
Delay of children’s hospital would ‘impose considerable additional costs’, Minister warns
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill issued warning to contractor earlier this year over continued delays
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