The Irish Times

Galway nursing home sees 26 out of 28 residents test positive for Covid-19

One nurse and one carer working 13-hour shifts looking after 24 residents, says director

Thu Oct 22 2020 - 17:26

John Perry aims for Sligo-Leitrim comeback after 2015 row

Former TD took legal action against FG over convention selection process last time round

Mon Jul 16 2018 - 01:00

Frank Feighan ‘vindicated’ as new €5.5m unit opens at Roscommon hospital

‘I do not think enough people were willing to stand up and be counted,’ says former TD

Wed Sept 07 2016 - 14:07

Interview: Frank Feighan reborn in political and personal life

Former Roscommon TD and new Senator subjected to five years of ‘hatred and vilification’

Sun Jun 05 2016 - 11:39

Defeated TDs count the cost of rejection by voters

Anne Ferris talks of blow to self-confidence as she joins the unemployed

Thu Apr 14 2016 - 01:00

Man who saved for Roscommon wants to save Roscommon

Former goalkeeper Shane Curran is in with a chance of winning a seat for Fianna Fáil

Mon Feb 22 2016 - 18:05

People to watch in 2016: Politics

With a general election looming, a new cohort of politicians are hoping for success in 2016. Harry McGee points to five expected do well at the ballot boxes

Sat Jan 09 2016 - 01:00

Reopening Roscommon A&E ‘pie in the sky’, says consultant

Dr Liam McMullen apologises to FG TD who was ‘politically destroyed’ over closure

Wed Dec 23 2015 - 01:00

Galway hospital staff say people collapsing in waiting room

Management plan for new building “rebuffed” , Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin says

Fri Dec 04 2015 - 01:00

Stephen Collins: Kelleher puts cat amongst post election pigeons

If the Coalition fails to hit the 70-seat mark the situation could get very messy

Sat Nov 21 2015 - 03:38

Fine Gael TD receives ‘sinister’ death threat

Handwritten letter sent to Frank Feighan says ‘I know the time you leave the house’

Mon Jul 27 2015 - 17:46

Frank Feighan decides not to contest Roscommon-Galway at general election

Fine Gael TD announces he will stand aside from tough race in best interests of his party

Mon Jul 13 2015 - 20:40

Kenny ‘concerned’ at hospital recalls after X-ray errors

Mistakes found in work of locum radiologists employed by HSE

Thu Apr 30 2015 - 16:27

Savita Halappanavar ward to get bereavement room

University Hospital Galway welcomes grant for women experiencing loss in pregnancy

Thu Jan 15 2015 - 20:50

Two killed in separate crashes in Roscommon and Limerick

Man (19) dies as car hits wall in Four Mile House; pedestrian (82) struck in Croom

Mon Nov 17 2014 - 08:43

Roscommon Hospital adjusting to a new working model

But any prospect of emergency department reopening fading into the distance

Tue Nov 04 2014 - 01:00

Complaint to gardaí over Feighan role in Roscommon scuffle

Byelection candidate John McDermott says he had no option other than to make statement

Sat Sept 27 2014 - 16:20

Maura Hopkins selected as Fine Gael byelection candidate

Ballaghaderreen occupational therapist will run in Roscommon-South Leitrim

Wed Sept 03 2014 - 13:08

Fianna Fail could make comeback in Roscommon-South Leitrim byelection

FF first to nominate candidate for anticipated autumn poll

Mon Aug 04 2014 - 01:04

Labour Senator may not go for election unless Roscommon A&E opened

John Kelly wants ‘feasibility’ of reopening accident and emergency service considered

Tue Jul 29 2014 - 01:00

Byelections expected to be held in late September

Appointment of Phil Hogan as European Commissioner would create a third vacancy

Tue Jul 08 2014 - 01:06

Review of governance structures at University Hospital Galway under way in wake of Savita’s death

Report says recommendations being addressed including early warning score system across hospital

Mon Mar 24 2014 - 01:00

FG rebels register with commission as a ‘third party’

Reform Alliance not registering as political party, says Creighton

Mon Dec 30 2013 - 12:18

Martin invokes Yeats in attack over health insurance costs

Fianna Fáil leader says Coalition making life unbearable for hard-pressed families

Thu Nov 14 2013 - 01:00

TD wants school attendance payments to replace child benefit

Independent TD Denis Naughten has claimed that more than €100 million could be saved annually by replacing child benefit payments with school attendance payments.

Sat Aug 24 2013 - 01:45

An ambitious plan but will it work?

Organising hospitals into groups makes sense but will only work if the health service pulls together

Wed May 15 2013 - 02:00