Stephen Donnelly

Display of information on dangers of drinking will be required from 2026

Universal healthcare is ‘within the grasp’ of the State for the first time, says Minister

Families urged to talk about organ donation as 60th anniversary of first Irish transplant marked

Flaw in Minister for Health’s thinking is to believe the system can be improved without comprehensive reform or upsetting vested interests

More than 2,000 children have been waiting for orthodontic treatment for over four years

Minister for Health says it is time to ‘get behind the curtain’ of how tech firms operate to be better able to protect children and adolescents

In other health services, accommodation is often available for hospital staff, especially for new arrivals

Survey shows more than half of patients waiting in excess of three months for specialist dental care

Move signals mpox crisis, spread through direct contact with body fluids and causes pus-filled skin lesions, has come under control

Minister for Health suggested funding could be available from capital health budget but it would be for the HSE to work with hospitals and take the lead

British ambassador among guests at Classiebawn Castle to mark links with Mullaghmore

Minister Stephen Donnelly told INMO conference that hospitals have been bringing proposals to department

At the INMO conference in Killarney, some student nurses see moving abroad as inevitable

Survey of INMO intern members published on Thursday found 73 per cent were considering emigrating after they qualified

Decision to schedule emergency motion for Thursday at union conference taken before Minister for Health unveiled €25 million package

Michael McGrath and Paschal Donohoe have warned ministers there cannot be a budget free-for-all. They will have their work cut out

Average of 567 days from time drug authorised by European Medicines Agency to being made available to patients

Advocates say surrogates should be able to get money for maternity clothes, medication, dietary expenses and loss of earnings during pregnancy

Peadar Tóibín wrote to chairman that Minister be invited to give evidence on ‘glaring discrepancies’

Varadkar says no decisions made on abortion law review proposals but FG TDs will have ‘free vote’ on any changes

Cabinet Ministers are split on proposals to change Ireland’s abortion law with Green Party Ministers backing removal of three-day waiting period to access termination medication

IMO signals ‘capacity crisis’ contributing to more deaths because patients being treated in overcrowded hospitals

Some ministers anxious about widespread changes recommended by independent review

Site in Patrickswell was sold by council to Mr Collins’s wife, Dr Eimear O’Connor

It’s a common disease, and pain is the main symptom. Making codeine painkillers prescription only will exacerbate the problem

Judge commended ‘significant achievement’ of Kathy and Brian Egan in creating momentum in area

Recommendations for widespread changes by report chair expected to reignite debate on abortion provision in Ireland

Oireachtas committee members were ‘shocked’ after a fractious session with Department of Health secretary general Robert Watt

Huge increases in health budget ‘can only go on for so long’, says Varadkar

Stephen Donnelly tells Dáil findings of review into system will be presented to Government ‘very soon’

Further scrutiny of Dr Tony Holohan’s botched secondment expected

Watt never intended to come across as dismissive, cocky, combative and arrogant at the Oireachtas finance committee but unfortunately for him he did

About €208m paid to 142,000 staff but small number still to receive payment, says Minister

Department of Health secretary general disputed many key findings of report into botched secondment of former chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan to TCD

Account given by Deirdre Gillane in report about secondment controversy was ‘correct’ version of events, says Minister for Health

Support group critical of ‘real lack of clarity’ on plans for State funding of treatment

Report into proposed secondment does not contain any adverse findings against former chief medical officer but identifies issues with structure of process

Medicine is a 'female-dominated profession in a system designed for single, unattached males,’ IMO conference told

‘Without funding a proper free-for-all health service there’s no point in giving more doctor visit cards’, say GPs at IMO conference

Addressing IMO conference in Killarney, Donnelly pushes back against doctors’ reservations on free GP care and new consultant contract