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%
Temple Street hospital
Boy (8) died after being seriously injured while riding ‘dangerously defective’ quad bike
Finn McGrath was airlifted to Temple Street hospital after Co Monaghan incident in August 2024, inquest hears
Palliative care: How treatment for four-year-old Eva led to her ‘living her happy life’
When palliative care was first mentioned for Eva Sanju, her mother worried that healthcare staff were giving up. It’s a common misconception
Surgeon at centre of concerns about children’s spinal surgery resigns
Departure of Dr Connor Green from Temple Street hospital comes three years after worries were flagged about surgeries he conducted
Girl (10) who died in car crash gave ‘gift of life’ to four children through organ donation
Mourners gather in Cavan to remember Nell Saffron Raven and Irena Raven Mereacre
We shouldn’t lose sight of the fact that e-scooters are a sustainable transport option
Battery-powered scooters help cut emissions by replacing car journeys and when used with public transport
Hospital doctor accidentally glued shut eyelids of child (4) while treating cut
Settlement offer of €15,000 from Children’s Health Ireland to Saoirse Feeney is approved
‘Metal work would protrude from her shoulders or back’: Girl (11) settles spinal implant case
Case involving Nellie Lannen is first to come before High Court since Children’s Health Ireland Temple Street controversy
Child has ‘lifelong and life-limiting’ disability after Parnell Square stabbing, jury told
Prosecution case concludes in trial of Riad Bouchaker, who is charged with attempted murder of three children
Parnell Square trial: Doctor on scene describes knife injuries inflicted on child
Riad Bouchaker’s defence tells trial he may have been trying to terrify but not stab
Schoolgirl (9) left with scar after fall against steel railings awarded €48,500
Court told girl had been teased by other children about the mark on her forehead and had grown a fringe to hide it
‘On the Sunday she had a temperature and then everything changed’: Losing limbs to sepsis
Dubliner Sophie Lanigan (15) developed sepsis due to a deadly bacterial infection in 2022. She and her parents talk about life after the day ‘everything changed’
‘I’m going to do medicine’: Student who left school in second year now aiming for top LC points
Kayleigh Quinn says a comment from a psychiatrist pushed her to do the Junior Cycle exams, which has now led to tackling the Leaving
On most days, father and daughter who both need kidney dialysis barely see each other
Irish Kidney Association calls for ‘urgent action’ as organ donation falls to lowest level in five years
‘I looked out and the whole glass just went’: two children injured in balcony fall in Waterford
Residents of Mount Suir apartment complex told to stay off balconies until inspection is carried out next week
Promised review of cases of children who may have had unnecessary hip surgery not yet started
Audit found 60% of procedures at Temple Street hospital did not meet the clinical criteria for surgery
Woman (40s) dead and three others seriously injured in second fatal collision in Co Meath
Driver died after car and van collided on M3
‘Blood was all over the floor’: Boy’s finger almost severed in respite centre incident, court hears
Circuit Civil Court hears staff member had accidentally closed the bathroom door firmly on the child’s digit
Medical Council urges ‘immediate’ fix to HR problems at Children’s Health Ireland
Report outlined various issues, with some staff waiting months to be paid and the wrong doctors being appointed to posts
Court approves €4m settlement for teenager paralysed from neck down after childhood fall
Roisin Tansey was 3 when she fell from the back of an armchair while playing in her Co Mayo home
‘He won’t be able to walk again’: Parents warned to avoid buying e-scooters for Christmas
Accidents involving e-scooters are biggest cause of traumatic brain injuries treated at acute national children’s hospital at Temple Street in Dublin
Teen with asthma died after waiting more than four years to see consultant, inquest hears
Coroner records medical misadventure verdict after hearing four appointments to see him were cancelled
‘It was terrifying because he was tiny’: Mother recalls infant son’s brushes with RSV
Conaill McGrath had to attend hospital three times due to the virus in the first year of his life
CHI investigates reports of surgeons contacting parents to review children they operated on
One mother recalled sense of shock after surgeon said he wanted to review his own work
Childhood cancer: ‘I had this thing in my head that, until somebody tells me, it’s not real’
When cancer is detected in any child, adolescent or young adult, there is a devastating impact on the entire family. Support can be precious
Palestinian nurses conclude intensive surgical training in Ireland
Rotation characterised as ‘key step’ in advance of spring 2026 opening of Jubilee building in West Bank baby hospital
Parents should not allow children on e-scooters
‘As clinicians involved in the care of children with traumatic brain injuries, we are writing to highlight our concerns’
Young girl seriously injured in e-bike crash in Dublin
Man released without charge following incident on Friday
Father of Harvey Morrison Sherratt says his son was ‘abandoned’ by disability services
Almost 11,000 children waiting for assessment by HSE’s children disability network teams, figures show
Cost of hiring agency staff in hospitals hit €380m last year
HSE says high spend was despite intensive recruitment efforts, but David Cullinane criticises figures as ‘completely unacceptable’
Boy (4) died of severe brain injury after choking on cocktail sausage, inquest hears
Robert Power-O’Meara’s mother recalls cooking in kitchen when he came to her ‘pointing at his throat’ in August 2022
Saturday outpatient appointments at Crumlin hospital surge by 240%
Concerns raised about overreliance on appointments paid for by National Treatment Purchase Fund
CHI chief to apologise to patients, families and public over ‘great pain inflicted’ on some in its care
Lucy Nugent and senior figures to answer questions at Oireachtas Health Committee following scandals
Revelations show appalling personal behaviour among some CHI medics
Toll on medics training under certain consultants was especially acute
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