1. Health minister insists recruitment freeze won’t hit frontline staff amid €250m HSE overspend  The Journal
  2. HSE to pause some recruitment due to €250m overspend  RTE.ie
  3. Frontline hiring pause ruled out by Minister for Health intent on replacing agency staff  The Irish Times
  4. New attempt to cut HSE spending will impact patients – IMO  Irish Medical Times
  5. Wexford General Hospital’s €11.5 million spend on agency staff branded ‘a scandal’ amid cost-cutting recruitment freeze  The Irish Independent