Highest dosage MDMA ever seen in Ireland identified at Electric Picnic – The Irish Times
An MDMA tablet containing 312mg of the drug – the highest dosage ever seen in Ireland – was…
Two-thirds of public hospitals have unsafe bed-occupancy levels in first half of 2025 – The Irish Times
More than two-thirds of public hospitals were operating at unsafe levels of bed occupancy in the first six…
Wexford father on lack of mental health services in county – ‘It has been a battle from day one’
The Dublin-based EU think tank Eurofound, have found that suicide is the leading cause of death for young…
Older people facing ‘critical unmet need’ levels of illness, admits HSE
The HSE has admitted there are a huge amount of potentially dangerous illnesses in older people that are…
Parents in Waterford urged to get babies protected as RSV immunisation clinics open
Parents across Waterford are being urged to avail of the HSE’s free RSV immunisation programme as clinics get…
‘It remains upsetting they can’t tell us why David died’ – family of man found dead in hospital seclusion room
Inquest for David Duncan hears contested allegations that staff left their posts to attend a breakfast function David…
National Orthopaedic Hospital staff seek boycott of Israeli company’s medicines – The Irish Times
More than 100 staff members at the National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh have rowed in behind a proposed boycott…
Cork clinic has 93 women awaiting treatment for chronic endometriosis
Almost 100 women are on the waiting list for endometriosis treatment in Cork, with up to five waiting…
HSE app reaches over 100,000 downloads but move to national digital records some way off
Over 100,000 people have now downloaded the HSE app and, from later this month, users will be able…
Suzanne Crowe: Lack of proper IT system is a data protection risk for HSE
Medical staff are entrusted with patients’ sensitive personal information and both paper and digital records must be kept…
Health officials want to know what screening services the public want to access
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HSE launch project in Cork to provide take-home medicine packs that reverse opioid overdoses
The HSE has launched a potentially life-saving new programme in Cork to provide naloxone, a medicine that can…