More than 50 consultants urge State to stop using Israeli medicines where ‘viable alternatives’ exist – The Irish Times
More than 50 consultants at Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) have called on the State to stop using medicines…
Suicide-prevention charity Pieta seeks to cut €3 million amid ‘unsustainable’ financial position – The Irish Times
Suicide prevention charity Pieta is to begin a restructuring programme to save €3 million after its fundraising declined…
GPs ration common painkiller used to treat inflammation and back problems
Shortage of Diclac tablets reported as demand increases unexpectedly Stock image. Photo: Getty GPs are reporting a shortage…
Department cuts firm’s Ukraine accommodation contract over Garda vetting controversy – The Irish Times
The Department of Justice is to stop leasing accommodation for Ukrainian refugees from a company caught up in…
Smokers in Ireland will lose almost 5m years of life and cost health system €20bn, study finds – The Irish Times
Current smokers in Ireland will collectively lose almost five million years of life and 2.5 million years of…
Father of Harvey Morrison Sherratt says his son was ‘abandoned’ by disability services – The Irish Times
The father of nine-year-old Harvey Morrison Sherratt, who died following a sudden deterioration in his health three weeks…
430 patients on hospital trolleys as IAEM warns Ireland needs ‘beds, beds, beds’
“Beds, beds, beds” — that is the demand from the president of the Irish Association of Emergency Medicine…
HSE and Tipperary hospital stand accused of ‘doing a lot of wrong stuff’
A former supplies officer employed by the HSE at Tipperary University Hospital has claimed that his contract was…
Parents of Harvey say Simon Harris is reponsible for failed promises, but not their son's death – The Journal
Parents of Harvey say Simon Harris is reponsible for failed promises, but not their son’s death The Journal Family…
Autistic Waterford boy ‘in great form’ after delayed dental appointment but many more still waiting
The father of an autistic boy from Waterford who only got a dental appointment after intervention from the…
Cork dementia unit took four years to admit patients, TD told
A dementia unit in Cork has begun admitting patients after nearly four years, a local TD has been…
Over 4,800 older people waiting for carers amid staff shortage
“There are no carers in the rural parts of Cork” is how one senior nurse summed up the…