“The Minister has now put to bed an issue that has been essentially an anchor around the neck of the Rotunda Hospital for far too long," Sinn Féin health spokesperson David Cullinane said.

It was claimed she had allegedly been exposed to the avoidable risk of infection with repeated transfers between the Mercy Hospital and a nursing home step-down facility.

The family’s counsel, Maura McNally, told the court that Luke’s family were told a lung X-ray was clear and he was not admitted.

Figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) show University Hospital Limerick accounts for the largest number of those, with 111, followed by Cork University Hospital with 59 and St Vincent's University Hospital in Dublin with 54.

Two bank accounts belonging to Jerome Kiely (47) of Acraboy House, Monard, Co Tipperary, containing about €830,000 and €667,000 have since been frozen, the court heard

Trade Union Unite said despite the fact that the review recommended enhanced pay scales to reflect these changes, those pay adjustments have not been.

Concerns have been raised that the development is being backtracked at a time when the county is experiencing major bed shortages.

The independent review found more than 200 children being treated by the Camhs in the area were at risk of potential harm.

Mother seeking residential placement says daughter’s needs have escalated as HSE cites parental obligation and funding constraints

329 patients are waiting in the emergency department, while 192 are in wards elsewhere in hospitals.

Parents would be bringing their children to Camhs appointments today, and they deserved to feel confident in the service they were accessing, she added.

The 20 children suspected of having scoliosis and on the orthopaedic outpatient waiting list at the South Infirmary-Victoria University Hospital have been waiting longer than four months to be seen.

The Dáil was told that families in North Kerry ‘have waited years for answers’ about treatment provided to them.

Seven-year-old Roxanne Kelly from Carlow is one of a group of kids who were under the care of a consultant here, who is now under investigation.

The beds have been in place since June 2024, and were registered by the Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) last July.

Father of five, Martin Staines, from Tallaght, Dublin, suffered a fatal reaction to an agent known as polyethene glycol, which was in the steroid injection.

Planning permission was originally granted by Dublin City Council in late July 2025, but was appealed to An Coimisiún Pleanála by two third parties.

Figures from the HSE show 20,209 children are overdue AON, with 16,960 children waiting over three months. 

"Unscrupulous vendors are supplying them. But they're dicing with young people's lives," said Dublin City councillor Danny Byrne

It follows lengthy talks with management, which intensified on Friday evening.

This follows the Labour Court dismissing the discrimination claim that the HSE had breached the Employment Equality Act over its treatment of multitasking healthcare assistant, Judyta Zielinska, while she was working with Wexford Residential Intellectual Disabilities Services.

The winter vomiting bug is one of the most common stomach bugs in Ireland.

The case settled for €125,000 and was before the court for the division of the €35,000 mental distress payment only

Injury units in Bantry, Mallow and Gurranabraher can also provide quick urgent care to patients with non-life-threatening injuries, with services including X-ray imaging, plaster cast application and stitches.

The review was ordered in late 2023 due to identified patient safety concerns.

As part of this first phase, Mr Selvadurai Nayagam reviewed the care provided to a sample of 91 children whose surgery was carried out by the individual orthopaedic consultant.

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) released their latest batch of enforcement and closure orders, which saw four restaurants in the country hit with closure orders.

At University Hospital Galway, 68 people are being treated on trolleys, with 45 in the ED. 

The documentary reveals 50 beds at the hospital have remained unused for more than three years after the hospital opened.

Members will also hold a lunchtime protest outside the hospital in relation to staffing, with the union stating that industrial action may escalate if the employer does not act to resolve staffing issues.

Senior HSE official Mari O’Donovan said the centre, which is likely to take two years to complete, is fundamental to the delivery of service reforms set out in Sláintecare, and the developer has confirmed the timelines.

The plan would see some patients at University Hospital Limerick treated and cared for at the €213 million private Bon Secours Hospital Limerick (BSL), which opened in September 2024, and is presently expanding its services.

Vivienne Murphy, 10, from Millstreet, died at CHI at Temple St, Dublin, on March 1, 2019, eight days after her parents took the decision to rush her to Cork University Hospital (CUH) after being dissatisfied with the diagnoses provided during four visits to doctors in the previous six days.

The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) said the HSE was directed to take charge of the nursing home from 2pm on Wednesday.

University Hospital Limerick is consistently the most overcrowded hospital nationally, and it has been the subject of a number of internal HSE reviews following a number of patient deaths that occurred during severe overcrowding conditions.

A second stage — or ‘stage two’ — complaint is one lodged after the initial complaint cannot be resolved.

Freddie died in the early hours of July 2nd 2021, at Tipperary University Hospital (TUH). Ms O'Donnell attended the hospital for ante-natal care on the morning of July 1st 2021, after experiencing pains the previous night.

St Finbarr’s was built in the late 19th century, and is currently officially registered for 73 residents, with an additional 15 short-stay beds which do not come under Hiqa’s remit.

6035 children are waiting over a year for first contact from a CDNT.

Hairdresser Bryonny Sainsbury suffered a serious brain injury when her horse, which was being attended to by a vet, became spooked and crushed her against a wall.

In practice, the commitment would reduce average processing times by 437 days relative to the current average.

A Cork representative believes that the strike action by those working as Health Care Assistants (HCAs) in the HSE Home Support Service will have an effect on hospital overcrowding.

Laura Liston (36) died a number of hours after delivering her son in a birthing pool, using an HSE home-birth service

The vaccine is aimed at children between the ages of two years old and 17 years old.

This comes amid claims that the lack of progress on the facility is contributing to increasingly high trolley figures in Cork University Hospital.

It comes as the Irish Dental Association (IDA) has highlighted that Ireland has lost more than 640 dentists providing care under the Dental Treatment Services Scheme.

Between December 2024 and December 2025, the combined public patient waiting list increased by 79,806 to 753,770, with 117,595 now waiting over 12 months,

Between 2017 and 2024, the number of people with special care needs treated by Cork primary care dentists fell by 36%.

Population trends show that Ireland’s ageing and diversifying population is going to be one of the key challenges to future end-of-life care and services.

CUH spend nearly eight times that of hospital average on debt collectors.