Saturday 23 October, 2021
506 admitted patients were waiting for beds this morning.
The protest is due to take place at the main entrance of the hospital at 1pm today.
Stephen Donnelly repeated his commitment to the Sláintecare programme, which has been hit by high-profile resignations in recent weeks.
The US may begin its rollout to younger children before the end of the year.
The most common error reported to Hiqa in 2020 involved exposure to the wrong person.
Over 270 women aged 18 to 80 participated in discussions for a report commissioned by a Department of Health taskforce.
Laura Magahy was appointed executive director in July 2018.
Chartered Physiotherapist Aoife Ni Eochaidh says pregnancy often causes incontinence but help is at hand.
More than 46,000 Covid-19 cases have been recorded in children and teenagers up to July.
The Ireland Strategic Investment Fund had invested €66m in the private genetics company acquired in a deal announced yesterday.
In Ireland, the prevalence of HCV infection is highest amongst those born during this period.
Government ministers have met to review progress on Ireland’s response to the attack.
The Oireachtas Health Committee will discuss the issue today.
An IT shutdown has had an impact on wider operations today.
The UK is set to ban ads for junk food online and before 9pm on TV.
Consultant Gastroenterologist Professor Pádraic Mac Mathuna is calling on those aged 60-69 to register for bowel screening.
The department launched a fact-finding review following an RTÉ Prime Time broadcast this year.
An Oireachtas Committee is recommending that a campaign be launched to promote Vitamin D supplements.
Ella Arensman has been appointed Ireland’s first Professor of Public Mental Health.
For the 20% of cases categorised as community transmission, additional questions will be asked about their movements over the previous seven days.
On Transgender Day of Visibility, Teni CEO Éirénne Carroll talks to The Journal about access to healthcare in Ireland and worrying developments in the US.
In Ireland, Moderna has made up a small proportion of the number of vaccines administered.
The flu vaccine was free for children in Ireland for the first time in 2020.
Dr Rosie Mangan’s life changed after an accident in 2019. She says the postcode lottery system for neurology rehabilitation services must change.
The Irish healthcare system is failing transgender people and forcing them to go abroad for treatment, Noah Halpin has said.
Moving people with underlying conditions to a higher position on the vaccine priority list would be “fair and reasonable”, the Taoiseach has said.
The scheme was approved by Cabinet today .
“So many lives could be made better, saved, elongated, if doctors knew what they were testing for.”
Dr Greg Korpanty of University Hospital Limerick on cancer treatment in Ireland during a pandemic.
The health minister said from this week, significant volumes of antigen tests are being deployed across healthcare settings.
Optometrists have offered to help the Government with the Covid-19 vaccination programme.
The Government needs to take action and implement the model of care for infertility, writes Emma Mc Dade.
As vaccinations continue, employers need to consider the rights of employees when looking at the health of their teams and any return to the workplace writes Jason O’Sullivan.
Affordable housing, scramblers, e-scooters and speedy trials – just some of the issues the government plan to tackle.
New figures were revealed by health officials this evening.
Ninety donors were involved in the process – 62 people who had died and 28 living donors.
The organisation said hospital overcrowding is “unacceptable at the best of times, but it is doubly so when dealing with a contagious virus”.
