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So that’s nearly Sunday wrapped up. Here’s some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.
Sun, 28 Jul, 2019
Mountain Rescue Ireland, the Irish Air Corps and the Gardaí are among those overseeing safety.
The HSE received more than 23,000 formal complaints about the health service in 2016. The main issues raised included access, dignity and respect, safe and effective care, communication, and clinical judgement.
Tue, 02 Jan, 2018
A 21-year-old man discovered injured outside a house in Co Mayo last August died of blunt force trauma to the head.
Thu, 16 Nov, 2017
A man in his 80s has died following a house fire in Co Mayo last night.
Thu, 19 Oct, 2017
Mayo will be taking on “the form team in the country” when they cross swords with Kerry in the All-Ireland SFC semi-final at Croke Park on Sunday week next.
Wed, 09 Aug, 2017
Gardaí arrested a 20-year-old mum in relation to the death of her four-month-old boy over concerns regarding the cause of head injuries he had suffered.
Fri, 13 Jan, 2017
Wed, 14 Dec, 2016
Tue, 01 Nov, 2016
Wed, 26 Oct, 2016
Mon, 05 Sep, 2016
Thu, 18 Aug, 2016
A 22-year-old man who suffered a brain injury as a child when the car he was in was involved in a collision has settled his High Court action for €5m.
Thu, 30 Jun, 2016
The sister of a patient yesterday told a disciplinary inquiry that her sibling suffered greatly before her death from cancer because she did not receive proper care.
Wed, 08 Jun, 2016
A teenager with cerebral palsy has secured €5.56m and an apology from Mayo General Hospital under final settlement of her High Court action against the HSE over alleged negligence in the circumstances of her birth.
Sun, 01 May, 2016
A psychiatric patient spent three nights in an extra bed in the middle of a five-bed ward with no curtains or privacy due to over-capacity problems at the acute mental health unit in Mayo General Hospital.
Fri, 25 Mar, 2016
A father-of-two died following a road crash as he made his way home from hospital after meeting his newborn baby.
Fri, 04 Mar, 2016
Sun, 21 Feb, 2016
Thu, 28 Jan, 2016
Concern over patient safety was central to the allegations brought forward against a doctor, a disciplinary inquiry heard yesterday.
Tue, 19 Jan, 2016
Sat, 16 Jan, 2016
A doctor’s insistence on attempting to insert a tube into a patient’s arm amounted to assault, an orthopaedic surgeon claimed yesterday at a disciplinary inquiry.
Fri, 15 Jan, 2016
Thu, 14 Jan, 2016
Wed, 13 Jan, 2016
Sun, 10 Jan, 2016
A young doctor’s clinical performance was “deficient” and he failed to take advice or show improvement, a disciplinary inquiry heard yesterday.
Fri, 08 Jan, 2016
Thu, 07 Jan, 2016
A doctor was ‘aggressive’ and ‘intimidating’ with a mother, while he accidentally caused a burn injury to another patient during surgery, a disciplinary inquiry heard yesterday.
Wed, 06 Jan, 2016
The retired clergyman who died on Sunday night when his car was caught in floodwater on Achill Island has been remembered as “a man you could be proud of and very fond of”.
Tue, 15 Sep, 2015
An investigation is underway into the death of a man whose car entered floodwaters on Achill Island last night.
Mon, 14 Sep, 2015
A teenage girl has died following a crash in Mayo.
Fri, 31 Jul, 2015
Thu, 28 May, 2015
Two people died in the Republic and three in Tyrone in separate road crashes at the weekend.
Mon, 13 Apr, 2015
There has been a significant increase in the number of people taking up cycling over the past decade — and a corresponding rise in the amount of cyclists being injured on Irish roads.
Tue, 03 Mar, 2015
The number of cyclists injured in 2012 hit a 10-year high, according to a report by the Road Safety Authority, while the National Spinal Centre has seen a 200% increase in spinal trauma from cycling injuries over a four-year period.
Thu, 19 Feb, 2015
A 67-year-old cyclist has died after a collision with a car in Co Mayo this morning.
Sat, 10 Jan, 2015
Kian Anthony Bourke, who weighed in at 3.31kg, became the first baby arrival in Ireland for 2015, popping into the world just four seconds after midnight.
Fri, 02 Jan, 2015
More than 13,000 scheduled operations were cancelled by hospitals during the first eight months of this year for reasons including staffing issues and bed shortages, the HSE has confirmed.
Sat, 20 Dec, 2014
Rats, mice, ants, fleas, and silverfish were among the infestations found in hospitals during the past five years, as the HSE spent more than €800,000 on pest-control services.
Mon, 01 Dec, 2014
A suicidal father who had taken the lives of his two sons was stopped from hanging himself by a motorist who forcefully struck him on the side of the head.
Sat, 22 Nov, 2014
A mother of five and a woman in her 20s were among six victims killed in separate road traffic crashes on both sides of the border over the public holiday weekend.
Mon, 04 Aug, 2014
Aras Attracta is home to nearly a hundred people. It’s in Swinford in County Mayo. It has a website, part of the much larger HSE website.
Tue, 29 Jul, 2014
Ireland’s health watchdog uncovered serious issues about how residents were treated at a HSE-run facility for adults with intellectual disabilities after being informed by whistleblowers of a death at the unit.
Sat, 26 Jul, 2014
A man who got into difficulties following a dive off the coast of Co Galway yesterday became the sixth diver to perish off the Irish coast in the past month.
Tue, 15 Jul, 2014
Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to fatal road collision in Co Mayo yesterday evening which claimed the life of an 18 year-old man.
Thu, 10 Jul, 2014
An 18-year-old man has died following a collision in Co Mayo.
Wed, 09 Jul, 2014
A six-person team has been appointed to investigate services at a Midlands hospital where a number of babies died in controversial circumstances over a six-year period.
Tue, 29 Apr, 2014
No maternity hospital or unit in the country has enough midwives for safe baby care, according a survey by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.
Fri, 07 Mar, 2014
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