Public hospital managers are not subject to the same level of scrutiny as their private healthcare counterparts, an Oireachtas committee has heard.

Earnings before hefty interest and depreciation and other items at the Denis O’Brien-owned Beacon Hospital in Dublin last year increased 28% to €9.2m, new figures show.

Earnings at Dublin’s Beacon Hospital increased more than threefold last year to €7.2m, new figures show.

St Vincent’s Hospital in Dublin has been heavily criticised by the Oireachtas Health Committee for failing to appear before it in relation to serious allegations about its procurement practices.

The Beacon Hospital in Dublin has confirmed that an employee featured in an RTÉ report into procurement practices at hospitals has resigned.

The main Irish arm of US medical firm, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre recorded a loss of €71.9m on its disposal of the Beacon Hospital last year, new accounts show.

Now that there appears be a chink of light at the end of the recession tunnel — given the number of new wine shop and wine bar openings — I thought I would talk gadgets this week.

This column tends to mention French wines quite often but I can be forgiven this week, given the day that is in it — l’amour and all that.

Niamh Connor, nurse manager at Beacon Hospital, Sandyford, Dublin, tells us about her typical day.

Cotai Glory shone as brightly as the Glorious Goodwood sunshine yesterday as he offered Charlie Hills some respite with his first British Group winner of the season in the bet365 Molecomb Stakes.

Losses continued to mount last year at the Beacon Private Hospital with pre-tax losses totalling €8.7m.

Businessman Denis O'Brien is to taking over control of the Beacon private hospital in Dublin.

Screening of embryos for genetic diseases such as cystic fibrosis (CF) is being made available in fertility clinics in Cork and Dublin for the first time — with a Dublin clinic offering screening for Down’s syndrome.

Two Door Cinema Club worry that online piracy will hurt sales of their new album, says Ed Power

Up to 215 jobs may be created in Cork county as part of an initiative being undertaken through a local authority’s economic development fund.

Dublin: Electricity grid support service provider Beacon Power and storage technology firm Gaelectric Energy Storage Ltd have entered into an agreement to jointly develop wind energy and storage projects.

THE future of the Government’s controversial plan for co-located hospitals is in serious doubt after yet another contractual deadline was missed and opposition parties said they would bin the project if returned to government.

THE HSE has said there are no concerns over the financial stability of its controversial co-location plans, despite admitting discussions are continuing over whether banks have the resources to fund the projects.

LIMERICK got a massive jobs boost yesterday with the go-ahead for two major health projects that will create up to 1,000 full and part-time jobs.

Planning permission has been granted for a 183-bed co-located hospital on grounds leased from Mid-West Regional Hospital in Limerick, private healthcare company Beacon Medical Group (BMG) announced today.

CONTROVERSIAL plans to co-locate public and private hospitals at six sites around the country are not likely to be affected by budget changes to capital allowance schemes.

The Beacon Medical Group, which was appointed by the HSE to develop three co-located hospitals, is to implement redundancies and pay reviews.

PLANS for a private hospital in the grounds of a Limerick hospital face further delays following An Bord Pleanála’s decision to reinstate an appeal originally deemed to be invalid.

LABOUR leader Eamon Gilmore has called for an investigation by the Comptroller and Auditor General into the Government’s controversial hospital co-location project.

FOUR Fianna Fáil representatives have lodged objections against plans to build a private hospital on the campus of Cork University Hospital (CUH) under the Government’s controversial co-location policy.

FRONTLINE staff in Cork’s proposed co-location hospital will be barred from parking on site.

THE co-location hospital plan for Cork is a “win-win situation” for patients and the State, said the man behind the project last night.

REBEL Fianna Fáil TD Ned O’Keeffe joined the growing ranks of opponents yesterday to plans for a €250 million co-location hospital on the grounds of Cork University Hospital.

FORMER health minister Micheál Martin was challenged last night to find an alternative site for one of the state’s first co-located hospitals.

CORK-based Shandon Travel has expanded its tailor-made worldwide travel offers with a huge increase in programmes to India and South America.

Beacon Lodge gained his second win of the campaign when proving just too good in a thrilling renewal of the Mountgrange Stud Stakes at Newbury.

SAS has promised it won’t be swayed from the “old style” service it offers on routes out of Dublin.

THE Health Service Executive (HSE) has been paying for the use of cancer facilities at the private Beacon Hospital in south Dublin after a key piece of equipment at a public hospital in the capital broke down.

Clinical research company Icon will spend almost $10 million (€8.3m) to take a 70% stake in US X-ray and ultrasound specialist Beacon Bioscience.