Organisation: Emergency Department

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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Update: Limerick hospital transferring patients to deal with 'crisis' levels of overcrowding

There are 426 patients waiting for a bed in hospitals around Ireland, with University Hospital Limerick the worst hit.

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Trolley crisis: Public urged to stay away Limerick Emergency Department 'unless absolutely necessary'

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Elderly man with serious heart condition waiting on hospital trolley since Sunday

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Gardaí in Drogheda investigating after man, 19, shot in the leg

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Mater Private: How to avoid overcrowded hospitals

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Temple Street Children's Hospital releases patient figures for 2015

Catch-up with what you've missed with our morning briefing

Good morning. Here’s everything you need to know before you start your day.

Mon, 11 Jan, 2016

FG should be shown the door for abysmal failure to reform health

On the basis of the abysmal failure to radically reform our health service, as so faithfully promised in 2011, Fine Gael deserve not to be re-elected to Government, says Alison O’Connor.

Fri, 02 Oct, 2015

Flu outbreak in Dublin Hospital

St James's Hospital in Dublin has restricted visting for this week due to an outbreak of flu.

Mon, 02 Feb, 2015

Nurses to protest 'state of crisis' at Mullingar Hospital

Nurses are to stage a lunchtime protest tomorrow at the Midland Regional Hospital in Mullingar to highlight overcrowding there.

Mon, 26 Jan, 2015

Nurses at Beaumont Hospital to defer industrial action

Nurses at the Emergency Department at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin have agreed to defer industrial action which was scheduled to commence next week.

Fri, 23 Jan, 2015

Hospital asks public to avoid overcrowded A&E

People are being asked to avoid going to the Emergency Department at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin, where possible, due to overcrowding.

Mon, 15 Dec, 2014

Limerick hospital group facing €18.5m overrun

Increased spending on agency staff and the provision of 41 extra acute beds in Limerick hospitals have been cited as some of the main factors contributing to a €18.5m overspend in a Mid-West group of hospitals.

Fri, 26 Sep, 2014

HIQA: Limerick hospital emergency department 'not fit for purpose'

A new report has highlighted a number of patient safety risks in the Limerick Hospitals group which it states must be addressed as a priority.

Fri, 06 Jun, 2014

Gardaí hamstrung by closure of Letterkenny A&E

The closure of the Emergency Department at Letterkenny General Hospital (LGH) means local gardaí are unable to take blood or urine samples from suspected drink drivers injured in collisions.

Sat, 10 Aug, 2013

Councillors threaten to quit ‘talking shop’ forum

A NUMBER of Fine Gael members are poised to resign from the HSE South Forum unless Health Minister Dr James Reilly carries out a radical overhaul of the body and makes its officials more accountable to public representatives.

Mon, 18 Jul, 2011

Just one A&E each for Cork and Kerry

A RADICAL overhaul of hospital services in Cork and Kerry which will reduce the number of round-the-clock emergency departments (EDs) to one per county is expected to be completed in just over three years.

Tue, 23 Nov, 2010

Woman killed in Offaly stabbing

GARDAÍ were last night questioning a man in connection with the fatal stabbing of a woman in Co Offaly yesterday evening.

Fri, 23 Oct, 2009

Who to blame for patients suffering on trolleys

IF the Health Minister and her advisers get their way, this may be the last time I am allowed to write to the Irish Examiner. Soon, I will be expected to “share any concerns” with my line manager rather than “go to the press”.

Tue, 15 May, 2007

Hospitals braced for more nursing strikes

Rolling work stoppages will target medical facilities in Dublin, Laois and Clare today.

Wed, 18 Apr, 2007