Long-awaited services for people with dual diagnosis — with both mental health and drug issues — have been announced, but questions remain on implementation

INMO general secretary, Phil Ní Sheaghdha described the figures as 'completely unacceptable', saying no other profession sees this level of abuse levelled at them

Eight adult and eight child and adolescent teams were to be set up across the country by this year but just five have been completed, with a further four in the process of being established

A new report has highlighted that almost a quarter of all farmers are at risk of suicide, while more than half experience moderate to extremely severe depression. 

Michelle Forde's pleas for provision to enable her daughter go back to school have been bounced around between the HSE and the departments of Children, Health, and Education

Minister's comments follow decision by HSE chief Bernard Gloster to ask staff to volunteer for extra work this bank holiday weekend to avoid a 'dreadful position' in busy hospitals

Minister responds to union position after 'Irish Examiner' revealed that CUH spent some €608,000 in three months on consultancy services

The Anti-Racism Summit at City Hall heard that Cork ‘has a pride about itself’ and how it can take that pride to be a shining example to other towns and cities to combat racism in all its forms, writes Pádraig Hoare

Children with disabilities waiting for an assessment of need are one group facing a huge backlog

A sister of a resident of the Owenacurra mental health facility in East Cork has said: 'It leaves a bitter taste really. From my sister’s experience, she’s really thrived in that setting.'

Micheál Martin said there are issues with staff recruitment but other options will be explored to ensure services are reinstated

HSE accepted that if a man had ill health and was redeployed, he would get the subsistence payment denied to the claimant

The grandmother Frances Farrell was attending an event when she was struck on the head by metal and fell off a five foot stage to the ground

HSE spending

Dr Narayanan Subramanian, HSE National Clinical Lead for Dual Diagnosis (DD), said the initial adult teams were due to commence in Clare and Cork

The Government has promised to refund parents who are forced to seek private assessments for their children if waiting lists are not tackled by the start of August.

Disabilities Minister Anne Rabbitte has vented frustration with the HSE over "bureaucracy" that means that millions of euro in funding cannot be spent each year.

Fórsa trade union has written to its members in the hospital advising them cease interacting with these consultants and not to attend or participate in meetings with them.

The Road Safety Authority says some 46.3% of the holders of driving licences in Ireland have indicated their preferred donor status, Code 115

Bopping his head happily to music on his headphones, a young man calmly cleans his arm, draws a syringe full of heroin and plunges the needle into his veins.

A medically supervised injection centre may be considered for Cork after a delegation from Cork City Council, the HSE and An Garda Síochána travelled to Lisbon to learn from the drug policy there.

Eve Cleary died at UHL after presenting while in cardiac arrest and with a swollen leg, four hours after she had been discharged from the hospital in a wheelchair and in pain

The National Maternity Bereavement Experience Survey, published by health watchdog Hiqa, found that 10% of bereaved parents were either not offered hospital support, or supports did not exist

It was the family's case that during that time the baby was deprived of oxygen

Private hospitals have offered beds to the HSE to help reduce the soaring number of appointment cancellations.

The six-year-old girl with cerebral palsy, the court heard, has achieved a huge amount in relation to motor and cognitive functions “thanks to the exemplary and total care” provided by her parents

The conditions cover brain injuries, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s, epilepsy, stroke injuries and debilitating migraines

In an Instagram post, the Galway native, 52, said she noticed a red mark on her leg last Tuesday morning but 'thought little of it'

Additions to waiting lists in the year to date have been 'higher than projected', according to the HSE

The family of the 22-year-old man with cerebral palsy has settled a High Court action against the HSE

The HSE ordered 3,500 ventilators at the outbreak of the pandemic, 10 times more than what was needed and 1,500 more than had been officially sanctioned

Bernard Gloster will tell the Public Accounts Committee that HSE staff had had to 'deliberately over order' when it came to ventilators in order to secure the necessary volume and supply

Chemists in Cork are experiencing shortages of Ozempic, a drug approved by the HSE only to treat Type II diabetes, but which has been touted on TikTok as a weight loss wonder drug

This is adversely impacting on patients and their treatment, according to the Department of Health's assistant secretary in charge of the Research & Development and Health Analytics division, Muiris O’Connor

The minutes also noted that the closure of Owenacurra had had a 'significant effect' on the residents for whom 'it was their home'

Nurses said that in some hospitals, staffing numbers have changed little in 30 years

Uptake lowest among those under 40

Baby Antony Roan Rojo was delivered at Cork University Maternity Hospital on October 12, 2012, but died on October 16

While a new training course at University College Cork saw its first radiation therapy graduates snapped up by hospitals, there are still significant gaps in the workforce

Nursing Homes Ireland CEO Tadhg Daly says funding for nursing homes has not been fairly distributed

The HSE has now admitted that the team has yet to be set up, and will not be constituted before HSE Cork/Kerry receives “capital approval for the unit”

Chronic shortages, inadequate staffing, excessive workloads and toxic workplaces among the issues facing essential hospital staff

Kerry Mescall is among a number of people still waiting for answers as to why they were denied the chance to be with their loved ones as they died 

Parents of a baby boy who died during a home birth in Dublin hail the HSE guidelines, inquest hears