University of Limerick (UL) is likely to become a location for a Covid-19 “field hospital” in the event that hospitals in the region become “overwhelmed” by cases of the virus, announced the University’s President, Dr Des Fitzgerald.

Personal protection equipment has been stolen from children’s hospitals, the Irish Examiner can reveal.

An emergency meeting of the Save Navan Hospital Campaign is due to be called to 'mobilise people' on the issue.

Almost 30,000 women are waiting for an out-patient appointment to see a gynaecologist, an increase of 43% since 2014, it has emerged.

The Health Minister has asked his department to engage with the HSE to establish how four consultant obstetricians at a Kilkenny hospital have “decided unanimously” that their unit is not a suitable location for abortion services.

Four consultant obstetricians at St Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny, among them an anti-abortion campaigner, have written to GPs in the region to advise that termination services are not available in the hospital.

The HSE has refused to re-test up to 2,600 heart patients whose echocardiogram results were sent to GPs with a disclaimer about the quality of the machine.

The HSE have refused to re-test up to 2,600 heart patients whose echocardiogram results were sent to GPs with a disclaimer over the quality of the machine.

The chair of a US firm which has hired outgoing HSE boss Tony O’Brien held a significant political fundraiser for Leo Varadkar.

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.

A HSE-run hospital in Kilkenny has been criticised for not having all “essential elements” of an infection prevention and control programme in place.

The Department of Health’s secretary general failed to tell Health Minister Simon Harris of serious concerns over the independence of the new national maternity hospital when they were raised in May 2016.

Last Sunday, shortly after lunchtime, Peter Boylan, the eminent ex-master of the National Maternity Hospital at Holles St, picked up his phone to send a text.

A recall of around 600 patients who had undergone bowel screening at Wexford General Hospital found that 12 cancers had been missed including one death which may well have been avoidable.

St Stephen’s Day has lived up to its reputation as a busy one for hospitals, with figures from emergency departments around the country showing a spike in presentations the day after Christmas.