Tatoo artist Rosa Gonzalez Valesco died after it was claimed there was an alleged failure to diagnose and treat her rare cancer on a timely basis when she sought help for a swelling on her jaw. The claims were denied.

The young mother of a boy with a brain condition — who had been seizure-free for months — is pleading with the Government to make it easier to access medicinal cannabis, before he becomes gravely ill.

Today’s Munster Post-Primary Schools SFC final (Corn Uí Mhuirí final), between Pobal Scoil Chorcha Dhuibhne and Tralee CBS, has been postponed due to a serious injury sustained by a young player in a game involving the Dingle school this week.

A breast cancer patient who settled her action for substantial damages after a radiology misdiagnosis at Kerry General Hospital three years ago received an assurance that system failings at the hospital would be rectified.

The HSE has spent almost €300,000 over the past three years on burial expenses on patients who died in its care.

The HSE has spent almost €300,000 over the past three years on burial expenses on patients who died in its care.

Patients at Kerry General Hospital face serious “clinical risks” to their care if the HSE fails to provide an extra €5m in funding this year.

A 10-year-old boy who was brain-damaged at birth at Kerry General Hospital yesterday received a €15m lump sum payment in final settlement of his High Court case.

A failure to diagnose a child’s hearing impairment at age four resulted in her being awarded €340,000 compensation yesterday — 10 years later — at the High Court in Cork.

A teenager who was at the centre of a national campaign to secure her a bed in intensive care and a life- saving operation has passed away, aged just 19.

One in five hospitals inspected last year had to undergo a follow-up inspection due to poor hygiene and maintenance issues.

Following new research, doctors are once again prescribing HRT to women experiencing menopausal symptoms. But is it a long-term option, asks Ailin Quinlan.

Members of a Polish family in Tralee suffered terrible consequences when they intercepted a burglar of Russian origin, a sentencing hearing was told.

Great sadness has been expressed at the death of a church warden after a boat capsized on Sunday in Kenmare Bay, where two men were planning a duck shoot.

These seven high-profile cases from 2015 show that the HSE has a long way to go in translating policy into practice, writes Catherine Shanahan

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.

The Kerry Mountain rescue Team is urging hill-walkers to heed weather warnings and not to venture out at this time.

A 12-year-old boy who it is claimed was injured at birth at Kerry General Hospital has settled his action against the HSE with an interim payment of €1.75m.

A 20-year-old man has been ordered to pay €2,500 to a law student whose nose he broke in an altercation.

Punitive daily parking charges of up to €12 at Kerry General Hospital (KGH) negatively impact on the welfare of local residents.

Non-urgent patients are being asked to stay away from Kerry General Hospital in Tralee and to attend their GP instead due to long delays in its emergency department. 

The 24-year-old ‘giant’ who died after he was found unconscious in the front lawn of a house in Tralee, Co Kerry, had been badly beaten.

An elderly woman escaped serious injury after her car effectively collided with Fitzpatrick’s Shop in Glounthane, outside Cork City.

Two Presentation sisters died in a double drowning incident after going for a swim at Inch Strand, in Co Kerry on a fine summer’s evening in a calm sea, the inquest into their death was told yesterday.

A row over staffing and the postponed opening of a high-observation ward at a new €15m psychiatric unit led to an eight-month delay in transferring patients. Mental health nurse Des McSweeney was one of those who resisted the move, which finally took place last week. He wonders how much longer the high-obs area will remain in darkness

A swimmer was attacked by a seagull in the sea at Fenit in Co Kerry.

The planned opening of a €2m, high-observation psychiatric unit — which has remained closed since last December, due to staff shortages — has again been postponed, a nurses’ union has claimed.

The HSE has launched a recruitment drive targeting Irish nurses and midwives who left Ireland to work abroad.

A cancer victim who spoke out three weeks ago against health service cuts has died.

Mary Harney’s legacy of her years as an effective politician and minister will forever be tarnished by her years as the Minister of Health and the driver of the HSE.

A new €3m high-observation unit in a hospital psychiatric department remains closed due to a nursing shortage.

Jackie Crowe, who has a rare terminal cancer, is a patient attending the oncology unit in Kerry General Hospital, Tralee, which will benefit from the weekend concerts in the INEC, Killarney.

The emergency department at Kerry General Hospital (KGH), Tralee, has been “exceptionally busy” in recent days, resulting in long delays, the HSE has said.

A traumatised mother told yesterday of how she had to drive more than 110km to a Cork hospital with her injured son after he had been left unattended for three hours at an emergency department in Kerry.

The 15-year-old Killarney Junior Cert student and her family who have been forced to stay in their family car in recent weeks have been offered accommodation in a guesthouse for four nights.