The unit will be comprised of 100 Gardaí, sergeants and inspectors, working a two-rota system of 12-hour shifts.

Dr Farqad Alamgir was travelling to Ireland from Manchester when he experienced a serious cardiac event in Terminal 2

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

A HSE spokeswomen, while not confirming any details relating to the incident, said yesterday that they have a "protocol in place" to activate any plan at ports of entry into Ireland.

Our understanding of how coronavirus works through a community is bound to change as more resources are focused on the problem. In the interim, how ever long that might be, the outbreak offers a perfect plot line for one of those Hollywood propaganda pieces dressed as a thriller where the du jour action hero comes to the rescue and, as an aside, uncovers a dastardly right-wing plot.

Is it too much to hope that an important public health matter, such as Lyme disease, will be an issue in the general election? There’s been a worrying reluctance by the authorities to face up to the extent of the disease here.

The HSE says kids are only admitted to adult units after efforts to place them in child and adolescent facilities are unsuccessful.

Meanwhile, two of the largest hospitals in the country have warned people to stay away due to high levels of influenza patients.

Paddy Hansard, 73, suffered serious head injuries and broken bones in his neck due to a horrific attack which took place at around 2.30am on August 17, at the Courtney Place flat complex in Ballybough, Dublin.

He’s earned himself the moniker “The Mindful Farmer” but when Patrick Mulcahy first started practising “mindfulness” it was no more than an eight year-old’s efforts to keep anxiety at bay.

The blade of the knife used by Wayne Keogh became embedded in his mother's back during the attack and had to be surgically removed, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard today.

Jackie Turner, genetic counsellor, Clinical Genetics Centre for Ophthalmology, Mater Hospital, Dublin

Ireland's first ever double lung and liver transplant recipient says he plans to travel once he has made a full recovery.

Residents living in Dublin’s north inner city have voiced support for the operation of a landing pad for helicopters at the Mater Hospital, despite concern by council planners about the impact of the facility on people living in the area.

A new helipad on the grounds of the Mater Hospital in Dublin will be vital to the transfer of critically ill patients around the country.

Brigid Flanagan is a family carer but she also wants to be a mother to her three children, something that is impossible because of her youngest child's severe health problems.

There is €26m for a winter plan to deal with emergency department overcrowding in acute public hospitals, Simon Harris, the health minister, has confirmed.

Gardaí are appealing for information following a serious assault in Dublin.

Brendan Behan once suggested that “there’s no amount of angst that couldn’t be cured by a ball of ten pound notes”.

A ten-fold increase in the debilitating disease should have alarm bells ringing, writes Donal Hickey, especially as some experts believe the real rate is even higher.

There has been a ten-fold increase in the incidence of Lyme disease in the Cork/Kerry region alone, amid concerns the extent of the disease nationally is being hugely underestimated.

Hospital overcrowding would have been solved “a long time ago” if it was down to more beds, more staff and more money, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has told the Dáil.

The man has been brought to the Mater Hospital for treatment.

Rowena Walsh talks to Tipperary fire officer Dave Carroll who discovered he had a serious heart condition following two strokes

Philip Heary, 53, from Kells now wants to raise awareness of the deadly blood disease which left him on death's door three times after his organs failed.

Seven acute hospitals had 30 or more admitted patients waiting for a bed today and the worst-hit hospital was University Hospital Limerick with 76 waiting.

NCBI works to provide the practical, emotional and social support so that people with sightloss can reach their full potential, says Chris White.

There were 48,848 visually impaired people on waiting lists for their first appointment with an eye specialist, last year, and more than a quarter of those had been waiting at least 18 months.