Reports that Mount Carmel Hospital in Dublin may be bought by RAS Medical were welcomed by members of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health.

There's new hope for Mount Carmel Hospital.

THE Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, August 22, 1949, was an important day for the then Archbishop of Dublin, John Charles Mc Quaid. On that day Mount Carmel Hospital opened in Dublin run by the Sisters of the Little Company of Mary.

SIPTU is calling on the Government to ensure that all options are explored to save jobs at Mount Carmel hospital in Dublin.

More than 300 people are to lose their jobs after the High Court approved the appointment of provisional liquidators to the company that operates a private hospital in South County Dublin.

Nama’s decision to stop financially propping up Mount Carmel Hospital, and the jobs of more than 300 people, came after it suffered more than three years of losses since it acquired the hospital’s loans in 2010.

Minister for Health James Reilly has confirmed that the government considered purchasing Mount Carmel Hospital in December.

A private maternity hospital and two consultant obstetricians yesterday apologised in the High Court to the parents of a baby boy who died soon after his birth six years ago.

THERE is a quiet revolution in the US, prompted by the recession: well-educated and smart young women are embracing domesticity, according to a new book, Homeward Bound, by Emily Matchar.

A jury yesterday failed to reach a verdict in a defamation action brought over an article by Sunday Times columnist Brenda Power.

The Quinns of Cavan/Fermanagh may not like the comparisons drawn between themselves and the fictional Ewings of Dallas.

After she completes the Dublin mini-marathon today, Sylvia Skelton will prepare her baby daughter for critical cardiac treatment at Crumlin Children’s Hospital.

The Sunday Times has failed to stop a defamation action by a man who previously sued a midwife for interrupting his filming of the birth of his child.

Debra Higgins was shocked on returning to Ireland after living in Philadelphia to find a medical service commonly available in the US was difficult to source in the Republic.

Ireland is seriously lagging behind most other countries in offering live-saving treatments provided by the use of adult stem cells, a leading international medical expert has warned.

The advances made in medicine over the past century and a half have been phenomenal.

WOMEN with private health insurance are more likely to have a Caesarean section than public patients.

THE number of Irish women giving birth by Caesarean section is continuing to rise, with almost one in every three first-time mothers undergoing the procedure.

THE Dublin passport office closed yesterday afternoon as part of an ongoing campaign of industrial action by civil servants.

A STRIKE at Dublin’s seven main hospitals on April 7 will go ahead if firm proposals on the issues of public service pay and the outsourcing of jobs have not emerged from talks between unions and government officials which began yesterday.

A SECOND day of protests will take place today outside one of the country’s best-known private hospitals as part of opposition to pay cuts.

Catering workers at Mount Carmel Hospital in Dublin have voted overwhelmingly in favour of proposals aimed at ending a dispute over their pay and conditions.

Catering workers at Mount Carmel Hospital in Dublin are due to take a vote this morning on proposals aimed at ending their week-long dispute at the private facility.

Striking workers at Mount Carmel Hospital in Dublin are planning to extend their protest this morning by targeting the agency supplying the temporary staff who are filling in for them.

SIPTU has accepted an invitation to attend the Labour Relations Commission on Monday to try and resolve the dispute at Mount Carmel Hospital in Dublin.

ONE of three private hospitals planned for Limerick yesterday signed an agreement with a medical group to operate its €100 million facility.

THE State is facing claims for almost €440 million in compensation from members of the public.

A damages action taken by the parents of a four year old boy whose right arm was paralysed at the time of his birth, has been settled out of court.

A GARDEN of remembrance was unveiled at the weekend in honour of an ambulance paramedic who died in the line of duty.

TAXPAYERS are footing the insurance bills of a group of hospital consultants working in private hospitals.

Former Atomic Kitten singer Kerry Katona was today named celebrity mother of the year.