Talks are taking place between the HSE and unions over retired nurses returning to do hospital shifts to cope with coronavirus.

The collision occurred at around 12.50pm at Ardleckna, Elphin in Co Roscommon.

A new report from Hiqa shows the issue is also being impacted by old and unsuitable infrastructure.

Taoiseach criticised over his ‘see no evil’ response to the situation

Two adults and two children have been taken to hospital after a crash in Sligo.

Mary Moss, her counsel told the High Court, continued “unknowingly for six weeks” without her anticoagulants and had a major stroke and is now disabled.

A couple has taken a legal challenge over a coroner's refusal to await the report of an external review into the care of their 19-year-old daughter at Sligo University Hospital before resuming an inquest into her death.

A 92-year-old man has spent more than 70 days at Sligo University Hospital despite being medically fit to be discharged for at least 60 days, it has emerged.

The number of patients on trolleys in Irish hospitals has hit a year-high figure of 631, according to figures released by the INMO.

A specialist in emergency medicine has said that the escalating cost of the National Children’s Hospital is going to have an impact on the health system for years to come.

This month was the worst October on record for hospital overcrowding with 9,055 admitted patients forced to wait for a bed on trolleys and chairs.

Embedding weights in hairstyles and hems of clothing to conceal their true weight are among the lengths patients with an eating disorder will go to to hide their illness, doctors at a special treatment unit in Sligo University Hospital (SUH) have found.

The funeral of one of the victims in the Donegal crash is taking place today.

More than €92,000 of credit card expenditure by a State-funded youth service — largely on hotels, restaurants, and entertainment — a €14,000 payment to a consultant for a week on call, and close to €20,000 to a recruitment agency for a doctor already working in the hospital are among a litany of poor financial practices highlighted in HSE audits.

Gardaí are trying to piece together the circumstances behind the savage murder of a 20-year-old man in Sligo town.

Four people were killed in separate accidents over the weekend.

An injured sailor has been airlifted to hospital from a British Royal Navy submarine off the Irish coast.

The deaths of two people who drowned in the River Shannon yesterday are being treated as accidental.

Update - 1.15pm: The Coast Guard and RNLI have rescued eight people after their boat capsized off the Sligo coast.

The Sligo-based Coast Guard helicopter airlifted a crewman from a Russian fishing vessel some 180 miles North West of Erris Head Co Mayo this morning.

Inspections of a number of hospitals have found under-reporting of medication ‘near misses’ and incidents.

More than 37,000 hospital operations were cancelled last year, almost 13,000 more than the figure recorded the previous year.

THE opposite may be intended, but there is something worrying about walking into a hospital and finding instructions on the wall explaining when and how to wash your hands.

The HSE yesterday apologised in the High Court to the family of a girl who died just 16 months after her birth at Sligo University Hospital.

A Donegal man who nearly died after he suffered a cardiac arrest during a game of golf last week has praised his fellow golfers for saving his life.

A new programme is encouraging school children to protect their skin from UV rays and to reduce risk of developing cancer in the future, writes Helen O’Callaghan.

The first baby of the New Year took nearly two days to arrive, his proud mother has revealed.