The level of outbreaks of flu in Irish emergency departments during this winter is “perturbing” and shouldn’t happen “if we got vaccination right” according to the HSE’s head of public care.

A call by nurses for a major incident protocol to be adopted across the country to alleviate hospital overcrowding has been backed by opposition parties.

I read with interest the trolley count numbers in our public hospitals has exceeded 550 patient for the preceding two days (Irish Examiner, December 3).

Clodagh Walsh secured a €1.5m interim settlement for the next six years. At that stage the case will come back before the High Court when the girl’s future care needs will be assessed.

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.

Two children have been taken to hospital following a collision with a car in Tipperary.

The Government plan to rejig the health service will “tear apart” the medical and teaching links that hospital groups have worked hard to build over the past six years, a hospital consultant has warned.

A Government plan to rejig the health service will “tear apart” the medical and teaching links that hospital groups have worked hard to build over the past six years, a hospital consultant has warned.

We were distressed to learn from the media that our geographically rational, medically successful, and well-thought-out HSE South/Southwest network is to be replaced after a mere six years by one of the six proposed health areas.

Three Munster-based acute public hospitals were worst affected by overcrowding in May, it has emerged.

9,015 patients were left waiting for a hospital bed in the month of May.

The president of the High Court has suspended a doctor from the medical register, saying he was registered after making dishonest representations and when his competence was "entirely substandard".

There are 582 patients waiting for beds in hospitals around the country.

There are 525 patients waiting on beds across the country, according to the latest trolley watch figures.

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 26-year-old man who was seriously ill with a diabetes-related condition signed himself out of hospital against medical advice and was found dead at home hours later, an inquest has heard.

There are 571 patients waiting for beds in hospitals this morning, 61 more than were waiting yesterday.

Hospitals in the south of the country were still awaiting “the promised staffing and resources” needed to provide abortion a day before the service was introduced.

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.

Hospital interns have been asked to do duties they are not qualified for, according to new Medical Council reports.

A man is in custody for questioning in relation to an assault on an elderly man who was out walking in Clonmel on Tuesday morning.

All patients waiting more than nine months for “high volume” operations or procedures are to be offered treatment by the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF).

A father and son have appeared in court in relation to an aggravated burglary which occurred early in the morning on Sunday and resulted in two victims being hospitalised.

A 17-year-old has appeared in court charged in connection with an assault on a 14-year-old in Tipperary town.

More than 470 people are on awaiting beds at hospitals across the country.

The partner of a man who died from a brain hemorrhage after he was sent home from hospital three times after complaining of headaches has launched a High Court challenge aimed at quashing the result of his inquest.

The partner of a man who died from a massive brain bleed after being diagnosed three times in a month with migraine fears other patients with severe headaches could still be at risk.

A young father with severe headaches who was sent home from hospital three times in three weeks diagnosed with migraines died days later from a brain bleed.

A young father with severe headaches who was sent home from hospital three times in three weeks diagnosed with migraines died days later from a brain bleed.

In hospitals across the country today there are more than 500 people waiting to be admitted.

The HSE has spent more than €27m on refurbishing a hospital that had “no patients” in the building when TDs visited unexpectedly last year — €7m more than initially planned.

Almost 540 people are on trolleys at hospitals across the country again today, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.

Independent TD Mattie McGrath has called on the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee to investigate the spending of more than €22m on a hospital which has not had overnight patients in several years.

South Tipperary General Hospital is the most overcrowded in the country today, according to nurses.

A doctor accused of misdiagnosing an ectopic pregnancy and prescribing drugs to terminate it was following guidelines in what could have been an extremely risky situation, a Medical Council inquiry has been told.

More than 380 people are waiting on a bed at hospitals across the country.

A gynaecologist says a doctor at the heart of an inquiry was “not entitled” to recommend medication that would end a mother’s early pregnancy.