There is no need for patients, hospitals or healthcare professionals to stockpile medicines ahead of Brexit, according to the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA).

The Department of Health is warning a no-deal Brexit could have a severe impact on the health service.

The director general of the HSE said he “accepts” that they do not have a big enough budget to meet the demand for home support services.

The developers of the National Children’s Hospital have submitted claims for additional costs worth some €12m since February.

The chairperson of the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Fianna Fáil TD Sean Fleming has made a call for the establishment of a National Capital Projects Agency, similar to the National Assets Management Agency (NAMA).

A 61-year-old man died after he became trapped by a container he was directing onto a ferry at Dublin Port.

The Government spent just under €10m on ensuring that women received smear test re-checks in the aftermath of the cervical cancer crisis.

The embattled outgoing chief of the health service said he doubts anyone else will want his €186,000-a-year job.

People are aware of clot risks from long-haul flights, but Margaret Jennings stresses that the chances of developing one in daily life are still significant 

Broadcasting legend Terry Wogan, has been immortalised in bronze in his native Limerick, a year after he died of cancer.

A NAMA company has obtained summary judgment for stg£9m against an Irish businessman arising out of his personal guarantee on unpaid loans of some Stg£22m made to a company.

Health Minister Simon Harris is seeking a one-month national maternity hospital reprieve in a bid to rescue the crisis-hit project from the brink of collapse.

The Department of Health’s secretary general failed to tell Health Minister Simon Harris of serious concerns over the independence of the new national maternity hospital when they were raised in May 2016.

Last Sunday, shortly after lunchtime, Peter Boylan, the eminent ex-master of the National Maternity Hospital at Holles St, picked up his phone to send a text.

The Department of Health has washed its hands of the failure to pay three months’ wages to workers who stayed at suicide-prevention charity Console after it was hit by a financial scandal, saying it has “no role” in the dispute.

It was another time and another place. The proof? Yours truly in a position of responsibility, teaching a class in northern California, writes Michael Moynihan.

One of the greatest movies ever made features Jimmy Breslin, though the great New York columnist, who died over the weekend aged 88, doesn’t even appear on screen.

The head of the HSE has played down the significance of a memo which categorised some hospital patients as “trespassers”, saying it was drawn up in response to a case that arose in 2012.

Minister for Health Simon Harris and pop star Bressie will be among the famous faces debating mental health at this weekend's Electric Picnic music festival.

IT’S a little difficult to know what exactly Niall ‘Bressie’ Breslin’s first book, Me and My Mate Jeffrey, actually is. 

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has admitted his Government has “failed” to deliver on a series of health promises in a clear Coalition climbdown on the key election issue.

Musician Niall Breslin has urged politicians to “park the egos” and admit mental health services are not even close to being adequate. The singer, better known as Bressie, who has spoken publicly about his own mental health battle has called on the Government to properly address the lack of joined up services.

The Department of Health has revealed Ireland received nearly €400m from the UK over the last two years under an agreement on the cost of health services for people who move between the two countries.

The Dáil’s money watchdog has called Finance Minister Michael Noonan to give evidence to it regarding the highly controversial €1.6bn sale of Nama’s Northern property empire.

The Fermanagh hurlers are celebrating for the second weekend in a row. Seven days after winning the Lory Meagher Cup, they earned the right to step up to the higher grade with a four points win over Louth in a Nicky Rackard Cup promotion/relegation play-off at Kingspan Breffni Park.

Abigail Breslin has denied she was referring to Taylor Swift when she changed lyrics in a song by the star to "unstable cat lady".

The tragic story of the shooting of Eamon McDevitt by the British army in 1971, and its impact on the deaf community, is being told through sign language, writes Caomhán Keane

Minister for Health Leo Varadkar has today announced the appointment of Jim Breslin as the new Secretary General of the Department of Health.

Voice of Ireland judge, Niall ‘Bressie’ Breslin, 33, has spoken of his sadness at the death from suicide of actor Robin Williams, 63, and has urged men with mental health problems to continue to seek help.

Musician Niall Breslin trains twice a day, six days a week for an Iron-Man challenge in May.

Older fathers are calmer and wiser, but can be less energetic.

Businesses and individuals developing and selling smartphone and computer apps in the EU earned €17.5bn last year, a figure that could rise to €63bn in just five years.

Voice of Ireland star Niall “Bressie” Breslin had a speeding prosecution thrown out after a judge heard the singer was “nominated” for an offence which happened when he was out of the country.

Adam, Ahern, Black, Bolger, Brennan, Breslin — the names read like poetry under the Menin Gate. Molloy, Moran, Morgen, Mulvihill, Murphy, Murray — all buried in unknown graves in Flanders soil.

The gold-medal standard for finding the alternative view of an event suffering media overload remains Jimmy Breslin at the funeral of John Fitzgerald Kennedy 50 years ago.

Captain Phillips ****

To keep an arts festival going in some of the toughest economic conditions this country has ever witnessed is an achievement in itself.

Notwithstanding a ridiculous final act that seemingly belongs to a different film, ‘The Call’ is a slick, nail-biting thriller that propels us satisfyingly close to the edge of our seats.

Busted Tycoon achieved a remarkable feat as victory in the Vision Express European Breeders Fund Mares Handicap Hurdle gave the Tony Martin-trained four-year-old a third win of the week at the Galway Fesitval today.

Ten members of staff at a children’s detention centre have been on sick leave for more than a year, it has emerged.

Halle Berry wants to star in a romantic comedy.

Young teachers are being “betrayed” by the Government’s recession-era policies which are forcing them into undignified working arrangements and onto the emigration boat.

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