AT least €35 million was spent on cleaning Irish hospitals last year, yet this country has the highest rate in Europe of the potentially fatal MRSA bug.

Labour's Health spokesperson has called on the Minister for Health to address the major increase in the number of Mumps cases in recent months.

OFFICIALS from the Department of Health are to meet with doctors’ leaders after GPs indicated that they may not co-operate with the introduction of doctor-only medical cards.

FEARS of a national maternity crisis mounted last night after consultants in Limerick’s only public maternity hospital warned they may be forced to turn women away because they do not have enough staff to ensure safe deliveries.

THE Department of Health has come under fire for wasting €30 million of tax payers' money on unnecessary reports while the health service is struggling to cope with demand.

PETITIONS seeking to declare the Cork South Central and Wicklow general election results null and void may yet fail, the High Court heard yesterday.