The World Health Organisation (WHO) says governments are heading in the right direction over COVID-19.

Sinn Féin will hold more talks with Social Democrats, the Greens, Independents and others next week.

Sinn Féin's health spokesperson has revealed that she smoked cannabis while in college.

The Meath West TD left the party in 2018 following a row over the abortion referendum.

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.

Nursing Unions have called an emergency meeting with the HSE tomorrow as overcrowding reaches crisis levels at Cork's two biggest hospitals.

Staff have raised over €40,000 to help pay for a new heart ultrasound machine for the neonatal unit.

In a statement the IMO says it noted Taoiseach Leo Varadkar's suggestion to offer public-only contracts to all consultants in a bid to resolve the dispute.

The Irish Medical Organisation balloted its consultants and non-consultant hospital doctors, in a row over pay parity.

As 597 admitted patients waited for a bed in the country's public acute hospitals this morning, Health Minister Simon Harris announced that up to 190 beds will be opened in the coming weeks.

A Vision for Change – a strategy document published in 2006 that set out the direction of mental health services in Ireland - recommended the establishment of 48 rehabilitation teams based on the current population.

After a year of “moving the goalposts” on the publication of the CervicalCheck review, it is "unacceptable” parts of the report were leaked to the media before the women involved had their results, Labour has claimed.

It was mainly used to transport patients who were not acutely ill and for moving files between hospitals.

The HSE spent nearly €7 million on private ambulances in the first eight months of this year.

The Taoiseach is to apologise to all the women and their families who have been impacted by the CervicalCheck scandal in the Dáil next week.

The Government has been urged to launch a new public awareness campaign about the dangers of steroid use amid new evidence of a surge in cases involving young teens and adults.

Tánaiste Simon Coveney denies that the Government is preparing for up to 10,000 tourism and hospitality sector jobs to be lost by Christmas in a worst-case scenario Brexit amid growing demands for the cabinet to reveal its full Brexit plans.

"Fake" news and "scaremongering" - or an attempt to hide the true impact of the spiralling children's hospital costs crisis in plain sight after months of repeated delays.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has pledged that no projects will be scrapped to foot the bill for the controversial children's hospital build as he unveiled a €2.1bn HSE capital spending plan.

Two HSE public health doctors have written to An Bord Pleanála calling on it to refuse planning permission for a drive-thru fast food restaurant in Skerries in north Dublin

There are concerns that women may be facing more delays in getting smear test results under Cervical Check.

The greater Dublin area and the southeast have the lowest levels of community healthcare in Ireland.

Sinn Féin believes medical testing must be done in Ireland in order to ensure it is up to standard.

Children were taken into state care 80 times in one year because of physical or sexual abuse.

The health watchdog has received 12 complaints of sexual or physical assaults in Irish nursing homes over the past year.

Plans for a review of mortuary services at University Hospital Waterford are being finalised and the final report will be available in September, Health Minister Simon Harris has announced.

Sinn Féin says the Health Minister needs to apologise over the latest outpatient waiting list figures.

Health Minister Simon Harris has formally asked opposition parties to allow the bill establishing the tribunal to be sped through the Oireachtas just days after the cabinet agreed on the details of the plan.