The crucial point to note here is that despite all the hand-wringing by politicians, and the repeated utterances of that word “shocking” — the State was well aware of issues around infant deaths and Tuam long before Ms Corless’ work became global news, writes Conall Ó Fátharta

Glen Rovers 0-23 Carbery 0-6: Holders Glen Rovers got off to a winning start in their Cork SHC opener at Coachford yesterday.

The HSE’s most senior official has said “only a complete fool” would believe the serious abuse claims against a Waterford foster family are not being repeated elsewhere after revealing he expects multiple law suits over the case.

Concerns that up to 1,000 children may have been “trafficked” to the US from the Tuam mother and baby home in “a scandal that dwarfs other, more recent issues with the Church and State” were raised by the HSE in 2012.

Senior HSE staff in charge of patient safety were told yesterday to reflect very seriously on their “appalling” track record.

“Numerous” cases “as sad and as serious” as the Portlaoise Hospital baby deaths scandal are occurring at “other sites around the country”, previously unseen HSE correspondence has claimed.

As hospitals brace themselves for industrial action, the country’s largest nursing union has called on the public to join in a major protest outside the Dáil today to highlight emergency department (ED) overcrowding.

New HSE guidelines on providing accessible services to patients with disabilities that took more than two years to prepare were launched in Dublin’s Mater Hospital yesterday.

In a bid to tackle the overuse of antibiotics, the HSE has launched a new website to give advice on common illnesses.

The terms of reference for the inquiry into the handling of the care of the woman at the centre of the latest abortion debate have been published.

The HSE has published the terms of reference for its review into the case of a suicidal woman who was refused an abortion.

Last year was a record year for organ transplantation with 294 transplants carried out in Irish hospitals.

The HSE has apologised “unequivocally” for “serious shortcomings” in the deaths of four babies in six years at the Midlands Regional Hospital in Portlaoise.

One of Ireland’s leading maternity experts has no faith in the HSE to reform the system or fill dangerous staffing gaps in the wake of Savita Halappanavar’s death.

The Health Service Executive said they fully accept that a failure in clinical judgement caused the death of Savita Halappanavar.

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A support organisation for Ireland’s transgender community was contacted 80 times last year by families whose children were exploring their gender identity, it has emerged.

The HSE could implement a new incident management system as soon as next month in an attempt to speed up investigations into unexpected tragedies like the Savita Halappanavar case.

The mental health watchdog has demanded a review of the HSE’s care of a depressed Cork father who strangled his two young daughters before killing himself.

The Government must set up an independent public inquiry, which may include strict time and budget limits to prevent a repeat of the tribunal excesses, if it wants to stop Savita Halappanavar’s death being investigated at European level.

The husband of Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar who died following a miscarriage has called for an independent public inquiry into her death.

A high-level review into the death of pregnant Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar is to begin with interviews and the examination of medical records.

Medics involved in the care of a pregnant Indian woman who died after suffering a miscarriage will be interviewed over the next three days, health chiefs have revealed.

A UK-based professor will head a health service investigation into the death of a pregnant Indian dentist in Ireland as she miscarried.

A hospital patient was subjected to a medical error or unexpected injury once every six minutes last year — costing the taxpayer €222,475 a day to resolve the mistakes.

ONE in five foreign doctors brought to Ireland from India and Pakistan failed their exams, according to the HSE.

THE South West JAFC title is back in Bandon for the third time in five years after last evening’s final in Clonakilty.

ALMOST 83,500 incidents of harm or near-misses were reported in the health service last year, at a time when almost six million engagements took place between medical staff and patients.

Nearly 83,500 incidents of harm and near misses were reported in the Health Service last year according to the HSE and State Claims Agency.

THE head of the Health Service Executive warned that a shortage of junior doctors in small hospitals would have a knock-on effect on services in emergency departments.

THERE was no room for basic civility. When Enda Kenny stepped from his vehicle in Athlone last Monday, he saw his fellow TD, Luke “Ming” Flanagan, and approached him. Flanagan was among a large group of people protesting at the scheduled downgrading of A&E facilities at Roscommon Hospital.

A new interim executive board of the HSE has been appointed.

CHRIS MINTERN (Coláiste Chríost Rí) warmed up for next weekend’s attempt to win the national triathlon title in Fingal by winning the intermediate 3,000m title at the opening session of the South Munster Schools track and field championships at the CIT track in Bishopstown yesterday.

Inadequate staff training and over-reliance on ultrasound led to 24 women being wrongly told they had suffered a miscarriage, an inquiry has found.

IRELAND has been plunged back into a hospital trolley crisis, after a shocking 446 people were forced to endure the unacceptable waits in a single day.

THE HSE has launched an internal review of the trolley crisis after hospitals across the country failed to manage the recent surge in emergency department patient numbers.

The HSE has announced the appointment of a new National Director of Risk, Quality and Clinical Care.

THE Middle East peace process lay in tatters yesterday after Washington admitted defeat in its efforts to secure an Israeli freeze on settlement building, the Palestinians’ condition for resuming talks.

WASHINGTON’S envoy to Iraq has condemned WikiLeaks as “absolutely awful” as world capitals braced for the looming release of three million sensitive diplomatic cables by the whistleblower website.

A LATE Michael Cahalane point earned Bandon a draw in a thrilling Cork Premier 2 MHC final at Páirc Uí Rinn yesterday.

PLANS to reconfigure cancer services under the direction of cancer ‘tzar’ Prof Tom Keane have angered a number of hospital consultants, among them cancer specialists.

AGRICULTURE Minister Brendan Smith has admitted the discovery of dioxins in Irish pigs was damaging, but was confident a swift response would help restore faith in the farming industry.

SUICIDE accounts for almost one-third of all deaths in the 15-24 age group in Ireland, according to a report published yesterday.