Politicians and campaigners agree that the laws now pass the 'Vicky test'

People have been forced to sell their homes to meet historic nursing home fees, the Oireachtas health committee has heard. A tense debate centred mostly on fees wrongly levied on residents which, the committee heard, are still having major impacts.

The Government has decided to ignore all the international evidence that strongly points to the benefits of introducing a comprehensive digital view of patient records

Government leaders have defended the legal strategy on historic nursing home charges, dismissing claims they were involved in a State policy to deny refunds to people illegally charged for care

Garda Representative Association calls for taskforce to tackle conflict as 'antisocial elements' latch on to protests 

Every day this saga remains alive, Donohoe’s position becomes more and more precarious

The Department of Health expect the bill could be published within weeks but enactment will take longer.

With almost 90% of Irish primary schools remaining under Catholic patronage, about 5% have a multi-denominational ethos

Towns in Cork, Kerry, and Clare are all under pressure, Oireachtas Health Committee told

It will allow banks who received billions in bailouts over a decade ago to resume paying bonuses of up to €20,000 to staff

Tanáiste Leo Varadkar also said “it’s okay to be dodgy if you're on the left"

'We should not be outsourcing alcohol education to the very people profiting from this misuse,' one TD said as Drinkaware Ireland continues to flout HSE and Department of Health guidance

Renters are facing “uncertainty” and the Government has “failed” to target measures for those most in need, Opposition parties have said.

Social Democrats co-leader Róisín Shortall says the Taoiseach needs to act after what she describes as a litany of errors

One in five patients sufferering depression and anxiety.

Paxlovid can be taken within five days of a Covid-19 infection to stop the illness from progressing. Trials found it cut hospitalisations and deaths by 88%.

The Social Democrat Party is holding its first in-person conference since 2019 in Dublin's Gresham Hotel this weekend

Inflation and housing issues are expected to dominate the party's conference this weekend

Dr Glynn's exit on May 31 is the latest in a series of high-profile departures from the health service.

There are concerns that St Vincent’s Holdings will still be controlled by a religious ethos.

Social Democrat co-leader Róisín Shortall said:"While families are struggling to heat their homes, the ESB...made bumper profits of €680 million last year."

Paul Reid and Robert Watt's double act at the health committee left TDs fuming as, again, the system has grabbed a vital reform agenda — and the best we can hope for now is Sláintecare-lite

Social Democrats are calling on the Government to tackle the cost of cancer care

The email told journalist Katie Hannon her show was being recorded and listened to by a group of 'close to 200 men'

A public consultation process has been launched as part of a review of legislation, but TDs criticised the delay in appointing an independent chairperson as part of the review.

Labour's health spokesperson Duncan Smith said the Government "have been making an absolute hames of antigen testing from start to finish".

When being sworn in, a president must make a declaration “in the presence of almighty God” that they will maintain the Constitution of Ireland and uphold its laws

Leo Varadkar said the presence of the more virulent B117 variant means it will be difficult to get daily figures much lower 

State urged to enhance role of 'protective' vitamin in pandemic strategy

"The vaccine is not the panacea we all thought it would be, it simply is not going to be,' says labour leader Alan Kelly

Opposition leaders quizzed Taoiseach Micheál Martin on delay in implementing mandatory quarantine 

Plans to allow Leaving Certificate students back to school have been dubbed "premature" and "cobbled together" by the opposition.

The first day of vaccinations in care homes was delayed but the HSE insists 35,000 people will be vaccinated this week as had been planned

The Dáil will break on Thursday and return on Wednesday, January 13.

The institutional abuse body, first set up in 2012, said all applications would be fully dealt with by December 11

The Social Democrats say it will support a no-confidence motion in Tánaiste Leo Varadkar in the Dáil next week. It comes as Labour are also set to support the Sinn Féin motion when it goes before the Dáil on Tuesday.

Ireland's quarantine policy has been described 'the worst of all worlds', because it does not distinguish between safe and dangerous countries in relation to Covid-19.

The first time he took Leaders' Questions from the government side of the Dáil chamber will have played out differently had Micheál Martin ever imagined it.

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar is playing down the likelihood of mandatory quarantine rules coming into effect, saying there are not enough hotels and staff to put large amounts of people into isolation.

On a day where our public officials were supposed to shed light on the inner workings of our pandemic response, many could attest to their brain socially distancing from their body while watching it.

Independent TD for Clare Michael McNamara has been elected as the chairman of the new Dáil Covid-19 committee.

The Religious Sisters of Charity is to transfer hospital lands worth some €200m to the State - removing a key barrier to the construction of the National Maternity Hospital

Ireland has tested more than 210,000 people for Covid-19 to date, while the case definition for getting a test appointment is to be expanded once more this week.

Ever since the economic crash of 2008, the electorate has become a fickle beast. The stability that characterised the political system crashed along with the economy.