The HSE has been accused of "elder abuse" over the way it manages elderly people on waiting lists amid anger over claims that it has massaged waiting times for outpatients.

Ireland’s damaged and dangerous health service has almost reached a point where it could take decades to repair, doctors have warned.

Internal Government "squabbles" over planned health service changes are causing "huge anxiety" for staff and contributing to "a real sense of policy drift" in the system, a leading group has warned.

The INMO says Leo Varadkar faces a difficult job as Minister for Health.

The President of the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) has warned the new Minister for Health, Leo Varadkar, that health "does not need reforms which are designed by the IMF in Washington".

The new Cabinet has been announced.

Fears that the Government plan to introduce universal health insurance (UHI) is unworkable and based on a “utopian concept” which would be impossible to implement were raised by doctors at the weekend.

Doctors are to decide themselves whether to put the finances of their trade union under scrutiny in a review that would include examining a €10m package paid out to a former CEO.

The Irish Medical Organisation has warned that the health service will collapse “from the inside” and patients will suffer because of a shortage of consultants.

One of the country's top consultants has said any further cuts in pay will have a devastating impact on the health system.

A fresh proposal for the National Paediatric Hospital claims it could complete the facility by the second half of 2016, at an overall cost of €420m.

The jury is out on whether the special delivery unit will result in better patient care, says Fiachra Ó Cionnaith

PARENTS investing heavily in a medical career for their child should be wary of private grind schools offering “PreMed” courses that do not equate to the actual first year of a medical degree.

UP to 120 hospital consultant posts are being advertised by the Health Service Executive (HSE) as part of its continued efforts to increase the numbers of consultants working in the public service.