THE Gay Men’s Health Service has expressed concern at the high rate of illness among the Irish gay population.

IT APPEARS the HSE can’t catch up with the numbers of children languishing on waiting lists for orthodontic care across the country.

Cancer deaths will not come down for several years despite a major overhaul of services, the Republic’s new cancer chief warned today.

UP TO €1.7 million has been paid in performance related bonus payments to senior managers since the Health Service Executive (HSE) was set up at the beginning of last year.