The Clinical Director of the National Centre for Pharma-economics has said that VHI's decision to make some cancer drugs available to some private customers raises an issue of equity.

Corporate employees in Ireland are suffering from concerning levels of stress, anxiety and depression, a new report has found.

Catch the runners in action at the Cork City marathon.

Some of the participants in this year's VHI Women's Mini Marathon were less than pleased with some items in this year's goodie bag.

Directors and key client managers at Dublin-based public relations firm Q4 PR shared a pay bonanza of €2.8m last year, accounts show.

The country’s largest health insurer is cutting premiums across plans that cover 90% of its customers.

Price reductions along with enhanced day-to-day cover, lower excesses and new product benefits across a range of plans have been announced by the State’s health insurer.

The health insurer will also reduce the child rates on 27 plans from next month.

Many people use the SwiftCare Clinics for minor injuries to avoid going to a busy hospital emergency department and waiting hours for treatment.

It is said politics shouldn’t mix with sport but it certainly put a purposeful pep in the step of many of the participants in the VHI Women’s Mini Marathon as thousands ran to raise funds and awareness for neglected and struggling causes.

State-owned health insurer VHI has reported a healthy profit after hiking its premiums twice in the last six months.

The cost of private health insurance continues to soar, with a second insurer announcing a second price hike within six months.

The country's largest health insurer has warned that the rising cost of claims is threatening the private system.

The HSE is expected to receive €100m from the VHI by the end of the year.

Families faces a €105 rise in health insurance each year, while adults will have to pay almost €40 more, as the country’s largest insurer has once again pushed up its prices.

Health insurer VHI has announced that it is to increase its premiums.

Changes to VHI’s corporate structure will have no impact on customers or its policies or health cover, said Leo Varadkar, the health minister, yesterday.

The VHI is to become an authorised entity as of July 31.

24,000 Irish people could have undiagnosed diabetes, according to a new study.

Some families will have to pay up to €300 more for private health insurance as a result of VHI’s decision to increase a number of its corporate plans from next month.

A day after VHI hiked many of its plans by an average of 3%, it is reported that some Laya Healthcare customers could be facing a 10% increase.

Older people will have to pay almost €300 more for health insurance after the county’s largest health insurer has yet again pushed up its prices.

Health insurer VHI has announced price increases across many of its healthcare plans today.