MORNING BULLETIN: Record 718,000 patients on waiting lists; Hurricane Florence lashes US coast with rain and wind
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Figures from the National Treatment Purchase Fund show over 718,000 people were waiting to be seen or treated by a doctor at the end of August.
A new national security body charged with collecting and analysing intelligence from State agencies and coordinating their activities is to be a key recommendation of the forthcoming Policing Commission, the Irish Examiner understands.
Three men are being quizzed on suspicion of drug trafficking and an impounded yacht is being searched under armed guard following a multi-agency intelligence-led operation off the coast.
Hurricane Florence has inundated US coastal streets with ocean water and left tens of thousands without power, and forecasters say conditions will only worsen as the hulking storm slogs inland.
Female health scandals are almost two a penny. Health Correspondent Catherine Shanahan says it is high time for a health service chief keen to hear what women want
Volkswagen has decided to end production of its famous Beetle. The company’s American unit announced on Thursday that it would end global production of the third-generation bulbous bug in July next year after offering two special editions for sale.
Kieran Donaghy’s Kerry career may not have had the fairytale finish he would have wished for but he insists that regrets are few and far between after a 15-year intercounty career in the green and gold.
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Cynthia Nixon promised to “keep fighting” after she failed in her bid to become the governor of New York.
Irish duo Domhnall Gleeson and Lenny Abrahamson are back together for a gothic horror story set in an old English house.
Multi-tasking RTE star Kathryn Thomas recently added ‘mum’ to her impressive CV. Now back at work, she talks to Helen O’Callaghan about learning how to balance motherhood and career.
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