MMental health Read More Quakers to sell Bloomfield mental health hospital in Rathfarnham – The Irish TimesJanuary 5, 2026 The Quakers in Ireland are to sell Bloomfield mental health hospital due to the ageing profile of the…
HHealth Read More Urgent HSE winter warning to anyone with two specific symptomsJanuary 4, 2026 The HSE says confirmed cases of norovirus are rising and has cautioned that this surge is “likely to…
HHealth Read More HSE issues urgent warning to anyone ill with 2 symptomsJanuary 3, 2026 The HSE has issued an urgent warning as a highly contagious stomach bug continues to spread across Ireland.Thoroughly…
HHealthcare Read More Retirement, emigration and lack of homes among reasons Cork healthcare staff quitJanuary 3, 2026 Almost 1,000 people quit their jobs in just three Cork hospitals, HSE figures have shown, with reasons such…
IIreland Read More With one pool for every 80,000 people, it’s a miracle Ireland is producing great swimmers – The Irish TimesJanuary 3, 2026 It’s been a wildly exciting time for Irish swimming. The squad that performed at the European Aquatics Short…
HHealth Read More Alert: Visitor restrictions because of “very contagious” virus outbreak at Kilkenny hospitalJanuary 3, 2026 It has been announced this afternoon (Friday) that St Luke’s General Hospital Carlow Kilkenny is battling an outbreak…
BBusiness Read More Cork carers to see hike in State payments from this weekJanuary 3, 2026 Carers and people with disabilities in Cork are to receive further support in 2026, as part of social…
BBusiness Read More Pharmacist awarded €20,000 after being excluded from promotion due to working part-time – The Irish TimesJanuary 1, 2026 A hospital pharmacist who did not meet the minimum requirement to apply for a promotion because she worked…
HHealthcare Read More Concerns as key hospital roles across Cork and Kerry filled by locumsJanuary 1, 2026 One in six hospital consultants nationwide are now working on locum contracts, HSE confirms In response to questioning…
HHealth Read More Dublin’s Rotunda Hospital transferring women as far as Drogheda due to bed shortage – The Irish TimesJanuary 1, 2026 It was a Monday evening in mid-December and a woman was in labour in the Rotunda Hospital when…
HHealthcare Read More Special sick-pay scheme for healthcare workers with long-Covid will end todayDecember 31, 2025 Health Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has been urged to extend the scheme, which guarantees full pay. But a…
HHealthcare Read More Healthcare workers at risk of losing financial support when Covid sick-pay scheme endsDecember 31, 2025 A nurse who contracted the virus in early 2021 has said the prospect is a ‘tremendous worry’ Health…