The Department of Health has told the Health Service Executive (HSE) to adopt “a whole-system approach" when identifying and quantifying the demand for health services around the country.
Former Defence Forces captain Joe Kelly is heading up Harlequin Healthcare, which aims to have seven private hospitals within five years.
Groups of private investors are planning new healthcare facilities following recent government proposals to create 1,000 new public hospital beds over the next five years by transferring private beds into new private clinics.
Shareholders in the Mater Private Hospital in Dublin are the latest investors to signal their interest in building privately-funded hospitals on public hospital sites.
More than €1 billion will be spent over the next five years by private hospital consortiums to help the government meet its commitment to free up beds for public patients in public hospitals.
I am walking along Middle Abbey Street in Dublin City Centre. A sign advertising a ‘free stress test' catches my eye.
Sharon O'Buachalla's sprawling office in Central Park in Leopardstown, south Dublin, is a far cry from the Portacabin from which she launched her motor-leasing company.
Two years ago, Yolanda Liuzzi quit her job, sold her Dublin apartment and moved to Italy to research a new venture.
The March 2004 train bombings in Madrid, which killed 192 people in Spain's worst ever terrorist attack, led to massive political fallout but did not have significant economic repercussions.
The bomb blasts in London dominated newspapers across the globe late last week, with revulsion and condemnation to the fore.
The Law Society is investigating a number of complaints about solicitors accused of breaching advertising regulations.
Dyflin Publications has secured a €1 million publishing contract from RGData, the representative body for the independent retail grocery sector in Ireland.
Reaction to the G8 summit deals to tackle poverty in Africa and reduce greenhouse gas emissions has been mixed, with many aid agencies and environmentalists saying they fell short of what was needed.
RTE's decision to screen the documentary on disgraced former taoiseach Charles Haughey in summertime disappointed the producers of the four-part series.
PepsiCo Ireland is spending €2 million on the advertising and rebranding of Diet 7UP to 7UP Free, having found that the word "diet" conjured up negative associations, particularly among young men.
