Speed is of the essence when reacting to potential symptoms of breast cancer, as Ciara Ní Ghairbhí found out when she noticed a pain in her left breast

Martin Connor, a policy advisor to the previous coalition, and his new company aim to improve delivery of data management systems to the HSE

New research shows mental health of young workers has been negatively impacted by the pandemic

Irish Families Through Surrogacy and Equality for Children were responding to a Business Post report that the government is looking to separate out international surrogacy elements from the forthcoming Assisted Human Reproduction Bill

Experts differ over the cause and significance of the current rise in Covid cases in Ireland and its implications as we approach a full reopening on October 22

The forthcoming assisted human reproduction bill will have no international dimension because of potential legal difficulties

Cathal Walsh says strain-specific top-ups can play a role but primary vaccination is still far more effective

The HSE confirmed that just €97m of the €210m fund was projected to be spent by the end of 2021

Michael Dowling, who runs Northwell Health in New York, thanks majority of staff, ‘who did the right thing and got vaccinated’

The low-cost gym chain will open four new locations across Dublin city due to ‘unprecedented demand’

The plan, a set of policies aimed at reforming the health service, has come to a sorry pass and amounts to a stunning betrayal of the public

The move will also see the winding-up of the Sláintecare Implementation Advisory Council (Siac), from which Laura Magahy, Anthony O’Connor and Tom Keane have stepped down in recent weeks

Dr Anthony O’Connor said that ‘the culture of collaboration, respect, community and engagement that had been envisaged by the Slaintecare report has been bulldozed’

The government is failing in its duties to provide a working healthcare system

There are concerns that the deadline for the business case, which concerns regionalisation plans, will be missed unless the HSE agrees to take part

The Irish Hospital Consultants Association has warned that the numbers waiting for either treatment or a consultation will soon increase to over one million patients

Downplaying and media management dominated the government’s response to the resignation of Laura Magahy and Tom Keane from the Sláintecare programme

More departures from the Sláintecare Implementation Advisory Council could ensue in the coming weeks, as members weigh up their next move

Executive leased conference centre for use as an overspill facility but never used the conference centre despite millions being spent making it habitable

It’s not good enough to blame the pandemic for the slow pace of change in Irish healthcare, and the resignation last week of two key members of the Sláintecare programme was at least partly prompted by a lack of buy-in by politicians