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

More than 10,000 people stayed for ten days in designated hotels, with a Covid-19 positivity rate of 5.7 per cent, before the system was halted last week

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’

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

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

Time and again, poor communication between health officials and policy makers has resulted in the public being blindsided

New plan by health department, HSE and NTPF aims to mitigate snowballing numbers waiting for treatment, exacerbated by pandemic

The contracts, worth up to €252,000 a year, will mean that hospital consultants hired by the HSE can only work in public settings

The health minister is not alone in his concern for self-promotion but he didn‘t help his case with his handling of the issue

In the teeth of a pandemic, the government cannot be blamed for the slow vaccine rollout, but any new missteps will not be forgiven by an increasingly critical public

Minister for Health fears new variants of Covid-19 could threaten vaccination rollout as hotel group requested to increase capacity

Minister for Health acts after 20 teachers from the chief executive’s children’s school received left-over vaccines from the private hospital

The EU green cert, for those who have been vaccinated, recovered from Covid-19 or tested negative, will miss many cases and will also create ethical and civil liberties issues

Minister for Health admits concern after HSE misses last week’s target of 100,000 doses due to pharma company’s delay

Stephen Donnelly may be pledging more than he can deliver on vaccines while the new Living with Covid plan is short on detail and has brought more confusion. We deserve better

Even in a normal year, the Department of Health would be under strain – and this is the polar opposite of a normal year

You’ll cry laughing when you realise that the humble thumbs up is diverting attention away from the more egregious emojis in our repertoire

Given the huge responsibility of the post, and Donnelly’s tendency to over-promise and perform badly under pressure, is it time to let someone else oversee the vaccine roll-out?