Health
New sunbed laws come into effect
07.20 New legislation governing the use of sunbeds comes into force today.
Plan to penalise firms backing big tobacco queried
01 Mar Former attorney general Michael McDowell has said he thinks it would be unlawful for the Government to seek to impose blanket bans on legal firms who act for big tobacco from tendering for legal services advertised by the State.
Visiting restrictions at Tallaght Hospital
28 Feb Visitors are being asked to stay away from Tallaght Hospital in Dublin because a number of patients there are being treated for flu.
Sierra Leone's VP in quarantine over Ebola concern
01 Mar Sierra Leone's Vice President Sam Sumana has placed himself in quarantine following death of one of his guards from Ebola, a government spokesman said last night.
Chilean president visits ill girl who wants to die
28 Feb Chile's President Michelle Bachelet has visited a 14-year-old girl suffering from cystic fibrosis who made a video appeal to be allowed to end her life.
Too much sleep may increase stroke risk: Study
26 Feb Getting too much sleep may increase the risk of having a stroke, scientists have said.
Minister 'disappointed' over Feeney case
27 Feb Minister for Health Leo Varadkar has said he is very disappointed to hear of what occurred in the case of the late Gerry Feeney at Beaumont Hospital.
Govt to prepare laws over surrogacy
25 Feb The Government has agreed to prepare new laws to regulate surrogacy and the broader area of assisted human reproduction and associated research.
Elderly man left in 'soiled state' at Beaumont
25 Feb Beaumont Hospital in Dublin has said it is conducting an investigation into complaints about the treatment of an 81-year-old man during his stay at the hospital.
New Cystic Fibrosis discovery may help sufferers
25 Feb Scientists say a Cystic Fibrosis discovery may lead to a new way to treat patients which will help them breathe more easily.
Eating disorder group see 30% rise in calls
24 Feb Eating disorder awareness and support group Bodywhys recorded a 30% increase in the number of people calling it's helpline in the last year, the largest growth seen in at least a decade.
Delayed discharges 'putting lives at risk'
24 Feb The former chairman of the Emergency Department Taskforce warned last September that delayed discharges were putting lives at risk.
UK legalises 'three-person' babies
24 Feb The UK has become the first country in the world to legalise the creation of IVF babies using DNA from three people.
Doctor defends decision to clip Fallopian tubes
23 Feb A Medical Council fitness-to-practise inquiry has resumed into allegations that a Galway doctor sterilised a 32-year-old female patient without her consent.
HIQA finds hand hygiene problems at Cork hospitals
23 Feb Cleaning practices and hand hygiene compliance were identified as immediate high risks during an unannounced inspection by HIQA of a 34-bed ward at Cork University Hospital last November.
33 hospitals report rising waiting lists
20 Feb New waiting list figures up to the end of January reveal a significant increase in the number of adults and children waiting for treatment, with 33 of 41 acute hospitals reporting rising lists.
Portiuncula review terms of reference published
20 Feb A review into the care provided to women at the maternity unit at Portiuncula Hospital has been extended and will now cover a six-year time frame from 2008 to 2014.
Polio immunisation team murdered in Pakistan
18 Feb Four members of a polio immunisation team have been found murdered after being kidnapped in southwest Pakistan.
90 posts to be filled at Mullingar hospital
18 Feb A dispute over staffing levels and overcrowding at the Midland Regional Hospital Mullingar has been resolved after talks between the INMO and HSE.
Thailand bans commercial surrogacy for foreigners
20 Feb Thailand's interim parliament has passed a law that bans foreigners from seeking surrogacy services to end a "rent-a-womb" industry that made the southeast Asian country a top destination for fertility tourism.
Childcare workers march over sector funding
17 Feb Around 1,000 people involved in the childcare sector have assembled outside Leinster House in pursuit of better funding for the sector.
Cross-party backing for Reilly's tobacco 'crusade'
17 Feb There has been cross-party support for Minister for Children and Youth Affairs James Reilly's "fight and crusade against the tobacco industry" at this afternoon's meeting of the Oireachtas Health Committee.
Surrogacy bill to ban anonymous donations
16 Feb The Minister for Health has outlined his plans for new legislation on surrogacy, including a prohibition on anonymous egg and sperm donations.
Girl diagnosed with PNH cured following transplant
16 Feb A 14-year-old girl, diagnosed with the rare blood disorder PNH, has been cured following a successful bone marrow transplant at Our Lady's Children's Hospital in Crumlin.
Call for ambulances to be diverted from Drogheda
16 Feb The INMO has asked the HSE to take Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda off-call for emergency ambulance calls due to the high number of patients on trolleys in the Emergency Department.