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Simon Harris said the Government made a conscious decision to increase spending on the project

Harris defends increased spend on Children's Hospital

The airline said it worked to return to Seattle once it realised the error

US plane turned back after human heart left on board

News Lens / 20 hrs

Director of Mental Health Reform Dr Shari McDaid

Out-of-hours mental health support a 'national issue'

Health / 13 Dec

NTPF figures show that outpatient waiting lists reduced by more than 1,000 last month

Reduction in hospital waiting lists last month - NTPF

Health / 13 Dec

The bill passed in the Seanad following many hours of debate

Abortion legislation passes all stages of Oireachtas

Politics / 13 Dec

Extra resources may be needed for HSE to support UK review of slides

Concerns over CervicalCheck's capacity to manage crisis

Health / 12 Dec

The group said it looked forward to rearranging the much anticipated meeting with Simon Harris at the earliest opportunity

CervicalCheck support group unhappy with meeting delay

Health / 11 Dec

The position of the Director General has been advertised with applications due to close in early January

HSE interim head Connaghan to leave at end of year

Sharon Sheehan said the Coombe is fully committed to providing abortion services

Master of Coombe calls for abortion services delay

Health / 11 Dec

Mr Justice Peter Kelly gave his rulings in public for reasons of public interest

High Court grants suspension of three doctors

Courts / 11 Dec

Abortion bill in the Seanad - it's not going to be easy

Politics / 10 Dec

Rhona Mahony said the new hospital 'shouldn't be going down to the wire'

Maternity hospital plans too important to 'fall apart'

Health / 08 Dec

Dr Peter Boylan said he understood medical colleagues had 'genuine concerns' about the introduction of termination services

Boylan warns against delay to abortion introduction

Health / 07 Dec

HIQA has recommended that a version of the HPV vaccine be given to girls and boys

HPV vaccine to be extended to boys, says Harris

Health / 07 Dec

The spend across the country's hospitals to September came to over €114m

HSE 'spent €234m on agency staff over nine months'

Health / 07 Dec

Minister for Health Simon Harris addressed the Seanad

Minister for Health introduces abortion bill to Seanad

Politics / 07 Dec

The Winter Plan aims to free up hospital capacity

Nine hospital sites targeted in HSE Winter Plan

Health / 06 Dec

Minister for Health Simon Harris hailed the passing of legislation as a 'new era for Irish women'

Dáil passes bill allowing abortion services

Politics / 06 Dec

Review was ordered after three serious reportable events were uncovered at University Hospital Kerry

Kerry scans review finds 11 cancer diagnoses delayed

Health / 05 Dec

Simon Harris said he is not giving any hospital to the nuns

Ownership of NMH to be agreed in coming weeks - Harris

Politics / 05 Dec

The first successful childbirth following uterine transplant from a living donor took place in 2013 in Sweden (File pic)

First baby born via uterus transplanted from dead donor

Health / 05 Dec

MQI have applied for planning permission to run the country's first supervised drug injection centre

Further delay for Dublin city injection facility

Dublin / 04 Dec

SIPTU represents over half of the 12,000 workers in Section 39 bodies

Workers in HSE-funded agencies back pay equality bid

Employment / 04 Dec

HDR brachytherapy treatment only previously available to patients in the Mater Private in Dublin

Galway first public hospital to use HDR cancer therapy

Health / 03 Dec

INMO says overcrowding is a year-long problem and not just a winter one

INMO: Hospital overcrowding in November worst on record

Health / 02 Dec

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