# Emergency Department

This year

2023

# Mercy University Hospital

Cork hospital advises patients to avoid ED due to Covid-19 and winter vomiting bug surge

Mercy University Hospital advised that ‘patients are and will continue to experience delays’.

9.8k

Mar 13th 2023, 1:47 PM

# Mater Hospital

Mater Hospital advises patients to avoid its emergency department 'where possible'

A statement issued this evening said the hospital’s ‘services are under extreme pressure due to the large volume of patients’.

14.6k

Feb 20th 2023, 7:47 PM

# TUH

Tallaght Hospital advises people with 'non-urgent' needs to avoid its emergency department

Tallaght University Hospital said its ED is ‘extremely busy’ and is currently experiencing ‘high levels of attendance’.

12.6k

Updated

Feb 13th 2023, 1:54 PM

# Dublin

Mater Hospital 'under extreme pressure', appeals to public to avoid Emergency Dept if possible

A spokesperson said that patients who are presenting at the ED with non-urgent conditions are “experiencing lengthy waiting times”.

23.0k

Jan 2nd 2023, 2:25 PM

Last year

2022

# ambulance diversion

Further protests planned over Navan A&E with Dublin protest not ruled out

Concerns have been raised by a number of politicians about the number of ambulances being sent to Drogheda.

6.2k

Dec 8th 2022, 6:34 PM

# Emergency Department

Mater Hospital urges people not to attend ED due to 'high numbers of presentations'

The hospital urged anyone with non-urgent conditions to instead visit a GP or minor injuries unit.

18.9k

Aug 29th 2022, 2:45 PM

# Overcrowding

Patient care in University Hospital Limerick ED compromised due to overcrowding

A HIQA inspection has found that the health and welfare of people receiving care in the department was at risk.

11.2k

Updated

Jun 17th 2022, 1:00 PM

# HSE

Tánaiste says Government has not sanctioned the closure of Navan emergency department

The Health Minister said several issues must be addressed before any transition can take place, including capacity at other hospitals.

9.2k

Updated

Jun 14th 2022, 2:00 PM

# Hospital

Emergency department in Navan to be replaced with 'medical assessment unit'

Medical emergencies such as heart attacks and strokes will no longer be treated at the hospital.

10.5k

Jun 13th 2022, 3:30 PM

# Wait Times

Mater Hospital urges public to avoid emergency department due to ‘extreme pressure’

It advised people with non-emergency conditions to seek assistance from minor injury units or their GP.

13.9k

Jun 9th 2022, 11:20 AM

# Mater Hospital

Mater Hospital urges public to not attend emergency department due to Covid-19 pressures

The hospital has advised people to either attend minor-injury units or their GP

14.5k

Updated

Apr 6th 2022, 4:35 PM

# HSE surge

Ireland seeing record numbers of patients at emergency departments

HSE Chief Operations Officer Anne O’Connor said that the surge was not flu driven.

25.0k

Feb 10th 2022, 2:32 PM

# Overcrowding

Mater Hospital asks public to avoid emergency department as Covid-19 patients rise

Nearly 600 people were waiting in hospitals around the country for a bed this morning.

19.7k

Feb 9th 2022, 2:35 PM

# Podcast

The Explainer: Healthcare staff on what it's like working during the Omicron wave

Click to listen to a GP, a paramedic, an emergency medicine consultant, and the head of an intensive care unit talk about how our hospitals are coping with the Omicron wave.

4.8k

Jan 20th 2022, 6:00 PM

All time

# spiking

'Relatively few' incidents of injection spiking, say emergency medicine doctors

There have been reports of injection spiking in Ireland and the UK in recent weeks.

20.0k

Nov 13th 2021, 2:17 PM

# Cork

People urged to avoid Cork University Hospital ED as HSE cyber attack impact causing 'extreme delays'

Dr Conor Deasy said the HSE ransomware attack had a major impact on frontline care delivery at the hospital.

9.2k

Jun 4th 2021, 9:50 AM

# Impact

'Anyone who worked the weekend has aged hugely': Emergency staff under intense pressure amid HSE hack

The shutdown of the system has impacted on scans, laboratory work and access to patient files.

Delays in laboratories mean it is taking hours for patient blood work to come back.

Healthcare workers are asking patients who have to attend EDs to bring as much information with them as possible.

36.1k

May 17th 2021, 5:25 PM

# Emergency Department

'Significant' demand for beds at Limerick Hospital from people who had Covid, but still need to recover

The hospital group responded to calls from the INMO for a Hiqa investigation into overcrowding at University Hospital Limerick

30.0k

Apr 23rd 2021, 10:48 PM

# Limerick

People urged to avoid Limerick Hospital ED due to 'unprecedented level' of patient presentations

A total of 283 patients attended the Limerick ED in the 24 hours to 8am today.

56.0k

Apr 21st 2021, 9:45 PM

# Delays

Mercy hospital in Cork asks 'non-urgent' cases to go elsewhere after surge in people attending ED

Patients who do attend the emergency department are likely to experience delays.

16.8k

Sep 30th 2020, 11:33 AM

# Coronavirus

Sharp fall in number of people attending emergency departments in first three months of year

The average number of daily ED attendances at the end of March was approximately half what it was at the beginning of March.

11.2k

May 22nd 2020, 6:00 AM

# Overcrowding

'I'm exhausted': Frustration in the Mater Hospital's 'rammed' Emergency Department

The Mater was the hospital with the highest number of patients on trolleys in Dublin yesterday morning, according to the INMO.

26.9k

Jan 7th 2020, 12:05 AM

# Overcrowding

Patients on trolleys moved from overcrowded Limerick ED after unannounced fire officer visit

The senior fire officer visited after concerns were raised about the number of trolleys in corridors in the ED.

29.8k

Nov 27th 2019, 7:36 PM

# Back to Work

Nursing pay deal set to cost €10-€15 million this year and €30-€35 million in 2020

Finance Minister Donohoe has said that the Labour Court recommendations are “consistent with the public sector stability agreement”.

36.9k

110

Updated

Feb 12th 2019, 4:30 PM

# HSE

Over 3,000 people attended emergency departments in Ireland yesterday

The HSE is encouraging people to go to their GP where possible, instead of attending hospitals.

39.5k

Jan 1st 2019, 6:02 PM

# reform needed

Doctors say emergency departments are 'death zones' due to overcrowding

The Irish Medical Organisation has said that additional resources are needed immediately.

17.0k

Jul 18th 2018, 10:45 PM

# Emergency Department

Brother of man found dead at Tallaght Hospital questions how his brother wasn't noticed for hours

Tallaght Hospital said an internal review will also be initiated into the circumstances of the incident.

28.0k

Apr 17th 2018, 8:10 PM

# Galway

Galway hospital denies claims emergency department patients were 'hidden' during Taoiseach's visit

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar visited University College Hospital Galway last Thursday.

34.6k

Apr 16th 2018, 4:31 PM

# Storm Emma

Emergency Department attendances rise sharply today in wake of Storm Emma

During the course of Storm Emma, the HSE saw a 41% reduction in attendances at Emergency Departments.

13.4k

Mar 5th 2018, 10:45 PM

# Overcrowding

Temple Street asks parents to keep children away from emergency department as 14 left on trolleys

The hospital said seriously ill or injured children will still be treated as a priority.

23.1k

Feb 15th 2018, 2:04 PM

# er

Major traumas will be sent to hospitals in either Dublin or Cork under new plan

A specialist trauma unit will also be located in a third location.

14.2k

Feb 6th 2018, 4:14 PM

# Trolley Watch

'It's a wake-up call': 73 children on trolleys in emergency depts so far this year

The Irish Nurses and Midwives’ Association has just launched a new trolley watch system – where it counts how many children are on trolleys in EDs.

6.8k

Jan 15th 2018, 1:41 PM

Voices

Dr Anthony O'Connor: Things we could do to get more people off trolleys

They can be done and they must be done – we have to believe that, writes hospital consultant Dr Anthony O’Connor.

28.3k

Jan 8th 2018, 6:30 AM

# busy period

Surgeries at Cork hospital cancelled for two weeks as flu and 'revelry' make their impact

The move is an attempt to ease pressure on services over the busy Christmas period.

9.8k

Dec 22nd 2017, 8:45 AM

# under the weather

People urged to get flu vaccine after jump in cases of influenza-like illness

People in high-risk groups include pregnant women and those over the age of 65.

15.0k

Dec 21st 2017, 2:52 PM

# Safety

Warning issued about window blinds to help prevent tragic accidents

Two children end up in US emergency departments every day due to accidents with window blinds.

13.9k

Dec 11th 2017, 6:15 AM

# Zero Tolerance

How many HSE doctors does Navan hospital's emergency department have? None

Four of the five locum/agency doctors at the hospital’s emergency department went on wildcat strike two weeks ago in a row over plans to slash their rate of pay.

21.0k

Sep 18th 2017, 12:10 AM