# GPs

All time

Doctors warn patients: Expect long waiting times to see your GP

Doctors say government cuts will lead to the ‘normalisation’ of long waiting times. “This move is not only mean-spirited, it is stupid,” said one GP.

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Jul 2nd 2013, 11:37 AM

# Medical Cards

20,000 people over 70 to lose medical cards under new legislation

However Minister of State Alex White said that medical card coverage of the over 70s population stands at 97 per cent.

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Mar 21st 2013, 9:39 PM

# Your Say

Poll: Will you pay the Property Tax?

Revenue will begin collecting the charge from July.

87.8k

213

Feb 18th 2013, 10:06 AM

# Public Health

HSE urges public to 'look after health' given hospital crowding

The combination of holiday ailments and the winter vomiting bug mean hospitals are busier than they might usually be.

5.9k

Jan 4th 2013, 4:05 PM

# Not the News

Here is the week's news... skewed

Breaking via The Mire wire: Will Rory McIlroy attend The Gathering? And round 2 of Michael Noonan versus the IMF…

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Sep 15th 2012, 5:00 PM

# BACKLOG

Some 500 GP referrals awaiting ultrasounds in Donegal

Patients are now being told they will have to wait an additional six weeks for the backlog to be cleared.

2.9k

Aug 29th 2012, 10:20 AM

# Air Traffic Control

Tanzanian airport's only radar system out of order all month

Sources say the aviation authority was told about the radar’s defective power supply in 2010 but it took no action.

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Aug 17th 2012, 6:29 PM

# potholes

App detects potholes on Boston streets

New app Street Bump allows drivers to automatically report the road hazards like pot holes to the authorities.

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Jul 20th 2012, 1:43 PM

# Burger King

Burger King sacks three workers after online lettuce photo is exposed

A photo was posted to 4chan showing someone jumping in tubs of lettuce – with the outlet identified within minutes.

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Jul 19th 2012, 9:56 PM

# Stimulus

35 towns to compete for 20 new primary care facilities

There’s money to build two bundles of 10 facilities – but 35 towns are in the running, so there’ll be a competition.

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Jul 17th 2012, 7:13 PM

# Yes Please

Navigation company wants to send you to St Lucia... to map it

TomTom has launched the second of five phases in its topical island mapping project.

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Jun 14th 2012, 7:21 PM

# Waiting Lists

HSE: 178,000 waiting to see a consultant at an outpatient clinic

The Health Minister has said the number of people on waiting lists to see specialists is “utterly unacceptable”.

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Apr 6th 2012, 9:53 AM

# lego shuttle

Teenager sends Lego shuttle into space

Footage shows the tiny model crusted with icicles after rising high above the Earth.

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Mar 9th 2012, 11:55 AM

# doctor fees

GPs urged to display price lists

The Irish Medical Organisation recommended last year that all its members should introduce price lists – but not all GPs are yet doing it.

2.6k

Mar 3rd 2012, 9:15 AM

# Overcrowding

Limerick Hospital so overcrowded that it is “unsafe”

Members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation have called on the HSE to implement the major disaster plan to deal with the overcrowding.

2.4k

Feb 7th 2012, 2:50 PM

# 2012

Yay! 12 things that will be cheaper in 2012

2012 will be a year for wine-drinking holidaymakers who love electronics, seemingly.

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Jan 5th 2012, 12:42 PM

# Hospitals

Please don't send patients here, hospital department tells GPs

The dermatology department at a Limerick hospital has urged local GPs to refer patients elsewhere “in the interest of safety”.

780

Oct 20th 2011, 12:49 PM

# medical certs

Sick notes from doctors costing government €29million a year

Labour’s Kevin Humphreys has called for medical cert payments to be stopped after the €550,000-a-week bill emerged.

620

Sep 22nd 2011, 7:37 AM

Evening Wrap

The 5 at 5 5 stories, 5 minutes, 5 o’clock…

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Sep 15th 2011, 4:47 PM

# Medical Cards

GPs welcome scrapping of restrictions on treating medical card holders

The health minister has confirmed that Cabinet has approved the drafting of legislation to do away with the barrier between some GPs and medical card patients.

840

Sep 15th 2011, 4:13 PM

# Not-so-Happy Feet

Happy Feet the Penguin is lost once more

Fears for Happy Feet are growing as the confused penguin’s GPS tracker is no longer working. We’re hoping he hasn’t been eaten.

343

Sep 13th 2011, 3:52 PM

# Patients

Protest at Tallaght hospital in solidarity with staff

Demonstrators say the facility is seriously under resourced. Meanwhile a protest about Roscommon County Hospital is planned for Leinster House for Wednesday.

379

Jul 2nd 2011, 6:42 PM

# Rescue

Lost climbers rescued in Wicklow - thanks to their smartphones

The group were stranded by descending cloud and poor visibility, but mountain rescue teams used co-ordinates from the hikers’ GPS-enabled phones to pinpoint their location.

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Jun 8th 2011, 3:04 PM

# Health

GPs warn of major problems in changes to prescribing psychiatric drugs

Up to 48 hour delays predicted for greater Dublin area patients under the new scheme, but the HSE says it’s already in place in the rest of the country.

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Apr 8th 2011, 2:53 PM

# Health

One in ten chooses internet over GP

More and more people seeking to improve their medical knowledge by going online.

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Mar 11th 2011, 8:07 PM