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Wednesday 21 October 2020
Free GP care is already in place for children under 6.
Micheál Martin said the decision was made by the government to “save their own skin and cover their own tracks”.
Varadkar said that Reid “developed a strong reputation as a dynamic and ambitious leader, who was always up for a challenge”.
Around half of the women who were offered the option of a retest have taken it up.
“The day of just two will do is no longer acceptable,” Dr Michael Harty, chair of the Oireachtas Health Committee, told TheJournal.ie.
It comes as new stats show over 2,000 cases where a homeless person has been discharged from hospital in the past seven years.
Canning says she’s both relieved and saddened to have settled the case.
In the run up to the 2016 Brexit vote, ‘Leave’ campaigners promised it would deliver millions for the NHS.
“He’s given impression that this is a priority for him,” the Independent Clare TD said.
‘As we cry in frustration over the recurring ineptitude of the state to deliver decent public healthcare service for citizens’ Maebh Ní Fhallúin examines how we got here.
Three more strikes are due to take place next Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday.
Women in Northern Ireland can access abortion services here, but it will cost them €450, the Dáil was told yesterday.
The nurses have gone on strike over what they call a recruitment and retention issue in the healthcare sector.
Minister for Health Simon Harris appeared before the Health Committee this afternoon.
They join members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation who are also due to go on strike.
Some hospitals are waiting for the system to be fully up and running before providing the service.
“During the Repeal the Eighth campaign you stated that you trusted women… but your behaviour during this debacle suggests otherwise,” one letter said.
Further strike days will follow in February if the dispute goes unresolved, the INMO says.
“The last thing the health service needs is a strike,” Health Minister Simon Harris said yesterday.
There were some concerns in recent weeks that hospitals would not be ready in time.
A new report looks into several areas of both the health of the nation and health services in general.
Yesterday it was described as political correctness “gone mad”, but did the HSE even say it?
Patients have highlighted issues with communication from their doctors and the discharge process.
The teenager’s family want her moved to a more appropriate residential care unit.
The posters use archive photographs and historical information about Irish prisons.
Ireland’s two-tiered system contributes to the type of service patients receive, even from public providers, a new report has found.
The report said that there were issues around recruiting consultants with certain specialities in specific areas.
There have been a number of “inordinate” delays in Monaghan, prompting councillors to ask for an explanation.
Sinn Féin councillor Toiréasa Ferris says she is worried the hospital could be ‘downgraded by stealth’
“Another 2 minutes and we would have been dealing with a very different outcome,” the parents were told at the Cavan hospital.
There were an average of 160 patient safety incidents per day last year.
A Dublin home would mean the mother wouldn’t have to travel to and from Kerry for her cancer treatment.
There was a 10% increase in health expenditure between 2011 and 2016.
There’s been a massive spike in requests this year for files from the CervicalCheck programme.
Today’s interim report has recommended that women should not encounter any financial obstacles while participating in investigations.
In July 2014, baby Thomas died after a feeding tube was inserted into a chamber of his heart.
Dr Aidan McKiernan, a Senior Clinical Psychologist with the LauraLynn Children’s Hospice, spoke to TheJournal.ie ahead of Children’s Hospice Week.
The Irish Dental Association has found that 90% of dentists say they are dissatisfied with the level of care they can provide under the scheme.
Kate Campbell had to have her ovary, fallopian tube and part of her abdominal wall removed.
The woman was recently told that her smear test had been reviewed and a different action could have been taken.
WITH LEVEL 5 restrictions coming into effect at midnight until 1 December, many businesses will be forced to close for the next six weeks.
Of course, many Irish businesses have an online presence and in the run-up to Christmas will rely heavily on support here at home.
As the festive season approaches we want to know: Will you make an extra effort to ‘buy irish’ this Christmas?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
Lecturer Maeve O’Rourke analyses the government’s nine main arguments in relation to the Bill.
This week, a home cook and recent sea swimming convert talks us through her week.
Some sun, then clouds, a few showers
Max: 13 °C
Min: 5 °C
Chilly with a blend of sun and clouds
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Clouds and sun with a couple of showers
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