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Elderly woman spends 15 hours on hospital trolley

The woman, believed to be 103, finally got a bed this morning.

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Dec 2nd 2016, 5:22 PM

"Like something from a Frankenstein novel" - bereaved mother describes Portlaoise Hospital's morgue

Janice Boland has given a heart-rending interview regarding the trauma she went through at the maternity hospital in 2006

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May 12th 2015, 5:33 PM

The HSE has published five letters it sent to health watchdog as hospital fight intensifies

More than 250 adverse findings were discovered in the standards of care at Portlaoise Hospital.

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Mar 24th 2015, 7:48 AM