Fergal Bowers

The Rotunda Hospital in Dublin has said it believes its future has been clarified, and that it will be remaining on its Parnell Square site and that it will develop its services there.

The Health Service Executive has apologised unreservedly for the "deficits in care", which it said culminated in the untimely and tragic death of a 25-year-old woman, Maxine Maguire, in February 2017.

The Public Only Consultant Contract was introduced by the Government in March 2023, and it signalled the coming end of private practice in public hospitals.

All hospitals will have closely watched the outcome of the controversy involving the Rotunda Hospital and consultants on the public only contract doing private work.

Alone said the health system continues to treat long-term residential care as the default system response to ageing.

A HSE internal audit on the implementation of the Public Only Consultant Contract (POCC) has found there has been inadequate oversight and management of the phased elimination of private work in public hospitals.

A review of governance and equity in patient access and waiting lists management at Children's Health Ireland (CHI) has found there were recurring

The first procedures of a treatment called Aquablation therapy have been performed in the Republic of Ireland at the Mater University Hospital in Dublin.

Irish guidelines on what constitutes low-risk alcohol consumption may need to be reconsidered, according to a new report from HIQA.

The charity ADHD Ireland is launching a five-year strategy to help the condition be better understood, accepted and supported.