Niamh Griffin

Calls have been made for the HSE and pharmaceutical company Novartis to work together so a new prostate cancer treatment can be approved for public patients.

A third of young people in mental health crisis at one large hospital are there because of cannabis, a Cork-based psychiatrist has warned.

A specialist clinic in Limerick maternity hospital is losing its midwife lead temporarily due to staff shortages, prompting calls for the service to be protected instead.

The five daughters of former GAA president Seán McCague , who died with dementia, have called on people not to be ashamed of the illness.

A “faster, fairer” system to resolve medical negligence claims is urgently needed for patients and doctors, the Irish Hospital Consultants Association has claimed.

Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) is investigating three separate incidents in Cork and Kerry, including a major fish kill involving several hundred dead fish.

More than 1m people remained on hospital waiting lists in June despite calls for urgent action after the figure first crossed the milestone a month earlier, new figures show.

The public has been asked to comment on the first national standards for children's mental health services, describing what high-quality care should look like.

Four health and social care professionals were suspended, and four were removed from the register over three years, according to the industry regulator Coru.

A woman living with rare brain cancer marks three years this week since hearing she had 15 to 18 months to live, as she urged other patients to keep moving through life.