A fourth case concluded recently in the High Court about the epilepsy drug which pregnant women should not take as it can cause foetal valproate spectrum disorder

Families — including the loved ones of an extra 168 people this year alone — gathered for a moving ceremony to remember those who have died on Irish roads

Minutes into Amnesty's test, half of Tiktok's 'For You' feed was about mental health struggles — with some of those videos normalising suicide

With the death last weekend of Matthew Perry, Colin Sheridan writes how he found something ‘incredibly Irish’ in the awkward and sardonic character he played in the sitcom Friends

Intro Matchmaking client said that, having given the man her phone number, she felt sick and scared to discover he had a conviction for violent assault

The demented and the dead often need privacy protection from those who once vowed loyalty to them in sickness and in health

Loreta Rackyte says in a recent meeting with the National Council for Special Education, she heard all about understaffing issues rather than being offered any solutions

Budget 2024 has targeted the ‘squeezed middle’ with measures including income tax reductions, three €150 universal energy credits, substantial investment in childcare, and the expansion of the free schoolbooks scheme

Staff of voluntary and community groups are paid much less than HSE and Tusla workers — despite delivering the same care services for the State, writes Mick Clifford

Councillors heard that St Stephen’s Hospital at Sarsfield’s Court in Glanmire will be the site of Cork's new elective hospital, an unsuitably medicalised setting for the mental health unit

Service users and managers alike tell the 'Irish Examiner' they are backing the staff of groups such as Family Resource Centres in their bid to restore pay parity

The Ozempic 'revolution' is seeing an impact on food shopping —  it's not a tsunami of salad but it's a measurable trend

Irish Wheelchair Association service users tell Niamh Griffin of their anger, distress, and confusion about the forthcoming strike — but say they support the Section 39 staff bid for pay parity

In this extract from her newly-published memoir, Terry Prone recounts how her husband Tom Savage and son Anton Savage helped her recover after a catastrophic car crash 

'Significant increase' in the number of teenagers who had never been in care but whose families are now volunteering them into care because they are unable to cope

It’s time to take a closer look at air filters in classrooms to prevent illnesses and absences, write Julia Corey and Orla Hegarty

The vapes — one of the R&M Tornado 9000 range, and a WGA Crystal Pro Max product — should be returned to the retailers who sold them

On National Child Safety Day, the Road Safety Authority is highlighting the 56 children who died and the 852 seriously injured in that period

President Michael D Higgins caused a stir when he urged us to tackle climate change on our dinner plates — but there are plenty of reasons to heed his call, writes CATHERINE CONLON

C&AG reveals that most 2022 inspections of energy upgrade works in private homes at risk of energy poverty failed

Leo Varadkar was responding to advocacy groups who say the HSE's review into failures in paediatric spinal surgery is inadequate, and demand an independent inquiry

Procedures for children with scoliosis and spina bifida should be managed by an agency outside the HSE, advocacy groups say

One reader calls for compassion in the debate about assisted dying, while others consider issues including public spending, organ donation, hunting, and landlords' rights 

'Our education system is still back in the '60s where they segregated members of the Travelling community' — Senator Eileen Flynn

Lethal range of anti-psychotic medication found in baby's system

The Spina Bifida & Hydrocephalus Paediatric Advocacy Group and the Scoliosis Advocacy Network say they may not co-operate with the HSE external review into safety concerns around complex spinal surgery

AIMS Ireland called for new report after two medical misadventure verdicts in less than two years, and an inquest this week revealed that a number of care standards were not being adhered to

The mother of a nine-year-old girl with spina bifida and scoliosis waited months for updates on her treatment — and only discovered the reason for the hiatus in media reports this week

Ten-year-old Dollceanna Carter died last year after spinal surgery at Temple Street Hospital and her grieving dad wants answers

Seven revised Leaving Cert curriculums will not be introduced as planned as Normal Foley halts teacher-based assessment

Across a decade of her childhood, Fiona Doyle's dad repeatedly raped her and let two other men abuse her too. Yet she recently visited him to offer forgiveness, she tells ALISON O'REILLY

Responding to Micheál Martin’s comments in the Irish Examiner, the HSE said treatment should take place 'as close to home as possible' 

The Sinn Féin leader has bounced back, and has spoken frankly about her hysterectomy. But she is also the latest TD whose health issues were the subject of ugly chatter

Heather Humphreys also said she wants to introduce the auto-enrolment pension system by the middle of next year

Opposition parties are among the beneficiaries when measures such as the changes to the nitrates derogation antagonise and mobilise a group

One reader says the 'anachronistic rabble-rousing of old fossils' will not help achieve a United Ireland, while others consider issues including mental health services and the RTÉ controversy

Local Community Safety Plan launched on Friday will include health and environmental initiatives as well as measures to tackle crime

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission's promised new powers must be underpinned by extra funding and the political backing to make life more equitable for all

Disability Action Plan is expected to be published shortly

Education Minister seeks to support schools forbidding the use of smartphones but legislation is not expected

Parents of 'teeny tiny' babies speak about the heartbreak and hope they experienced at CUMH neonatal unit in new TV series

The Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use should prioritise the critical and evidence-based interventions supporting prevention and treatment

Most Irish parents would support a ban on mobile phones in schools. Yet many of our children still tied to their phones

In the wake of the Lucy Letby case, consultant Rónán Collins recalls his brush with a serial killer when he was a young medical registrar