Planning notes: In 2021, the HSE bought the hotel for a reported €3m, a fraction of the €25m spent to build the golf resort

Also known as 'hospital at home',  virtual wards are aimed at providing hospital-level care for patients in their homes

Most are linked to GDPR or data protection claims, with the remainder filed as personal injury actions

Health body said 74, or just over a third of its vacant properties, were in the process of being disposed of

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

Research included data from trials at Cork University Maternity Hospital

The HSE spent €382m in procurement without a formal competition in just three years, including €24. 2m in phone company bills in 2022 alone.

HSE has changed how discharges to nursing homes are managed after hospital treatment is complete

Staff stunned to hear no more help is coming in the near future

Officials appeared before the Oireachtas finance committee to discuss the funding allocation for the HSE in the context of Budget 2024

University Hospital Limerick is the worst affected by far with 94 people waiting to be admitted

Some 57 incidents have been reported since Thursday

More than 40% of women who gave birth in eight Irish hospitals have had a caesarean section, sparking concern that the procedure is becoming the 'accepted norm'

As fears grow about hospital overcrowding, new French research shows a night on a trolley in an emergency department can increase the risk of patients dying by almost 40%

The amount paid to recruitment firms has risen each year, with €2.88m spent in 2020; €9.78m in 2021, and €15.73m last year, but the HSE cannot say how many staff have been hired as a result

Safeguarding Ireland revealed how few people are making provision for the eventuality that they will become incapacitated

HSE addiction services national clinical lead Eamon Keenan said: 'We are urging extreme caution following a sharp rise in the number of overdoses related to a powder being sold as heroin in the Dublin region.'

'A consultant recruitment crisis across every specialty'

The freeze excludes consultant appointments and graduate nurses, doctors and midwives in training programmes

HSE chief executive Bernard Gloster to 'engage personally' with Department of Health to secure building of 10-bed facility

Sending older adults directly to nursing homes in response to a trolley crisis will not meet their needs, warns Éidín Ní Shé

Any public inquiry into how the emergency was handled may reveal mistakes were made but it was done with honesty, good faith, and unremitting hard work

Communication with older patients in hospitals about further care options is critically important this winter, Nursing Homes Ireland have said.

Dedicated accommodation for victims of human trafficking is set to be provided under the plan which is also set to provide trafficking victims with protection from deportation

Hamas must give up its hostages and Israel must call a truce to allow help for victims. Peacekeepers will be required, to ensure a pause in hostilities is not exploited for any further evil intent

The Irish Association of Social Workers says hospital overcrowding would be better addressed by fixing systemic problems

Some parents have this covered by the HSE, while others must fork out

Pay increase granted in 2007 has not been honoured for widows of group including engineers, architects, senior hospital managers and procurement specialists

Revenue issued guidance in July that proposes treating income under the GMS Scheme as individual income and GPs will be taxed accordingly

HSE boss Bernard Gloster proposed that older patients waiting for a nursing home would have to take the first option offered

In some cases practitioners are waiting on thousands of euro in fees, which is unsustainable, a leading optometrist has warned

The HSE said this week 'in the region of 143' remained eligible for the payment

The HSE has seen 'strong uptake' for both vaccines so far and they urged vulnerable people to continue to boost their protection levels

HSE said there would be no funding this year to deliver the National Stroke Strategy

'A fierce problem with cocaine' in Cork prompted one judge to devise a scheme to help users of the drug, mostly young men, to avoid a conviction. Now retired from the bench, Judge Olann Kelleher tells Security Correspondent Cormac O’Keeffe about the success of the diversion programme and his hope that other judges will embrace it

There are “critical gaps” in Irish law that must urgently be addressed to offer greater protection for vulnerable adults from financial abuse and coercive control.

A spokeswoman HSE Cork Kerry Community Healthcare said delays are 'predominantly down to lack of carer availability in the area'

The National Association of GP Co-ops tells HSE that 10% of population does not have a family doctor

University Hospital Limerick (UHL) was the most over-crowded hospital nationwide, with 17,668 patients waiting for beds

Bernard Gloster said recruitment freezes announced this month are linked to over-hiring past funded limits

We should thank everyone who has participated and given their time to consider one of the most important issues that we will face together for many years

GPs are calling on the HSE and Government to cut through the red tape and provide the necessary financial support so they can get back to helping patients

The issue of natural flood plains and river courses adversely affected by housing development is set to come into focus

HSE chief executive has directed that no new deals with external management consultants can be put in place without his personal approval