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HSE

Last week
31st May 2026 - 6th June 2026
Maternity Care
Rotunda seeks to 'explain rationale' behind consultants on public contracts seeing private patients
Updated 5 Jun
27.4k
35
The Morning Lead
Nursing home workers face permit refusals over 'strict' 50:50 EU to non-EU staffing rule
Healthcare assistants working for a large nursing home group had their employment permits refused because the group had not kept a 50:50 ratio of EU to non-EU staff.
Eimer McAuley
5 Jun
16.5k
systems down
HSE computer systems back up and running after cyber attack on third party that stores data
Updated 4 Jun
73.1k
maxine maguire
HSE apologises for 'deficits in care' provided to woman who died by suicide in 2017
3 Jun
9.4k
Maternity Care
HSE could pull Rotunda funding for letting public consultants treat private patients at hospital
3 Jun
11.7k
51
RELATED
Readers on private and public maternity care: 'Women should have a choice until standards go up'
3 Jun
Harris weighs in on Rotunda dispute, says public-only contracts must be upheld
28 May
strike action
Heart surgeries at risk of cancellation next week as cardiac specialists to strike over pay
2 Jun
9.1k
21
Last month
May 2026
The Morning Lead
'Skin cancer is not cosmetic': Calls for 23% VAT on sun cream to be scrapped
Under EU law, sunscreen is currently classed as a cosmetic product, meaning it is taxed with a VAT rate of 23%, the same as make-up or perfume.
29 May
13.7k
48
The Daily Poll
Are you sunburnt?
26 May
17.5k
21
The Daily Poll
Have you put on sun cream today?
25 May
12.3k
22
National Ambulance Service
Planned 72-hour strike by ambulance workers stood down after 'progress' in HSE talks
22 May
1.5k
wrap it up
Europeans are catching gonorrhoea more than ever (but Ireland is doing OK)
21 May
14.5k
50
DRC
HSE 'has procedures in place' for management of Ebola cases but risk 'very low'
19 May
4.4k
2
Pay and Conditions
Talks between National Ambulance Service union reps and HSE to resume in Labour Court
19 May
1.0k
Labour Court
Ambulance strike called off, as talks to resume on Monday
Updated 14 May
7.8k
AMBULANCE WORKERS' STRIKE
Ambulance workers and HSE to go to the Labour Court tomorrow for talks following strike
The development comes following a 24-hour work stoppage by ambulance service members.
Eimer McAuley
13 May
9.5k
Industrial Action
National Ambulance Service workers 'prepared for the long haul' as 24-hour strike underway
12 May
7.9k
34
Industrial Action
Unions said ambulance personnel will provide emergency cover during strike action
Updated 11 May
7.2k
19
hantavirus
Irish passengers from hantavirus-hit ship begin quarantining at HSE-run facility
Updated 11 May
22.5k
68
Pay Scales
HSE 'regrets' decision for some National Ambulance Service workers to begin industrial action
Updated 10 May
11.2k
33
Seanfhocal Eile
Language Commissioner to probe incorrect version of Irish proverb on Kerry hospital bike shed
Updated 8 May
39.7k
69
Seanfhocal is seanscéal
Coimisinéir Teanga ag fiosrú bothán rothair ospidéal Chiarraí faoi seanfhocal Gaeilge mícheart
8 May
1.8k
4
Over Budget
Health minister insists recruitment freeze won't hit frontline staff amid €250m HSE overspend
7 May
6.5k
30
recruitment pause
HSE to pause some recruitment as its overspend this year 'significantly worsens' to €250m
6 May
15.7k
48
butterfly skin
First EB-specific gel treatment in Ireland made available by the HSE
5 May
15.4k
7
This year
2026
National Ambulance Service
Ambulance workers say they've 'no option but to take action'
10 Apr
28.7k
Delays
HSE Mid West meeting hears it’s taking some staff up to six hours to get to and from work
9 Apr
15.1k
6
National Ambulance Service
SIPTU ambulance members vote for industrial action, up to and including strike action
8 Apr
4.1k
Pharmacies
State to continue funding phased dispensing and blister packs for patients 'who genuinely need them'
31 Mar
6.6k
6
scammers
Warning issued over scam text purporting to be for HSE medical card renewal
27 Mar
7.7k
18
Groundhog Day
CHI CEO says over 500 staff still needed as Children's Hospital handover is delayed again
25 Mar
9.6k
43
Healthcare
Number of patients on trolleys increased by 63% over St Patrick’s bank holiday
24 Mar
3.4k
InvestigatesCPAP machines
Around 18,000 breathing machines remediated in Ireland after defect led to recall
Some 70 incident reports potentially related to the affected machines were received by the Health Products Regulatory Authority.
Almost 8,000 CPAP and BiPAP machines distributed through the HSE were recalled on foot of an initial notice first issued in 2021
Some 822 machines, commonly used by people who have sleep apnoea, are still unaccounted for
Philips Respironics say it is working towards closing the remediation of ventilator devices in Ireland in 2026
Jane Moore
24 Mar
30.1k
21
Brain Awareness Week
Specialist nurses are transforming care for children with epilepsy - but the HSE needs more of them
22 Mar
9.0k
Explainer
An 'explosive' meningitis B outbreak has killed two students in the UK. What are the symptoms?
18 Mar
14.9k
7
Louay Kila
HSE conducting review of Limerick hospital’s failings over response to doctor who raped nurse
14 Mar
12.1k
Artificial Intelligence
‘Potential benefits but great risks’: Healthcare unions express concern over new HSE AI policy
14 Mar
5.1k
20
drug safety
HSE warns of dangers of highly potent 'pink cocaine' ahead of St Patrick's Day
12 Mar
10.3k
28
public apology
Minister and HSE issue formal apology to family following Bryonny Sainsbury's death
11 Mar
14.8k
Addiction treatment
No more daily clinics: New methadone alternative will give patients more freedom
Scott Hallion (34) said that the game-changing treatment has helped him to return to fulltime work and ‘live a normal life’.
Eimer McAuley
10 Mar
11.6k
raheen
HSE purchases 44-acre site to develop new facility close to University Hospital Limerick
10 Mar
8.5k
26
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