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# Pharmacies

Last month
March 2024
'We can see this one coming': Pharmacists want govt to let them give vaccine against measles
18 Mar
19.1k
35
Maximum validity of prescriptions extended to one year, as govt aims to reduce pressure on GPs
1 Mar
18.9k
26
This year
2024
'It's a lifeline': Shortage of HRT patches causing frustration for pharmacists and patients
22 Feb
12.6k
6
Last year
2023
Pharmacists to be enabled to extend validity of prescriptions to a maximum of 12 months
6 Nov 2023
21.6k
26
Pharmacists may soon be allowed to prescribe medicine
24 Jul 2023
19.9k
22
Health officials intend to allow pharmacies assess and treat patients with minor ailments
2 May 2023
15.1k
12
All time
Group to investigate options for funding severe pregnancy sickness drug to make it more available
11 Feb 2022
9.8k
4
People aged 40-49 to be offered Covid boosters from 27 December, three weeks ahead of schedule
16 Dec 2021
64.3k
76
Over 700 pharmacies will be administering Pfizer vaccines from this week
10 Aug 2021
29.7k
33
Supplies 'very limited' as pharmacies begin vaccinating 18-34 age group
Updated 5 Jul 2021
38.1k
44
'It's crazy': Pharmacists say phones ringing constantly after Janssen jab announcement
2 Jul 2021
51.4k
84
GPs say they are ready to vaccinate over 85s as first doses set to arrive on Monday week
Updated 6 Feb 2021
47.4k
74
Irish Pharmacy Union welcomes ability to give flu vaccine off-site
1 Oct 2020
24.2k
8
Ireland spends €20 billion per year on healthcare, here's where the money goes
23 Jun 2018
28.9k
1
HSE lodges High Court cases against several pharmacies
23 May 2018
30.1k
'Oh, that's just the price': €11 difference in cost of same medication in two Dublin pharmacies
20 Aug 2017
93.2k
87
'Epidemics' of TB and pneumonia could hit Ireland due to antibiotic resistance
3 Mar 2017
12.0k
41
Prescriptions are going to be cheaper for over-70s with a medical card from tomorrow
28 Feb 2017
21.6k
56
Cash, drugs and fake tan among the most common items stolen from pharmacies
19 Jan 2017
9.2k
10
Taking ibuprofen can raise the risk of heart failure, scientists warn
29 Sep 2016
18.0k
14
Majority of complaints against pharmacists relate to dispensing errors
23 Aug 2016
11.8k
19
'I've been trying to bring cheap medicine to Irish patients. Too many are struggling to pay'
Shane O'Sullivan
9 Mar 2016
6.8k
105
People without medical cards are avoiding doctors like the plague
24 Apr 2015
22.3k
96
Pharmacies facing raids from attackers armed with knives, syringes and guns
6 Feb 2015
9.1k
22
Stocks of antibiotic Augmentin could run out 'within months'
18 Oct 2013
25.4k
106
One in four pharmacies in Ireland operating at a loss
26 Apr 2013
12.6k
60
NCA survey finds wide variations in drug pricing in pharmacies nationwide
25 Mar 2013
6.5k
27
What's most likely to be stolen from Irish pharmacies? Fake tan
28 Dec 2012
25.8k
54
Taking antibiotics for colds and flu is pointless - pharmacists
21 Nov 2012
6.6k
41
Pharmacists warned over use of cough syrup to make crystal meth
17 Sep 2012
36.5k
57
New Bill will let chemists substitute cheaper generic drugs for more expensive ones
16 Jul 2012
7.5k
33
Boots to cut cost of prescription medicines for customers in Ireland
29 May 2012
7.8k
34
Union criticises 'flawed' newspaper report on pharmacy mark-ups
17 Oct 2011
858
18
Nurofen Plus recalled in Ireland after 'sabotage' of packs in the UK
27 Aug 2011
1.2k
10
Google settles $500m lawsuit over ads for online pharmacies
24 Aug 2011
319
2
Average age of women requesting morning after pill is 23 years - survey
7 May 2011
1.2k