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<updated>2012-05-24T17:37:31+01:00</updated>
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<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Fiery exchanges in last Dáil debates before Fiscal Compact referendum]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/fiery-exchanges-in-last-dail-debates-before-fiscal-compact-referendum-461964-May2012/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/fiery-exchanges-in-last-dail-debates-before-fiscal-compact-referendum-461964-May2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2012-05-24T17:37:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[One TD is ordered to leave the chamber as Eamon Gilmore and Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin exchange fire during Leaders&#8217; Questions.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[HSE reports 9 per cent increase in elder abuse referrals]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/hse-reports-9-per-cent-increase-in-elder-abuse-referrals-459695-May2012/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/hse-reports-9-per-cent-increase-in-elder-abuse-referrals-459695-May2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2012-05-24T17:37:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The majority of alleged victims were aged over 80, female, and had reportedly been neglected or abused by a relative. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Jennifer Wade</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/jennifer-wade/</url>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: Sinéad O&#8217;Connor &#8211; Ireland&#8217;s children live in a caste system]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-sinead-oconnor-irelands-children-live-in-a-caste-system/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-sinead-oconnor-irelands-children-live-in-a-caste-system/#comments</link>
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<updated>2012-05-24T17:37:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The singer has been horrified by a report on the state of a building which houses counselling services for teenagers &#8211; and argues that it is indicative of how some children are being ignored by the State.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Sin&Atilde;&copy;ad O'Connor</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/sin&Atilde;&copy;ad-o'connor/</url>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Up to 20,000 children on waiting lists for orthodontic work]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/up-to-20000-children-on-waiting-lists-for-orthodontic-work-454472-May2012/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/up-to-20000-children-on-waiting-lists-for-orthodontic-work-454472-May2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/up-to-20000-children-on-waiting-lists-for-orthodontic-work-454472-May2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2012-05-24T17:37:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The situation is particularly bad in Kerry, Cork, Laois, Offaly and Sligo, according to the new head of the Irish Dental Association. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Christine Bohan</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/christine-bohan/</url>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Report on Tallaght Hospital describes emergency department as &#8220;unacceptable&#8221;]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/full-report-published-on-tallaght-hospital-emergency-department-454008-May2012/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/full-report-published-on-tallaght-hospital-emergency-department-454008-May2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2012-05-24T17:37:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Health watchdog HIQA found that over 80 per cent of patients in the emergency department were kept on a corridor and had to wait around 13 hours for a bed. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Susan Daly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/susan-daly/</url>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Parents urged to vaccinate children after measles outbreak ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/parents-urged-to-vaccinate-children-after-measles-outbreak-451367-May2012/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/parents-urged-to-vaccinate-children-after-measles-outbreak-451367-May2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/parents-urged-to-vaccinate-children-after-measles-outbreak-451367-May2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2012-05-24T17:37:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Parents are being urged to vaccinate their children following a measles outbreak in West Cork, the HSE has said. Measles is a potentially fatal disease. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Aoife Barry</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/aoife-barry/</url>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[The 9 at 9: Tuesday]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/the-9-at-9-tuesday-84-451247-May2012/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/the-9-at-9-tuesday-84-451247-May2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/the-9-at-9-tuesday-84-451247-May2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2012-05-24T17:37:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The nine stories you need to know this morning, including: Greece definitely NOT leaving the eurozone (for now), Enda versus the protesters, and man bitten by snake in supermarket&#8230;]]></summary>
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<author><name>Christine Bohan</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/christine-bohan/</url>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Weekend ban on visitors at Waterford Regional Hospital ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/weekend-ban-on-visitors-at-waterford-regional-hospital-447375-May2012/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/weekend-ban-on-visitors-at-waterford-regional-hospital-447375-May2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/weekend-ban-on-visitors-at-waterford-regional-hospital-447375-May2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2012-05-24T17:37:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[There are suspected cases of Norovirus (vomiting bug) at the hospital. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Sinead O'Carroll</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/sinead-o'carroll/</url>
</author>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[One in eight pregnancies described as a crisis &#8211; study]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/one-in-eight-pregnancies-described-as-a-crisis-study-446381-May2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:bbc09f2e-689c-3c5a-fe47-21e205e2663d</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/one-in-eight-pregnancies-described-as-a-crisis-study-446381-May2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/one-in-eight-pregnancies-described-as-a-crisis-study-446381-May2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2012-05-24T17:37:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A new survey shows that crisis pregnancy is a growing issue for Irish women &#8211; and men. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Sinead O'Carroll</name>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Hospitals &#8216;hiding trolleys&#8217; on wards, says INMO]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/hospitals-hiding-trolleys-on-wards-says-inmo-446287-May2012/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/hospitals-hiding-trolleys-on-wards-says-inmo-446287-May2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/hospitals-hiding-trolleys-on-wards-says-inmo-446287-May2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2012-05-24T17:37:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The INMO said yesterday that some hospitals are placing extra beds or trolleys on wards on a permanent basis &#8211; but Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore finds this hard to believe. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Aoife Barry</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Young people in Ireland using contraception more consistently]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/young-people-in-ireland-using-contraception-more-consistently-446139-May2012/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/young-people-in-ireland-using-contraception-more-consistently-446139-May2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/young-people-in-ireland-using-contraception-more-consistently-446139-May2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2012-05-24T17:37:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Ireland&#8217;s younger people are also better educated about sex. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Sinead O'Carroll</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/sinead-o'carroll/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[The 9 at 9: Thursday]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/the-9-at-9-thursday-79-445952-May2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:d7bfd5e8-73a3-624b-f981-44ee8fce271a</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/the-9-at-9-thursday-79-445952-May2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/the-9-at-9-thursday-79-445952-May2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2012-05-24T17:37:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The nine stories you need to know as you start your day, including: search continues for baby missing from Belfast ferry, Obama supports gay marriage, and a possible smoking ban in cars&#8230;]]></summary>
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<author><name>Christine Bohan</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/christine-bohan/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[HSE strongly denies claim sex offender was housed in centre with young girls]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/hse-strongly-denies-claim-sex-offender-was-housed-in-centre-with-young-girls-439373-May2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:41fb61cd-b810-286a-6a80-3947ca57f580</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/hse-strongly-denies-claim-sex-offender-was-housed-in-centre-with-young-girls-439373-May2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/hse-strongly-denies-claim-sex-offender-was-housed-in-centre-with-young-girls-439373-May2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2012-05-24T17:37:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The HSE dismissed the claims as &#8220;inaccurate and uncorroborated&#8221;. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Jennifer Wade</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/jennifer-wade/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Tuberculosis case confirmed at Griffith College in Dublin ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/tuberculosis-case-confirmed-at-griffith-college-in-dublin-437564-May2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:ad9d4ce0-8e4c-dbc9-30b4-c19280b526f3</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/tuberculosis-case-confirmed-at-griffith-college-in-dublin-437564-May2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/tuberculosis-case-confirmed-at-griffith-college-in-dublin-437564-May2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2012-05-24T17:37:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[One case of TB has been confirmed at the Dublin 8 campus.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Emer McLysaght</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/emer-mclysaght/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Unemployed &#8220;two or three times more likely&#8221; to die by suicide &#8211; TD]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/unemployed-two-or-three-times-more-likely-to-die-by-suicide-429514-Apr2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:3fb7d31e-b693-8c1d-5ff1-8b01ff3910db</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/unemployed-two-or-three-times-more-likely-to-die-by-suicide-429514-Apr2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/unemployed-two-or-three-times-more-likely-to-die-by-suicide-429514-Apr2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2012-05-24T17:37:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Suicidology organisation&#8217;s president and TD does concede that high rate of suicide among unemployed linked to those with psychiatric illness being less likely to have a job.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Austerity" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Cutbacks" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Dan Neville" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="edmund o'dea" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Health" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="HSE" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Mental Health" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Mental Health Services" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="public finances" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Recession" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Suicide" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Unemployment" />
<author><name>Susan Daly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/susan-daly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Department, drug companies in two-month deadlock over drug prices]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/department-drug-companies-in-two-month-deadlock-over-drug-prices-428022-Apr2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:1f7407cd-cc11-5a4e-f344-2fff96124ab2</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/department-drug-companies-in-two-month-deadlock-over-drug-prices-428022-Apr2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/department-drug-companies-in-two-month-deadlock-over-drug-prices-428022-Apr2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2012-05-24T17:37:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Department of Health and the Irish Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Association cannot agree a new pricing system. ]]></summary>
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Department of Health" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Drugs" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Health Service Executive" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="HSE" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Irish Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Association" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Pharmaceuticals" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[One-year-old Sergio O’Connor on way to Boston for life-saving surgery]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/ten-month-old-sergio-oconnor-on-way-to-boston-for-life-saving-surgery-367638-Apr2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:cc394ea6-e7dd-8903-840d-a5543313780e</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/ten-month-old-sergio-oconnor-on-way-to-boston-for-life-saving-surgery-367638-Apr2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/ten-month-old-sergio-oconnor-on-way-to-boston-for-life-saving-surgery-367638-Apr2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2012-05-24T17:37:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Dublin family will board a plane to the US on Monday morning. ]]></summary>
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Boston" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Boston Children's Hospital" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Crumlin Hospital" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Dr John Foker" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Fundraising" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Good News" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Health" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="HSE" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Lifesaving" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Oesophagus" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Sergio O'Connor" />
<author><name>Sinead O'Carroll</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/sinead-o'carroll/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Irish emergency controller wins EU award over Greenland rescue (Video)]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/irish-emergency-controller-wins-eu-award-over-greenland-rescue-video-421988-Apr2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:393dd6a4-4fe8-5403-936d-3ee40e970285</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/irish-emergency-controller-wins-eu-award-over-greenland-rescue-video-421988-Apr2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/irish-emergency-controller-wins-eu-award-over-greenland-rescue-video-421988-Apr2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2012-05-24T17:37:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Will Carolan was awarded Outstanding Call-Taker for his part in the successful rescue of an injured Irishman stranded in Greenland. ]]></summary>
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Award" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Coast Guard" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Emergency" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Greenland" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="HSE" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Injured" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Rescue" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Will Carolan" />
<author><name>Jennifer Wade</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/jennifer-wade/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Video: Irish emergency controller nominated for award over Greenland rescue]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/video-irish-emergency-controller-nominated-for-award-over-greenland-rescue-421637-Apr2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:09a7855e-3d4e-3271-15c5-71b5e53c8a0c</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/video-irish-emergency-controller-nominated-for-award-over-greenland-rescue-421637-Apr2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/video-irish-emergency-controller-nominated-for-award-over-greenland-rescue-421637-Apr2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2012-05-24T17:37:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A stranded Irishman called home for assistance when injured and stranded in a remote area of Greenland.]]></summary>
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Coast Guard" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Emergency" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Greenland" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="HSE" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Injured" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Marine Rescue Coordination Centre" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Mountaineer" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Rescue" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Rescue Mission" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="SOS" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Stranded" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Will Carolan" />
<author><name>Susan Ryan</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/susan-ryan/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Almost 60 per cent more women than men dying from stroke]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/almost-60-per-cent-more-women-than-men-dying-from-stroke-418590-Apr2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:187d88e5-2de6-3033-f735-3d04aa822962</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/almost-60-per-cent-more-women-than-men-dying-from-stroke-418590-Apr2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/almost-60-per-cent-more-women-than-men-dying-from-stroke-418590-Apr2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2012-05-24T17:37:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[New statistics have highlighted the risk of stroke amongst women in Ireland, showing that stroke kills twice as many women as breast cancer. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="cholesterol" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="CSO" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Disease" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Health" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Health Care" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="HSE" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Irish Heart Foundation" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Stroke" />
<author><name>Jennifer Wade</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/jennifer-wade/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: There were no proper CF facilities for my son in Cork &#8211; so we built some]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-there-were-no-proper-cf-facilities-for-my-son-in-cork-so-we-built-some/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:e1987597-e575-a719-e0e0-97c5cda9519b</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-there-were-no-proper-cf-facilities-for-my-son-in-cork-so-we-built-some/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-there-were-no-proper-cf-facilities-for-my-son-in-cork-so-we-built-some/feed/</link>
<updated>2012-05-24T17:37:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Facilities for people with cystic fibrosis weren&#8217;t great when my son was diagnosed, writes Joe Browne. Now Cork has one of the most advanced clinics in the world. Here&#8217;s how we did it. ]]></summary>
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="build 4Life" />
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<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Cork University Hospital" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="CUH" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Cystic Fibrosis" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Health system" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="HSE" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="joe browne" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="National Children's Hospital" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Opinion" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Patients" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Read Me" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Tallaght" />
<author><name>Joe Browne</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/joe-browne/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Seventh resident from Donegal home dies of flu]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/seventh-resident-from-donegal-nursing-home-dies-of-flu-410851-Apr2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:5971ff9b-8dfc-0cf6-c0b2-4ea324c091f0</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/seventh-resident-from-donegal-nursing-home-dies-of-flu-410851-Apr2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/seventh-resident-from-donegal-nursing-home-dies-of-flu-410851-Apr2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2012-05-24T17:37:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Another resident of the private Nazareth nursing home in Buncrana has died from influenza, the seventh to succumb to the disease.]]></summary>
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Flu" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="HSE" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="HSE north west" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Influenza" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Nazareth" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Nursing home deaths" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Outbreak" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Public Health" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[HSE continues to investigate flu deaths at Donegal nursing home]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/hse-continues-to-investigate-flu-deaths-at-donegal-nursing-home-409670-Apr2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:2018c5b6-adb9-3666-5588-4ceb1138139f</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/hse-continues-to-investigate-flu-deaths-at-donegal-nursing-home-409670-Apr2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/hse-continues-to-investigate-flu-deaths-at-donegal-nursing-home-409670-Apr2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2012-05-24T17:37:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Another patient at the Nazareth nursing home in Buncrana died today, but the HSE has said it was not related to the current outbreak. ]]></summary>
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Flu" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="HSE" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="HSE north west" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Influenza" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Nazareth" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Nursing home deaths" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Outbreak" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Public Health" />
<author><name>Christine Bohan</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/christine-bohan/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Nine hospitals carrying debts of €500k because of funding delay]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/nine-hospitals-carrying-debts-of-e500k-because-of-funding-delay-407907-Apr2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:76d6a3f9-e3a4-3b93-2151-ca1a5c0471fb</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/nine-hospitals-carrying-debts-of-e500k-because-of-funding-delay-407907-Apr2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/nine-hospitals-carrying-debts-of-e500k-because-of-funding-delay-407907-Apr2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2012-05-24T17:37:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Medical Independent reveals that funding for scheme to purchase private nursing home beds has been delayed.]]></summary>
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Fair Deal" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Health" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Health system" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Hospitals" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="HSE" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="long-stay patients" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Medical Independent" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Nursing Homes" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="sdu" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Special Delivery Unit" />
<author><name>Susan Daly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/susan-daly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Eleven residents at Donegal nursing home suffering with flu symptoms]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/eleven-residents-at-donegal-nursing-home-suffering-with-flu-symptoms-406637-Apr2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:33d6cb07-57a8-e382-25d6-d8a4805ac881</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/eleven-residents-at-donegal-nursing-home-suffering-with-flu-symptoms-406637-Apr2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/eleven-residents-at-donegal-nursing-home-suffering-with-flu-symptoms-406637-Apr2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2012-05-24T17:37:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[It appears that there may be a &#8220;slight mismatch&#8221; between the current flu vaccination and the circulating strain of the virus. ]]></summary>
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Dr Peter Wright" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="HSE" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Influenza" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Nazareth" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Nursing home deaths" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Outbreak" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Vaccine" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Virus" />
<author><name>Sinead O'Carroll</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/sinead-o'carroll/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[HSE report: ambulances regularly miss targets for response times]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/hse-report-ambulances-regularly-miss-targets-for-response-times-405715-Apr2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:29896af6-15ec-de13-b2f6-ff1842ee9d5e</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/hse-report-ambulances-regularly-miss-targets-for-response-times-405715-Apr2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/hse-report-ambulances-regularly-miss-targets-for-response-times-405715-Apr2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2012-05-24T17:37:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Statistics released by James Reilly show that almost half of life-threatening cardiac emergency calls are late in being dispatched. ]]></summary>
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Ambulance" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="cardiac arrest" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="denis naughten" />
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<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="James Reilly" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Medical Emergency" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="National Ambulance Service" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Health watchdog visits Donegal nursing home after six deaths in two weeks]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/health-watchdog-visits-donegal-nursing-home-after-six-deaths-in-two-weeks-405148-Apr2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:427f4ee6-b10b-85a9-63ea-5b4bd3a7d4f2</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/health-watchdog-visits-donegal-nursing-home-after-six-deaths-in-two-weeks-405148-Apr2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/health-watchdog-visits-donegal-nursing-home-after-six-deaths-in-two-weeks-405148-Apr2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2012-05-24T17:37:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Five people are said to have died over the last five days at the privately-run nursing home near Buncrana. Officials from the HSE and HIQA are at the home today as an investigation continues. ]]></summary>
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Deaths" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Donegal" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Fahan" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Health" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Health Information and Quality Authority" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="HIQA" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="HSE" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="James Reilly Buncrana" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Nazareth House" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Nursing Home" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Nursing home deaths" />
<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/hugh-o'connell/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[HSE &#8220;monitoring situation&#8221; after six deaths in Donegal nursing home]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/hse-monitoring-situation-after-six-deaths-in-donegal-nursing-home-404951-Apr2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:cad2492b-5b79-d134-3030-ff726c3e7eef</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/hse-monitoring-situation-after-six-deaths-in-donegal-nursing-home-404951-Apr2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/hse-monitoring-situation-after-six-deaths-in-donegal-nursing-home-404951-Apr2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2012-05-24T17:37:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The deaths took place in a private nursing home over the past two weeks. Minister for Health Dr James Reilly TD has discussed the matter with HIQA, who will visit the home tonight.]]></summary>
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Deaths" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Donegal" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="HIQA" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="HSE" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Minister For Health" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Treatment" />
<author><name>Aoife Barry</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/aoife-barry/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Hospital warns of overcrowding crisis &#8211; and asks public to stay away]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/hospital-warns-of-overcrowding-crisis-and-asks-public-to-stay-away-399975-Mar2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:55a12ed0-48de-fc4e-bfeb-15707413f466</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/hospital-warns-of-overcrowding-crisis-and-asks-public-to-stay-away-399975-Mar2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/hospital-warns-of-overcrowding-crisis-and-asks-public-to-stay-away-399975-Mar2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2012-05-24T17:37:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Mid Western Regional Hospital has said patients should only come to its emergency department in cases of &#8220;urgent need&#8221;.]]></summary>
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="A&amp;E" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Emergency Department" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Emergency Departments" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Hospitals" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="HSE" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="INMO" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Mid Western Regional Hospital" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Overcrowding" />
<author><name>Michael Freeman</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/michael-freeman/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Small businesses being &#8216;thrown to the wolves&#8217; by late payments &#8211; ISME]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/small-businesses-being-thrown-to-the-wolves-by-late-payments-isme-396207-Mar2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:ad5d3b0d-7c59-88c7-0e84-129e7ab3a1c9</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/small-businesses-being-thrown-to-the-wolves-by-late-payments-isme-396207-Mar2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/small-businesses-being-thrown-to-the-wolves-by-late-payments-isme-396207-Mar2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2012-05-24T17:37:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A survey of small businesses found it takes an average of 71 days to receive payment &#8211; and ISME is blaming big businesses and government agencies. ]]></summary>
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="big business" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Business" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Cutbacks" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Economy" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="HSE" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="ISME" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="late payments" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Mark Fielding" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Payments" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Recession" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Small Business" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="SME credit watch" />
<author><name>Christine Bohan</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/christine-bohan/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[The Daily Fix: Sunday ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/the-daily-fix-sunday-48-396045-Mar2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:dc8f2c4a-d352-5c2a-cff7-d9d879b3876d</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/the-daily-fix-sunday-48-396045-Mar2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/the-daily-fix-sunday-48-396045-Mar2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2012-05-24T17:37:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[All the biggest news stories from the day, as well as any of the bits and pieces you may have missed. ]]></summary>
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Ahern" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="air new zealand" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Barack Obama" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Celia Larkin" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Daily Fix" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="France" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="HSE" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="illness" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Mahon" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Mohamed Merah" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="North Korea" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Sun" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Toulouse" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Weather" />
<author><name>Christine Bohan</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/christine-bohan/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: Here’s how the HSE turned my expectations upside down]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-here%e2%80%99s-how-the-hse-turned-my-expectations-upside-down/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:acdb707f-0f7a-dfd5-392d-2969c251e922</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-here%e2%80%99s-how-the-hse-turned-my-expectations-upside-down/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-here%e2%80%99s-how-the-hse-turned-my-expectations-upside-down/feed/</link>
<updated>2012-05-24T17:37:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Coached by the media, Sean Finn thought HSE care for his mother would be slow, unreliable and impersonal. Here&#8217;s his story.]]></summary>
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Cancer" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Chemotherapy" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Health" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="HSE" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Medicine" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Opinion" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Read Me" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Read mes" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Sean Finn" />
<author><name>Sean Finn</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/sean-finn/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[SIPTU urges administrator of €5m ‘slush fund’ to release confidential report]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/siptu-urges-administrator-of-e5m-slush-fund-to-release-confidential-report-385057-Mar2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:97be3558-2944-a461-02e9-4f02883d07bb</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/siptu-urges-administrator-of-e5m-slush-fund-to-release-confidential-report-385057-Mar2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/siptu-urges-administrator-of-e5m-slush-fund-to-release-confidential-report-385057-Mar2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2012-05-24T17:37:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Public Accounts Committee was told that a report by accountants Grant Thornton is &#8220;privileged&#8221; and won&#8217;t be handed over.]]></summary>
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Department of Health" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Grant Thornton" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="HSE" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Jack Kelly" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="John McGuinness" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Matt Merrigan" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Public Accounts Committee" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="SIPTU" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="SKILL" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="SKILL fund" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Slush Fund" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[TheJournal.ie’s progress report for the Government: Health]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/thejournal-ie%e2%80%99s-progress-report-for-the-government-health-378368-Mar2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:eaa27c2c-6bb2-728b-38a0-5ee27f051a24</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/thejournal-ie%e2%80%99s-progress-report-for-the-government-health-378368-Mar2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/thejournal-ie%e2%80%99s-progress-report-for-the-government-health-378368-Mar2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2012-05-24T17:37:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[One year in, has the government fulfilled its promises on fixing the health system? ]]></summary>
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Coalition" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Department of Health And Children" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Fine Gael" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Government" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="HSE" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="James Reilly" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Labour" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Minister For Health" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="One Year In" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="progress report" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Hepatitis C support group pushes for new treatments]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/hepatitis-c-support-group-pushes-for-new-treatments-374860-Mar2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:c50c7b47-b117-1f7a-f37d-a34e1ddbedaf</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/hepatitis-c-support-group-pushes-for-new-treatments-374860-Mar2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/hepatitis-c-support-group-pushes-for-new-treatments-374860-Mar2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2012-05-24T17:37:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A new treatment, proved effective in other countries, is yet to be included in the HSE&#8217;s drugs reimbursement list. ]]></summary>
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Anti-D" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Blood Product" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Detta Warnock" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Funding" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Health" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Hepatitis C" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="HSE" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="IPHA" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Positive Action" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="treatments" />
<author><name>Sinead O'Carroll</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/sinead-o'carroll/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[National Children&#8217;s Hospital review group to report within 56 days ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/national-childrens-hospital-review-group-to-report-within-56-days-375270-Mar2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:3a7d5a85-d85e-6c10-14d6-78116a670079</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/national-childrens-hospital-review-group-to-report-within-56-days-375270-Mar2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/national-childrens-hospital-review-group-to-report-within-56-days-375270-Mar2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2012-05-24T17:37:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The group&#8217;s terms of reference were agreed at Cabinet this morning as the Health Minister underlined the importance that the project get underway as soon as possible. ]]></summary>
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="An Bord Pleanála" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Children's Hospital" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="coombe" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Dublin" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Frank Dolphin" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Health" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="HSE" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="James Reilly" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Mater Hospital" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="National Children's Hospital" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Review group" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="St James's Hospital" />
<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/hugh-o'connell/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[HSE hopes to clear over 31,000 medical card applications backlog by May ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/hse-hopes-to-clear-over-31000-medical-card-applications-backlog-by-may-372053-Mar2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:a88a3fcd-4de7-761e-4d9c-49066cda2e50</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/hse-hopes-to-clear-over-31000-medical-card-applications-backlog-by-may-372053-Mar2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/hse-hopes-to-clear-over-31000-medical-card-applications-backlog-by-may-372053-Mar2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2012-05-24T17:37:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The announcement came on foot of a visit to the HSE&#8217;s centralised medical card processing office by the Oireachtas Health Committee today. ]]></summary>
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Charlie McConalogue" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Dublin" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Finglas" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Health" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Health Service Executive" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="HSE" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Jerry Buttimer" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Medical Cards" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Oireachtas Health Committee" />
<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/hugh-o'connell/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Expert group to examine universal health insurance proposal]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/expert-group-to-examine-universal-health-insurance-proposal-365255-Feb2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:d774bed6-325b-de1b-82d1-4858f9520913</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/expert-group-to-examine-universal-health-insurance-proposal-365255-Feb2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/expert-group-to-examine-universal-health-insurance-proposal-365255-Feb2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2012-05-24T17:37:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The scheme will transform Ireland&#8217;s healthcare into a &#8220;single-tier&#8221; system, the Department of Health said.]]></summary>
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Health" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Health Insurance" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Health system" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Healthcare" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="HSE" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="James Reilly" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Programme for Government" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Universal health insurance" />
<author><name>Michael Freeman</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/michael-freeman/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[HSE to investigate services after inaccurate Legionella tests]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/hse-to-investigate-services-after-inaccurate-legionella-tests-363611-Feb2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:967db037-6165-35d3-99cb-892c092312c3</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/hse-to-investigate-services-after-inaccurate-legionella-tests-363611-Feb2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/hse-to-investigate-services-after-inaccurate-legionella-tests-363611-Feb2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2012-05-24T17:37:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Healthy Buildings International issued certificates for Legionella testing at a Co Antrim leisure centre that were found to be inaccurate &#8211; the HSE has used the company&#8217;s services and has launched an investigation.]]></summary>
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="co antrim" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="HSE" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Investigation" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Legionella" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="legionnaire's disease" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="tests" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="valley leisure centre" />
<author><name>Aoife Barry</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/aoife-barry/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Minister says doctors&#8217; pro bono weekends must be formalised through Croke Park]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/doctors-pro-bono-weekend-work-must-be-formalised-through-croke-park-363863-Feb2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:3021a0a4-4a69-9873-a834-c37af98073f7</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/doctors-pro-bono-weekend-work-must-be-formalised-through-croke-park-363863-Feb2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/doctors-pro-bono-weekend-work-must-be-formalised-through-croke-park-363863-Feb2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2012-05-24T17:37:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Minister James Reilly said that as the HSE faces challenges from thousands of retirements, the willingness of consultants and clinicians to work weekends has improved. ]]></summary>
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Croke Park Agreement" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Diagnostics" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="HSE" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Laverne McGuinness" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="minister james reilly" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Nurses" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Oireachtas Committee" />
<category scheme="http://thejournal.ie"  term="Retirements" />
<author><name>Sinead O'Carroll</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/sinead-o'carroll/</url>
</author>
</entry>
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