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# Department of Health

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Harris announces group to examine how to make contraception cheaper
Working group to investigate how to roll out free contraception for Irish women
Government accused of delivering budget 'under false pretences' and knowing of children's hospital overrun
'The largest strike in the health service’s history looms': Talks to avoid nurses strike have collapsed
Irish farmers 'could be given licences to grow cannabis in the future'
Patient advocates among new board members of the HSE
Nurses and midwives are striking this month. Here's how much they get paid
Sandyford lab told Simon Harris that CervicalCheck was 'in jeopardy' and urgent action was needed
Simon Harris was warned that smear test backlog was 'intensifying concern' among women
PODCAST: 'Irene didn't have to die and now she's part of this scandal'
Irish people are living longer and the birth rate is falling
Taoiseach says abortion services may not be available in every hospital in January
'People crying in the ward alone': Patients describe their experiences in Irish hospitals
'People die when lessons aren't learned': Report criticises HSE failure to address patient complaints
Delay in medicinal cannabis scheme as the government is having problems finding a quality assured supplier
'An inability to answer very basic questions': How an Irish 'virtual hospital' project fell flat
Folic acid to be added to UK flour to reduce birth defects ... but no plans in Ireland to do so
Number of people on hospital waiting lists reached over half a million last month
'If you did this in the private sector you'd be gone' - Head of OPW grilled over State building being measured incorrectly
Drug-testing roll out at music festivals and nightclubs to be examined by expert group
'It's one less thing to worry about': HSE grants free GP service to 14,000 carers
Parents of toddler who was unresponsive for an hour given 'mixed messages' about ambulance location
Chief executive of Higher Education Authority resigns 'with regret' after less than 18 months in job
Departments in talks about rolling out state-funded old age villages
Physical checks of 3,000 smear tests haven't started yet - they should have been done by June
HSE yet to admit liabilility in Emma Mhic Mhathúna's Cervical Check case
Dentists claim rise in tooth extractions caused by structure of medical card scheme
Government looks at bringing in mandatory open disclosure in serious cases
The new head of the GP union is younger than Simon Harris - and has a big battle on his hands
Explainer: Do you need to get a repeat smear test?
Mixed reactions over new voluntary codes to restrict advertising of 'high fat sugar salt' foods
'The seizures are gone - his smiles are back': Mother pens letter to Minister after treating son with CBD oil
This is the advice that convinced the Cabinet to seek the 'repeal and replace' option
Simon Harris 'concerned' about care terminally-ill woman received over New Year's weekend
'Chaos is the reality of our health services': Doctors say a trolley crisis is only ever hours away
'The most selfless gift': A record number of organ donations were carried out in 2017
Irish people are more fertile than almost all of our European peers
Siptu warns of strike action by Section 39 health care workers over pay issues
'Only seven maternity hospitals offer all women access to anomaly scans'
Minister orders report into vaginal mesh devices after Irish women experience 'constant pain'