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HSE

This week
14th September 2025 - 19th September 2025
assessment of need
HSE seeks private providers to reduce backlog in autism assessments for children and teens
15 Sep
6.0k
National Ambulance Service
Unite union ambulance workers to ballot for industrial action over outsourcing row
14 Sep
5.4k
13
Last week
7th September 2025 - 13th September 2025
The Morning Lead
Vaping is hooking a new generation of Irish people on nicotine, Lancet study suggests
The researchers said an Australian law restricting vape sales to pharmacies should be looked at here too.
8 Sep
6.6k
38
This month
September 2025
screenings
Health officials want to know what screening services the public want to access
1 Sep
12.2k
44
Last month
August 2025
Inspection Reports
Ten nursing homes found to be in breach of four or more care standards
28 Aug
17.4k
Children's brain injuries
Doctor warns e-scooter incidents have seen brain injuries in children spike dramatically
27 Aug
9.5k
83
Electric Picnic
Drug screening back at Electric Picnic after high-strength MDMA caused convulsions last year
27 Aug
7.4k
InvestigatesChemo Delays
Chemo after breast cancer surgery often delayed to point it is less effective
This therapy can reduce the risk of cancer coming back. But potential benefits decrease the longer people have to wait for treatment after surgery.
Maria Delaney
27 Aug
17.0k
34
RELATED
Health minister: 'No point' in promising extra hospital staff to tackle chemo treatment delays
27 Aug
Almost 25% of 'urgent' patients waiting too long for breast clinic appointments
9 Jul
'It's getting tougher': Hospitals failing to consistently start chemo on time
7 Jul
Investigatescancer treatment
No treatment, no dignity: 'If she knew she was going to die, she would have had a party'
Marian Quinlan was diagnosed with cancer and died less than three months later with no curative or palliative treatment. Her family want answers.
'The HSE needs to act now'
Family blames absence of treatment on a breakdown of communications
Calling for urgent implementation of electronic records
Maria Delaney
24 Aug
37.2k
harvey morrison sherratt
Parents of Harvey say Simon Harris is responsible for failed promises, but not their son's death
20 Aug
16.5k
Disability Matters
HSE has helped just 104 younger people move out of nursing homes for the elderly
19 Aug
8.5k
home births
Closure of private midwifery firm is a 'return to the Dark Ages' for birth options, says NGO
14 Aug
8.6k
11
Racist attacks
HSE condemns 'racist abuse and assaults' targeting Indian community in Ireland
13 Aug
7.4k
Healthcare
Sharp increase in prescription painkiller use in Ireland
7 Aug
12.3k
High Court
High Court steps in as farmer gives €350k to charity to get into heaven
1 Aug
111k
52
July
July 2025
Waiting Lists
Outpatients in Ireland face the longest waits for care of patients in similar countries
26 Jul
6.1k
14
Children in Care
Nineteen children known to Tusla died last year, including four by suicide
25 Jul
9.6k
Courts
HSE apologises over delay to act on x-ray that showed man (91) had swallowed dentures
23 Jul
15.4k
The blame game
Stephen Donnelly claims Irish negativity is holding back health service from taking risks
The former Health Minister told the MacGill Summer School that ‘the level of negativity we see is not normal’.
Maria Delaney
reports from Glenties
18 Jul
11.0k
33
InvestigatesChemo Delays
'It's getting tougher': Hospitals failing to consistently start chemo on time
This is just one of the many delays faced by people with cancer in the public healthcare system.
A shocking 10 hospitals missed the target more than half of the time since 2023
People can be left waiting many weeks more than recommended for treatment
'This is not just a delay, it can be life altering' – Averil Power, Irish Cancer Society
Maria Delaney
7 Jul
21.8k
46
assessment of needs
HSE chief admits waiting lists for assessments for children with disabilities will get worse
1 Jul
8.7k
June
June 2025
reimbursement
Will Ireland follow the UK with free Mounjaro jabs? Minister says assessment to be ready by next year
25 Jun
18.2k
26
Health
Brendan Gleeson does not regret calling Micheál Martin a 'moron' over the health service
25 Jun
13.6k
45
HSE
Seven-day rosters in hospitals is 'robbing Peter to pay Paul', say consultants
24 Jun
12.2k
14
Courts
HSE apologises after child given wrong Covid vaccine with a used needle
23 Jun
22.3k
Ombudsman Report
Lack of progress moving younger people from nursing homes slammed as 'completely unacceptable'
18 Jun
4.4k
An Coimisiún Pleanála
Former HSE chief Paul Reid to be appointed head of new planning authority
16 Jun
19.9k
74
secondary fertility
State-funded IVF to be expanded 'imminently' to couples facing difficulty conceiving second child
Currently only couples with no children are eligible for free fertility treatments.
Christina Finn
13 Jun
9.9k
49
children's health ireland
HSE to refer unpublished Children's Health Ireland report to gardaí and Medical Council
Updated 5 Jun
16.1k
children's health ireland
Health Minister calls for CHI report on consultant misuse of waiting list system to be published
4 Jun
9.5k
Donegal doctors seek ‘urgent meeting’ after Letterkenny overlooked as location of new surgical hub
3 Jun
8.1k
27
HSE
Free hormone replacement therapy available to women of Ireland from today
1 Jun
17.5k
39
May
May 2025
PAC
Children's Health Ireland to be called back before Public Accounts Committee
29 May
5.0k
Chi
Norma Foley won't 'pre-empt' Health Minister on whether CHI should be fully subsumed into HSE
28 May
6.2k
16
CHI AUDIT
HSE staff found to be 'ingratiating themselves financially' will be referred to gardaí, CEO says
The Sunday Times reported that an internal investigation at CHI found that a consultant abused the waiting list system while also delaying operations for sick children up to three years.
Updated 25 May
24.4k
46
Galway
New review launched into Portiuncula Hospital maternity care following death of baby
16 May
7.2k
Government Questions
Minister for Health says transgender healthcare is 'not meeting people’s needs'
14 May
8.5k
Frontline perspectives
'He was honest, but honesty isn't enough': HSE workers react to Bernard Gloster's resignation
14 May
15.3k
34
Breaking
HSE CEO Bernard Gloster to resign next year
Gloster, who was previously the CEO of Tusla, said stepping down has been a “significant personal decision”.
13 May
12.5k
76
e-cigarettes
HSE issues warning over three types of vape wrongly labelled as having no nicotine
12 May
8.5k
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