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Hospital

make a difference

Appeal for volunteers to help make hospitals happier places for sick children

16 Apr 2017

22.2k

megan halvey-ryan

Teen who spoke about scoliosis pain on the Late Late Show will finally get her surgery today

23 Mar 2017

3.8k

rescue 118

Coast Guard and RNLI rescue eight people from overturned boat off Sligo

19 Mar 2017

38.9k

The Daily Poll

Poll: Should the State take over hospitals owned by the Catholic Church?

13 Mar 2017

26.0k

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Johannesburg

At least five injured after South African hospital roof collapses

2 Mar 2017

7.0k

Maynooth

Kym Owens recovering at home after being released from hospital

24 Feb 2017

46.9k

Offaly

Gardaí appeal for witnesses after man (30s) dies in single vehicle crash last night

13 Feb 2017

14.9k

Bangladesh

First female to suffer from 'tree man syndrome' undergoes successful surgery

12 Feb 2017

56.8k

Waiting Lists

We used to screen for scoliosis in schools, so why was it stopped?

10 Feb 2017

15.7k

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Here’s everything you need to know as you start your Saturday.

4 Feb 2017

9.4k

Waiting Lists

Mater Hospital warns of very long waiting times as 90 patients in emergency department

23 Jan 2017

13.5k

Heart Disease

Obese people less likely to die after heart operations compared to those of healthy weight

20 Jan 2017

10.1k

Houston

Former US president George Bush Sr in intensive care due to respiratory illness

18 Jan 2017

29.8k

Reports

US mass murderer Charles Manson 'too weak' for surgery

7 Jan 2017

22.5k

Critical

'People are waiting over 15 hours': Hospitals buckle as government looks for quick fix

5 Jan 2017

18.2k

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cult

US mass murderer Charles Manson 'seriously ill' after being transferred to hospital from prison

4 Jan 2017

21.7k

Cork

17-year-old driver seriously injured in single vehicle crash

30 Dec 2016

24.9k

Waterford

One arrest after man found with head injuries on Christmas Day dies

29 Dec 2016

16.6k

Star Wars

Carrie Fisher is in intensive care with her dog by her side after a heart attack on a flight

24 Dec 2016

3.5k

Public Servants

'I'd have more money and less stress working in Aldi': Our new generation of frontline staff have had enough

22 Dec 2016

89.3k

164

Children's Hospital

PHOTOS: Famous faces bring Christmas cheer to Crumlin

21 Dec 2016

14.2k

rsv

Long delays at children's emergency departments due to 'dramatic' spike in viral infections

7 Dec 2016

22.0k

crisis

Conditions at Tipperary hospital 'undignified, disgraceful and dangerous'

7 Dec 2016

11.9k

Portlaoise

'Significant risks remain' at hospital despite maternity improvements after eight baby deaths

5 Dec 2016

10.1k

Dungarvan

Post-mortems to take place after three killed in Waterford crash

5 Dec 2016

26.0k

Economic crisis

Blood, flies, rotting corpses: Inside Venezuela's crumbling hospitals

3 Dec 2016

12.6k

midland regional

Elderly woman spends 15 hours on hospital trolley

2 Dec 2016

10.5k

Cork

Visiting restrictions at Mercy University Hospital due to winter vomiting outbreak

29 Nov 2016

6.5k

Maternity services

'Left to die alone': Premature baby spent final two hours in hospital sluice room

24 Nov 2016

42.4k

150

Transplant

Dozens of Indians call hospital to donate kidneys to foreign minister

18 Nov 2016

11.1k

give me love

Ed Sheeran surprised a little fan by showing up at her hospital bed to serenade her

17 Nov 2016

4.0k

not fit for purpose

Inspection finds operating department at Coombe maternity hospital not fit for purpose

16 Nov 2016

12.3k

On the up

Children's hospital costs like a 'runaway train' as they rocket to €1bn

16 Nov 2016

19.0k

Brooklyn

77-year-old Irishman dies after assault by dementia patient in New York

1 Nov 2016

15.2k

Treatment

German hospital uses therapy to 'treat' paedophiles before they commit crimes

31 Oct 2016

16.7k

St James’s Hospital

Woman who slipped on human faeces at hospital awarded €16,000

28 Oct 2016

19.2k

Irish Water

All elective procedures postponed as difficulties with water quality at University Hospital Waterford continue

19 Oct 2016

15.0k

Naval Service

Taoiseach wants Ireland to introduce a Navy hospital ship for global emergencies

18 Oct 2016

16.3k

103

Dublin

Tallaght Hospital restricts visitors over outbreak of antibiotic-resistant infection

11 Oct 2016

9.6k

Limerick

Camogie player airlifted to hospital following collapse expected to make full recovery

10 Oct 2016

16.4k

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