Van Der Beek has had to pull of the event due to two stomach issues with Hamilton writer Lin Manuel Miranda replacing him for the live reading.

The Southern Health and Social Care Trust said it is experiencing ‘significant’ IT issues on Wednesday.

The INMO said 458 patients were being treated on trolleys, chairs or other inappropriate bed spaces on Wednesday morning

Antoinette Burke confronted Micheal Martin as he arrived for a Fianna Fáil think-in.

Parents are advised to book early at the Waterford clinics

A study led by Queen’s University Belfast has characterised a new molecule which can block the inflammation associated with a range of diseases.

The high cost of healthy foods and gym memberships are also creating barriers to living a healthy lifestyle, according to the research.

‘It is BAM’s responsibility to get its final 1 per cent done,’ Jennifer Carroll MacNeill said.

The Health Minister was unable to provide a date for when additional rare diseases will be added to a newborn screening programme.

BAM has said it is ‘disappointed’ with remarks made by the Health Minister.

The volume of healthcare delivered to members in private hospitals, day hospitals and non-hospital settings has increased by nine per cent in the last 12 months.

Last year the HSE screened 137,134 women for breast cancer, compared to a target of 195,000.

The changes will take effect from October, and could add between €60 and €185 to the average family's total bill

Healthcare, in a timely fashion, when it is required, must be a given, for all our children

Harvey Sherratt’s parents, Gillian Sherratt and Stephen Morrison, will attend the demonstration.

Harvey Morrison Sherratt died on July 29th, although no cause of death has been established

The Hollywood star, who turned 80 on Saturday, stars in the upcoming Netflix film adaptation of Thursday Murder Club.

The HSE annual report said that Ireland’s population is ‘ageing faster than any other EU country’.

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has published the Irish Health Survey – Children’s Health for 2024.

This is a drop from the 12,106 children waiting for their first contact at the end of April.

A health survey was carried out by the Central Statistics Office.

The HSE has confirmed that a child has been on a waiting list for psychological care for 13.5 years.

A teenage disability campaigner has said it is a myth that there is a shortage of therapists to carry out assessments of need (AONs)

Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill said the findings will ‘help us plan better’.

New analysis shows that consultants could have have held 1.5 million more appointments last year if they were operating on 2016 productivity levels.

University Hospital Limerick (UHL) has seen the highest productivity increase since before Covid-19, according to a new analysis of HSE data.

The Health Minister said the dashboard was an effort to present ‘the best transparency we possibly can’ on hospital activity.

The Little Blue Heroes Foundation was set up to support families of children with serious illness.

He said he has a ‘simply outstanding medical team looking after me’.

Requirements for an additional 943 to 1,211 GPs by 2040 are projected, relative to a 2023 headcount of 3,928 GPs.

Beer was the Ireland’s most popular alcohol last year, followed by wine.

The expert-led exercise programme was run in Kilkenny, as well as in Munich and Bologna.

The North's Health Minister Mike Nesbitt described finalising financial plans that will be ‘unprecedented’ and ‘painful’

A continued increase in population, particularly at older ages, will drive the increased demand, according to the Economic and Social Research Institute publication on Wednesday.

It comes after an audit found many children underwent ‘unnecessary’ hip surgeries at two Dublin hospitals.

The ESRI study examines socioeconomic conditions across communities in Ireland.

An academic study on the impact of the home-visiting scheme in Darndale found it had resulted in a series of positive outcomes for children.

'It’s still not ready and with it already being delayed 15 times – a 16th time is very possible'

The first phase of the new service is scheduled to start early next year.

It comes as teenage campaigner Cara Darmody began staging a 50-hour protest outside Leinster House on Tuesday morning.

The WHO has reduced its management team by half and will have to scale back operations, its director-general said on Wednesday

The Gaelic games correspondent lost his father and grandfather to heart attacks.

The digital system took 18 months to roll out across Northern Ireland.