A DESPERATE appeal for state funding has been made by Ireland's only children's hospice.More than 100 youngsters with complex needs and their families have been cared for at The LauraLynn House since it officially opened last September.Philomena Dunne, c
FINANCE union chiefs fear another 600 jobs could be lost at Bank of Ireland after a redundancy deal for the first swathe of lay-offs was agreed.Bank of Ireland told workers in an email this morning that it has set a payout limit of €225,000 for staff lea
A desperate appeal for state funding has been made by Ireland's only children's hospice.More than 100 youngsters with complex needs and their families have been cared for at The LauraLynn House since it officially opened last September.Philomena Dunne, c
THE country's only hospice for dying children yesterday made a desperate appeal for more state support as it struggles to care for growing numbers of gravely ill patients and their families.The hospice needs €1.4m in annual state funding to run its servi
The tragic death of a second patient on a trolley in a busy corridor of Tallaght Hospital in Dublin was publicly revealed for the first time yesterday.The revelation of the second unexpected death was made in a damning watchdog report into safety at the
OLDER people on medication for different forms of dementia, including Alzheimer's disease, are not being properly monitored, a major study has found.There is evidence that many are not consistently taking the drugs and dosages are not being increased ove
THE first outsider to be appointed as secretary general of the Department of Health will have to oversee the government's planned radical shake-up of services.Dr Ambrose McLoughlin, who is is his late 50s, is the department's first secretary general to b
THE Health Service Executive was forced to withdraw a letter telling nurses to ration pads used by elderly people with bowel and bladder problems, writes Eilish O'Regan.The HSE in the south east had written to public health nurses, saying that medical ca
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