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Covid 19/Health

Acceleration of Delivery of Second New Ward Block at University Hospital Limerick

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has announced the acceleration of plans to deliver additional bed capacity at University Hospital Limerick. Construction is continuing on a 96-bed ward block at the…

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Covid 19/Education

Successful Projects for €1.5m Drug Prevention and Education Funding Scheme

The Minister for Public Health, Wellbeing and the National Drugs Strategy Hildegarde Naughton has announced the successful projects for a new €1.5 million drug prevention and education funding scheme. This…

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Covid 19/Health

Launch of Healthy Workplace Website Funded By Healthy Ireland

Minister of State with responsibility for Public Health, Wellbeing and the National Drugs Strategy, Hildegarde Naughton, has welcomed the launch of the Healthy Workplace website. Developed under the National Framework…

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Covid 19/Health

Dire Hospital Beds Shortages Will Worsen Unless Rapid Action is Taken

The Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) has warned that investment in additional hospital beds is not keeping pace with population growth and that the current dire shortages will worsen unless rapid…

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Covid 19/Events

Tánaiste Micheál Martin Addresses Annual Delegate Conference of PDFORRA

The Tánaiste and Minister for Defence, Micheál Martin, attended the Annual Delegate Conference (ADC) of the Permanent Defence Force Other Ranks Representative Association, (PDFORRA), in Knightsbrook Hotel, Trim, Co. Meath….

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COVID 19

World Health Organization Lift of Global Public Health Emergency for COVID-19

The Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly and the Chief Medical Officer Professor Breda Smyth have welcomed the World Health Organization’s (WHO) declaration that COVID-19 is no longer a global public…

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Covid 19/Events

Annual State Ceremony at Arbour Hill to Commemorate the Easter Rising

The Tánaiste and Minister for Defence Micheál Martin hosted the annual State Ceremony at Arbour Hill to commemorate the Easter Rising, and the executed leaders of 1916 who are buried in…

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COVID 19/World News

Publication of European Commission’s Proposal to Reform Pharmaceutical Legislation

The Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly and the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Simon Coveney have formally welcomed the publication of the European Commission’s proposal to reform the general…

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Covid 19/Events

RCSI Conference to Examine the Good and Bad of Irish Health Policy

Experts in healthcare and policy came together at the National Healthcare Outcomes Conference held in RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences. The annual conference, hosted by the Healthcare Outcomes…

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Covid 19/Health

Two Major Trauma Centres Launched In Significant Step Forward For The National Trauma Strategy

The Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly have officially opened the Major Trauma Centres (MTCs) at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin and Cork University Hospital. The opening of the two Major Trauma…

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Covid 19/Events

Irish Defence Forces Snipers at the US Army International Sniper Competition 2023

As the top placing teams in the Defence Forces 2022 International Sniper Competition, 27th Infantry Battalion and the Army Ranger Wing (ARW) secured the Irish Defence Forces Sniper’s most highly…

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Covid 19/Health

Successful Applicants for GAA Walking Tracks Initiative Announced

Minister for Public Health, Wellbeing and the National Drugs Strategy, Hildegarde Naughton, and the President of the GAA (Uachtarán Chumann Lúthchleas Gael) Larry McCarthy have welcomed the announcement of the…

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Covid 19/Health

RCSI Study Shows Digital Device Can Improve Patients’ Asthma Management

A new international study led by RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences has revealed significant potential for digital technology to improve asthma management for patients. The study, published in…

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COVID 19

Survey Shows 10% of Irish Adults Experienced Symptoms of Long Covid

New data released has found that 10 per cent of adults in Ireland have experienced symptoms of long Covid following an initial period of infection with the virus. The data…

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Covid 19/Research

Terms of Reference for a Strategic Review of General Practice Published

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has published the Terms of Reference (ToR) for a Strategic Review of General Practice (GP). The Review is to be completed this year. The Strategic…

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Covid 19/Health

FutureNeuro Partners with IQVIA and Novartis Ireland for Research to Harness Health Data

FutureNeuro, the SFI research centre for chronic and rare neurological disease, has announced collaborative research projects with IQVIA and Novartis Ireland to advance the use of data in healthcare research…

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Covid 19/Health

Sláintecare Progress Report 2022 and Action Plan 2023 Published

The Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly published the Sláintecare Progress Report 2022 and the Sláintecare Action Plan 2023. Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly said, “the vision for healthcare set out in…

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Covid 19/Advice

Update On High Level Action Plan for the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces

The Tánaiste and Minister for Defence Micheál Martin has published a comprehensive update on the status of each of the 38 early actions set out in the High Level Action…

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Covid 19/Health

National Skin Cancer Prevention Plan 2023-2026 Launched

The Minister for Public Health, Wellbeing and the National Drugs Strategy, Hildegarde Naughton, launched the National Skin Cancer Prevention Plan 2023-2026. Skin cancer is the most commonly-diagnosed cancer in Ireland, with…

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Covid 19/Health

New WHO Targets for Managing Diabetes Published

A new report for the WHO has identified five core national targets for UN member states aimed at reducing diabetes risk and ensuring that people with diabetes have equitable access…

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