Concerns have been raised that the development is being backtracked at a time when the county is experiencing major bed shortages.

The independent review found more than 200 children being treated by the Camhs in the area were at risk of potential harm.

329 patients are waiting in the emergency department, while 192 are in wards elsewhere in hospitals.

Parents would be bringing their children to Camhs appointments today, and they deserved to feel confident in the service they were accessing, she added.

The Dáil was told that families in North Kerry ‘have waited years for answers’ about treatment provided to them.

Seven-year-old Roxanne Kelly from Carlow is one of a group of kids who were under the care of a consultant here, who is now under investigation.

Father of five, Martin Staines, from Tallaght, Dublin, suffered a fatal reaction to an agent known as polyethene glycol, which was in the steroid injection.

Planning permission was originally granted by Dublin City Council in late July 2025, but was appealed to An Coimisiún Pleanála by two third parties.

Figures from the HSE show 20,209 children are overdue AON, with 16,960 children waiting over three months. 

"Unscrupulous vendors are supplying them. But they're dicing with young people's lives," said Dublin City councillor Danny Byrne

It follows lengthy talks with management, which intensified on Friday evening.

This follows the Labour Court dismissing the discrimination claim that the HSE had breached the Employment Equality Act over its treatment of multitasking healthcare assistant, Judyta Zielinska, while she was working with Wexford Residential Intellectual Disabilities Services.

The winter vomiting bug is one of the most common stomach bugs in Ireland.

The case settled for €125,000 and was before the court for the division of the €35,000 mental distress payment only

The review was ordered in late 2023 due to identified patient safety concerns.

As part of this first phase, Mr Selvadurai Nayagam reviewed the care provided to a sample of 91 children whose surgery was carried out by the individual orthopaedic consultant.

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) released their latest batch of enforcement and closure orders, which saw four restaurants in the country hit with closure orders.

At University Hospital Galway, 68 people are being treated on trolleys, with 45 in the ED. 

The documentary reveals 50 beds at the hospital have remained unused for more than three years after the hospital opened.

Members will also hold a lunchtime protest outside the hospital in relation to staffing, with the union stating that industrial action may escalate if the employer does not act to resolve staffing issues.

The plan would see some patients at University Hospital Limerick treated and cared for at the €213 million private Bon Secours Hospital Limerick (BSL), which opened in September 2024, and is presently expanding its services.

The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) said the HSE was directed to take charge of the nursing home from 2pm on Wednesday.

A LAOIS mother has been left in the dark seeking an Assessment of Need for her son, whom she suspects may be autistic.

University Hospital Limerick is consistently the most overcrowded hospital nationally, and it has been the subject of a number of internal HSE reviews following a number of patient deaths that occurred during severe overcrowding conditions.

Freddie died in the early hours of July 2nd 2021, at Tipperary University Hospital (TUH). Ms O'Donnell attended the hospital for ante-natal care on the morning of July 1st 2021, after experiencing pains the previous night.

6035 children are waiting over a year for first contact from a CDNT.

EMERGENCY departments in hospitals across the HSE Dublin and Midlands Region are experiencing a significant increase in the number of patients presenting for care, according to the HSE.

Hairdresser Bryonny Sainsbury suffered a serious brain injury when her horse, which was being attended to by a vet, became spooked and crushed her against a wall.

In practice, the commitment would reduce average processing times by 437 days relative to the current average.

Laura Liston (36) died a number of hours after delivering her son in a birthing pool, using an HSE home-birth service

Between December 2024 and December 2025, the combined public patient waiting list increased by 79,806 to 753,770, with 117,595 now waiting over 12 months,

Liposuction procedures, in which excess fat is suctioned from targeted areas like the abdomen or buttocks, were performed on 85 patients in 2024 at a total cost of €831,864.

The HSE has been ordered to pay €20,000 compensation to a senior pharmacist who lost out on promotion because of a discriminatory job requirement

Researchers at Trinity College Dublin and the HSE’s Department of Public Health found that almost one in 20 clips suggested for teenagers on the platform’s “For You” feed violated TikTok’s own safety policies.

A same-sex couple say Ireland’s donor conception laws leave their one-year-old son missing legal protections.

The breaches included one incident in which a hospital department that deals with sexually transmitted infections “inadvertently” sent a text message containing a patient’s personal and health data to a third party.

As of Tuesday, December 30th, a total of 2,321 new respiratory illness cases were reported over the past week.

The HSE’s Organ Donation Transplant Ireland Office (ODTI) said this was from 68 deceased and 29 living organ donors and their families. 

The Workplace Relations Committee ruled that the HSE had discriminated against Lithuanian worker, Gediminas Gvazdauskas, on grounds of nationality

Ambulances took more than an hour to respond to more than 1,500 emergency calls in the first half of this year

The vaccine is free for at-risk groups

HSE chief executive, Bernard Gloster, said current disciplinary processes are too slow, open to legal challenge, and can drag on for years.

At least 18 hospitals around the country are limiting the number of visitors to one per patient.