Louise Burne

Justice minister Jim O'Callaghan has said that an advertisement suggesting that grandparents need to seek consent to hug their grandchildren was “demeaning”.

Justice minister Jim O'Callaghan has said that an advertisement suggesting that grandparents need to seek consent to hug their grandchildren was “demeaning”.

'The reality is that there are some hospitals that have not improved, that need to improve, and bizarrely, the ones that consistently don't improve, ie Cork, have had the highest recruitment,' health minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill told Dáil

The Dáil heard that 'the concern here is that CHI senior decision-makers and those actions of people who are under scrutiny will not be required to account for themselves in the same public way'

Health minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has again taken aim at Cork University Hospital (CUH) , questioning why trolley numbers remain so bad when recruitment is the “highest by some distance of any hospital in this country”.

Health minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has again taken aim at Cork University Hospital (CUH), questioning why trolley numbers remain so bad when recruitment is the “highest by some distance of any hospital in this country”.

Taoiseach's comments come after the health minister claimed despite increased staffing, CUH trolley numbers remain high

Micheál Martin said Ryan Tubridy 'has the DNA. He has the interest'

The Taoiseach said the advertisement caused offence but was not intended to do so, as questions were raised over ministerial intervention

An internal HSE report shows emergency department demand rising sharply in the south-west as disputes over staffing, spending and patient safety continue