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Hospital patients have complained of being served meals of “air-chilled mush”, out-of-date or half-eaten yoghurts, cold tea and going nearly all day without water.
The number of baby deaths across Ireland that are similar in circumstance and ruled as medical misadventure continues despite revelations a decade ago about Portlaoise Hospital and calls for an external investigation, writes Neil Michael
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Time may now have arrived to start long-promised assessment of actions taken during coronavirus years
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Minimum salary payable to healthcare assistants and home carers to increase to €27,000 from January
In a wide-ranging interview, Louth TD Fergus O’Dowd discusses the pandemic, housing, Fine Gael and his diverse family.