Concern as doctors with incomplete training are filling consultant roles
An internal audit has found the HSE has “unsatisfactory” oversight of the appointment of doctors to consultant roles, exposing patients and the health service to risk.
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Brenda Power: And the award for best performative outrage goes to... the liberal left
You would need a heart of stone not to laugh at the contortions of the keffiyeh classes over that unfortunate moment when the N-word was shouted out by a Tourette’s sufferer while two black actors were on stage during last weekend’s Bafta ceremony.
‘We’re not a bloody charity’ – How Irish business tycoons are poised to pounce on Ukraine’s post-war profit potential
Corporate Ireland is poised to pounce on opportunities in Ukraine if and when the war ends, with the country’s reconstruction expected to cost around $588bn over the next decade.
‘It’s been very good for us’ — Louis Copeland on how business is booming due to Ozempic effect
Ireland’s best-known tailor Louis Copeland has credited the “Ozempic effect” with a huge boost in sales as slimmed-down Irish men look to resize their entire wardrobes.
Tommy Conlon: Six Nations desperately needs Wales to rise again
They say the old liquid lunches aren’t quite what they used to be back in those glory days when the office hordes would pour into Dublin’s pubs and restaurants around 1.0pm of a Friday and find themselves unable to resist the temptation of another bottle, as an air of postprandial lassitude settled over the convivial proceedings.
Mary Berry on the death of her son: ‘He drove too fast and he died with his sister in the car. That had a great effect on Annabel’
There’s a framed portrait of the late Elizabeth II hanging on the wall of a private-members club in posh Henley-on-Thames.
The Custom House Capital scandal: ‘He said there is absolutely no chance you are getting any of that money back’
It would be fair to say that 66-year-old Dubliner Jimmy O’Neill, a typesetter by trade, has been a man of caution all his life.
Wicklow man who built Europe’s biggest Green Bay Packers fan club to announce NFL Draft pick
A Wicklow father-of-three, who has spent more than a decade building a community of Green Bay Packers fans across Europe, says his life “feels like a fevered dream”, after being chosen as the team’s International Fan of the Year.
Sarah Breen: My particular set of skills as a stay-at-home mam are worth so much more than €60,000 a year
A new survey has estimated the economic value of a stay-at-home parent to be €60,000 a year. The figure, which was totted up by insurance and pensions company Royal London Ireland, is based on what it would cost to outsource the individual jobs typically associated with running a family household, such as childcare, chauffeuring kids around, cooking and cleaning.
‘Banks don't sell the dream of buying a home alone. But that was my reality’
Single women are more likely to buy a home on their own than their male counterparts, property experts have said.
Two-thirds reject Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch’s bid for a seat in Dublin Central, poll reveals
Two-thirds of voters think convicted criminals like Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch should not be allowed take a seat in Dáil Éireann, a new Sunday Independent /Ireland Thinks poll shows.
Childminder previously charged with serious assault of baby faces civil action this month
The family of a young girl who suffered life-changing injuries when she was a baby are taking their former childminder to court later this month.
‘It’s been very good for us’ — tailor Louis Copeland on how business is booming due to Ozempic effect
Ireland’s best-known tailor Louis Copeland has credited the “Ozempic effect” with a huge boost in sales as slimmed-down Irish men look to resize their entire wardrobes.
Fear of all-out war grows in the Middle East as Iran’s supreme leader killed following strikes
Irish political leaders are bracing themselves for the fallout from the US and Israeli strikes on Iran as widespread travel disruptions cause chaos across the Gulf and Middle East.
The rise of the single female buyer – ‘Banks don't sell the dream of buying a home alone. But that was my reality’
Single women are more likely to buy a home on their own than their male counterparts, property experts have said.
Fear of all-out war grows in the Middle East with 14,000 Irish nationals at potential risk
Irish political leaders are bracing themselves for the fallout from the US and Israeli strikes on Iran as widespread travel disruptions cause chaos across the Gulf and Middle East.