A Fine Gael TD has urged the Government to take steps to support the expansion of the taxi industry, with a particular emphasis on rural communities. Deputy Michael Murphy, who chairs the Oireachtas Committee on …
There were 9,363 children awaiting initial contact from a Child Disability Network Team (CDNT) at the end of 2025. HSE figures show that 6,035 children have been waiting more than a year for their first …
Image source: TheLiberal.ie Ireland was one of just two EU member states to record a fall in tourist bed nights last year, despite new records being set for tourism accommodation across the European Union overall. …
Ireland’s health service is in meltdown, with over 6,500 funded HSE posts remaining vacant in late 2025 despite available money—leaving nurses overworked and patients at risk. Unions, including the INMO, warn that slow recruitment and …
Scientists have found that human-driven climate change made recent heatwaves in Europe as much as 4°C hotter in various cities, pushing temperatures into dangerous ranges for thousands of vulnerable individuals, reports RTE. A swift study …
The facts are brutal: 920,144 Irish citizens languished on hospital waiting lists in November 2025, with 272,561 waiting over a year for treatment and 78,000 children stuck in limbo. A record 1.7 million attended emergency …
The Department of Education and Youth has said that although the direct governance of schools rests with boards of management, schools are obliged to ensure safe and inclusive environments for all students, including those who …
Ireland’s headlong dash to Net Zero is exacting a brutal toll on ordinary families, with electricity prices surging 12.1% at Energia—adding €205 annually to standard tariffs—and SSE Airtricity hiking 9.5% from October 2025. Average household …
A total of 660 admitted patients are waiting for hospital beds on Monday morning, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation’s (INMO) Trolley Watch, reports Breaking News. Of these patients, 390 are waiting in …
Concerns are growing over further delays to the opening of the National Children’s Hospital, as Children’s Health Ireland has yet to be granted early access to the building, reports Breaking News. CHI had planned to …
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