IN THE LARGEST seizure of cash in the history of the Irish police force, CAB have taken possession of €12bn from the Department of Health which it is believed the department is withholding under false pretences, as the money made up the compensation owed to individuals illegally overcharged by the State in public nursing home… Read more »
HAVING carried out a protest at the weekend over hospital overcrowding, the prospect of heading straight back out again to protest the appalling and potentially fatal state of child and adolescent mental health services in the country is proving a bridge too far for Irish people. However, seasoned protesters in France have offered to protest… Read more »
IN A POSITIVE step forward in the State’s treatment of healthcare workers, undergraduate nursing courses are now to come with an option to study a module which educates student nurses on how to book flights to Australia and get a job in a health service that pays well and values them. Nursing degree courses in… Read more »
HAVING visited Beaumont Hospital yesterday evening but not before giving senior managers enough notice to panic-hide the trail of trolleys, Stephen Donnelly held a closed doors brainstorming session with Dept of Health and HSE officials. With over 900 people on trolleys, and 1500 people in hospitals with flu, RSV or Covid-19, the Minister for Health… Read more »
EXCLUSIVE: Fianna Fáil’s Minister for Health Micheál Martin to spearhead introduction of a Health Service Executive, replacing existing health board system which has remained unchanged for 30 years. The H-S-E formally launches on the 1st of January 2005 but the process is underway to move away from bloated budgets and needless waste of money in… Read more »
A record 931 people on trolleys waiting for hospital admission, a ‘major internal incidence’ declared at Limerick Hospital and the public is being asked to only present themselves at A&E if it’s really necessary; health service workers are under immense pressure. WWN Health taken a piece of the HSE PR-spin money pie to help you… Read more »
THE HSE has advised people not to get sick while gesturing wildly in the direction of Irish hospitals when asked for an explanation. “You’d be doing yourselves and us a huge favour by not getting sick or requiring any medical help this Christmas period because we’re more stuffed than a turkey at the minute,” explained… Read more »
THE government are being urged to launch a new initiative that will attract underage people back to just plain old alcohol, as cases of nitrous oxide abuse continue to soar. The calls come as communities finally accept that nitrous abuse is rampant, following months of thinking that it’s ‘not something that happens around here, sure… Read more »
ONCE thought to be majestic beauties towering over gardens, the common sunflower has been outed for the pervert they are after a new scientific study found them to be voyeuristic in nature, peering over fences and into windows across the world for their own pleasure. “Filthy yokes,” was the professional conclusion of a three-year study… Read more »
THE HSE has pledged to make their drug analysis tent at this year’s Electric Picnic as user-friendly as possible, promising frank and clear language around what will and won’t leave you ‘chawing the fucking jaw off yourself’. As such, the HSE has only hired healthcare professionals with extensive festival-going experience to man the tent, with… Read more »