4+ day, 9+ min ago   (512+ words) The University of Limerick has launched the first new direct-entry undergraduate medicine programme to be established in Ireland since 1854, with its inaugural class of 30 students beginning their studies this semester. Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (208+ words) A Galway man with cerebral palsy fulfills a lifelong ambition to reach the summit of Croagh Patrick. John Tobin got to the top of Croagh Patrick in a specially designed wheelchair aided by a team of almost 30 volunteers, including family…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (566+ words) An investigation by the Data Protection Commission (DPC) into the storage of paper records by the HSE has found incidents of documents contaminated by animal droppings, destroyed by mould, covered in rubble, or rotting due to water damage. Site inspections…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (89+ words) RTE.ie To listen to RTÉ.ie's radio and podcast services, you will need to disable any ad blocking extensions or whitelist this site. Homelessness overtakes addiction as the main reason why people turn to the Ana Liffey Project for…...

2+ week, 5+ hour ago   (353+ words) Housing needs and homelessness overtook substance use as the most common reason people sought support from the Ana Liffey charity last year, its annual report shows. The 2025 report showed that housing-related issues accounted for 27.8% of all support needs last year,…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (889+ words) The HSE is encouraging festival goers to interact with its volunteers at upcoming events, as part of an initiative on reducing harm for people who take substances at events. Fifty volunteers were trained as part of the HSE's Safer Nightlife…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (349+ words) Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has said Cork University Hospital (CUH) must improve in managing its budget and deploying its resources. She was speaking after the CEO of CUH Jennifer Kearney last week wrote to the HSE expressing an…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (341+ words) Campaign for the establishment of an Irish training centre for guide dogs. Tom Downes from Shannon became blind as the result of complications following an accident as a boy. Once a piano tuner with a local company, he has retrained…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (450+ words) A 72-year-old man with stage three cancer is among a group of vulnerable Ukrainians who are due to be moved from their accommodation in Citywest. He was among dozens of Ukrainians with disabilities or medical issues who demonstrated outside the…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (542+ words) The father of a nine-year-old boy has spoken of his family's "incredible" joy at having their son home in Belfast following a successful heart transplant in the UK earlier this summer. Dáithí Mac Gabhann was born with rare hypoplastic left…...