Taoiseach Brian Cowen has told the Dáil that new Minister for Children Barry Andrews will be following up with the HSE the findings of last night’s RTÉ Prime Time Investigates programme on children at risk.

EMBATTLED Health Minister Mary Harney yesterday insisted there are currently no plans to axe 1,000 bureaucratic jobs in the Health Service Executive.

MENTAL health services will continue to suffer severe disruption until Wednesday despite a breakthrough in talks on the psychiatric nurses’ dispute.

A drive is on to recruit at least 200 new foster carers in Northern Ireland over the next year alone in order to provide more children in care with the stable homes they need.

Janaina Meneghal uncovers the story of the sexual harassment of a Brazilian childminder looking for work in Ireland

More money is to be made available for the community and voluntary sector to go towards advocacy and dementia carers’ support services, the Province’s Health Minister has revealed.

PATIENTS could be faced with more industrial unrest in the health service as nurses yesterday warned they may go on all-out strike over pay demands.

The prevention, treatment and care of cancer will come under the spotlight at a major health conference in Dublin today.

A 15 -year-old boy arrested in connection with a gun and petrol bomb attack on a home in Dublin in March was today remanded on bail after a court heard that a detention centre did not have a space to hold him.

Age Action Ireland is warning that a large number of nursing homes around the country will need to make extensive improvements in order to comply with new regulations.