Stand-off arose it emerged consultants on public-only contracts were allowed to treat private patients at the hospital despite a direction not to do so

Removal of UN Security Council approval set to spark conflict with Opposition politicians

Board has backed down following stand-off with Government and will comply with terms of public-only consultant contract

Baby boom peak in 2008 will be reflected in 20 per cent increase in third-level enrolments over next decade

Maternity hospital’s board to ‘bring its arrangements into line with Government policy’

Dubliner Sophie Lanigan (15) developed sepsis due to a deadly bacterial infection in 2022. She and her parents talk about life after the day ‘everything changed’

Since the time of their patriarch, Jackie Healy-Rae snr, the family has strengthened its grip on county politics

Tá Bille na gCríoch faoi Fhorghabháil le foilsiú faoi dheireadh ach ní bheidh an tionchar céanna aige anois is a d’fhéadfadh a bheith

Wexford-Wicklow representative was travelling to Dublin Airport when stopped at Garda checkpoint

Fianna Fáil to speak with Hildegarde Naughton over lack of educational pathway for Irish speakers

Under new proposal, UN Security Council approval would no longer be required for overseas deployment of Irish troops

Micheál Martin denies Government had been threatened not to impose sanctions on company or that it had lobbied EU

Uisce Éireann says 40% of Liffey flow going to city’s water supply, which is reaching maximum capacity

Advisory report noted establishment of museum commemorating women was a ‘long-term vision’

Legislation proposes to ban the import and sale of goods produced in illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine