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A new Lancet report recorded 249 deaths related to wildfires in 2025, with 76 per cent of the country experiencing at least one month of extreme drought. imt.ie/news/record-number-of…
The number of people living with dementia is projected to double by 2050, a major European conference taking place in Dublin this week has heard. imt.ie/news/major-alzheimers…
Recent industrial action, including an ongoing public sector work-to-rule, is adding to the pressures faced by hospitals experiencing significantly high levels of overcrowding, the HSE has said. imt.ie/news/work-to-rule-add…
.@INMO_IRL records 777 patients without a bed this morning, while HSE records 544 trolleys in use – double the number recorded on the same day last year. imt.ie/news/rapid-rise-in-ho…
New Irish research has uncovered how some tumours evade the cell-killing effects of chemotherapy, opening up the possibility of developing more targeted treatments that can solve this problem. imt.ie/news/irish-research-u…
Bariatric surgery may reverse the damage obesity causes to key immune cells, Irish researchers have found. imt.ie/news/bariatric-surger…
Patients with legitimate health concerns are leaving emergency departments before treatment because they do not feel safe waiting,the Irish Association for Emergency Medicine has said. imt.ie/news/patients-leaving…
Newly discovered drug combinations could be more effective at treating the most common type of bowel cancer, Irish researchers have found. imt.ie/news/ai-powered-resea…
Draft legislation first proposed almost a decade ago around adult safeguarding must be enacted to uphold human rights in Ireland, a leading advocacy group has said. imt.ie/news/enact-adult-safe…
There was a 39 per cent increase in demand for charity-led youth mental health services in the first six months of this year, new figures reveal. imt.ie/news/charity-records-…
The body responsible for regulating paramedics has no authority to suspend a practitioner or cancel their registration, even when they are found to have had a serious criminal conviction, an Oireachtas Committee has heard. imt.ie/news/regulator-has-no…
The legislation underpinning the regulation of paramedics is ‘no longer fit for purpose’ and ‘creates an unacceptable risk to public safety’, the head of the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC) has said.
imt.ie/news/legislation-regu…
The announcement comes more than a decade after Government figures announced plans to relocate the NMH to Elm Park. In 2013 it was estimated that construction of the new hospital would cost around €150 million. The estimated cost is now €1.86 billion. imt.ie/news/construction-of-…
BREAKING: The construction of the new National Maternity Hospital is expected to begin in early 2027 after the Government formally approved the project to proceed to construction at a cost of more than €1.8 billion. imt.ie/news/construction-of-…
A cap should be set on the number of outlets selling alcohol in towns and cities around the country in order to help reduce violent crimes, @AlcoholIreland has said. imt.ie/news/set-tighter-limi…
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There is an ‘urgent need’ to plan for greater capacity in older persons’ care, but this work is ‘less advanced’ than proposals to expand acute hospital care, according to a new ESRI report. imt.ie/news/esri-report-high…
The HSE should not consider reimbursing a ground-breaking drug found to slow disease progression in patients with early-stage Alzheimer’s, a State assessment has found. imt.ie/news/groundbreaking-a…
The @IHCA_IE has said the Minister for Health has refused to engage with them in the past 20 months, despite repeated invitations to attend meetings and discuss urgent reforms. imt.ie/news/minister-has-not…
Blackrock Health has announced a new three-year title sponsorship of the historic Dublin Hospitals Rugby Cup. imt.ie/news/blackrock-health…
