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The HSE is back in the spotlight over budget overruns. A Cabinet briefing by Health Minister Stephen Donnelly indicates his budget is already in trouble for the first three months of the year. Demands on hospital services are being blamed for the pressures already affecting Minister Donnelley’s healthcare budget for…

Sinn Féin’s Spokesperson for Agriculture has urged minister Charlie McConalogue to set out details of his department’s proposed scheme for forgotten farmers. Deputy Claire Kerrane raised the matter with the minister in the Dáil during priority questions and queried went details on the long-awaited scheme would be outlined. Speaking to…

Exam students are being advised to take the weekend to recuperate before another week of work, according to a teacher. Over the last three days Leaving Cert students have been sitting English, Home Economics, Engineering, Geography and Maths. Monday will see students sitting Maths Paper 2 and Irish Paper 1.…

Contact will be made shortly with the people affected by a cyber-attack at the HSE. The breach happened while Ernest & Young was working with the health authority on a project to automate part of its recruitment process. It’s likely information relating to 20 people involved has been accessed. Cyber…