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CHI denies Sinn Fein claim on child chemotherapy cancellations

Children’s Health Ireland has rejected claims by Sinn Fein that hundreds of child chemotherapy appointments for children were cancelled last year. It comes after Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald said around 250,000 hospital appointments were ...

17 Apr 2024 at 21:24

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Complex surgeries cancelled for three weeks due to 'pressure on hospital beds'

Complex surgeries at a children's hospital have been postponed for three weeks due to pressure on hospital beds and theatre capacity, it has been confirmed. Three complex surgeries have been postponed in Children’s Health Ireland at Temple ...

29 Aug 2022 at 18:03

National News

Varadkar ‘angry and frustrated’ at ongoing delays for children’s spinal surgery

The Taoiseach said he is frustrated and angry at ongoing delays for children receiving spinal surgery. Leo Varadkar spoke ahead of a meeting on Friday with advocacy groups representing families affected by the issues with complex spinal ...

29 Sept 2023 at 15:50

National News

Sinn Fein criticises ‘litany of failure’ in children’s health

Children’s lives have been “devastated by the litany of failures in healthcare”, Sinn Fein has said. Sinn Fein TD Pearse Doherty said the report into the implant of non-surgical springs in children, and the audit into potentially ...

10 Apr 2025 at 16:03

National News

'LIFE-THREATENING' - Children's Health Ireland warns of risks ride-on lawnmowers pose to children

Children's Health Ireland has warned parents to never allow children on or outside near a ride-on lawnmower, saying that a life-changing injury from a lawnmower blade "only takes a second". The health organisation revealed that ...

01 May 2024 at 10:01

National News

Minister meets with CHI board in wake of child spine surgeries controversy

Health Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has met with the board of Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) in the wake of the child spine surgeries controversy. The health watchdog’s report into the experimental use of non-medical ...

14 Apr 2025 at 18:15

National News

Children’s Health Ireland chairman steps down after spring implants report

The chairman of the board of Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) has stepped down following the publication of a “devastating” report into the use of springs in child spinal surgery. It comes after the Health Information and ...

08 Apr 2025 at 14:13

National News

People with health conditions invited to come forward for Covid booster vaccine

People aged 12 to 49 with long-term health conditions and healthcare workers are being invited to make an appointment for their second Covid-19 booster dose. Those who are aged over 50 and people who are more than 16 ...

01 Sept 2022 at 01:01

National News

Sinn Fein criticises Donnelly’s ‘list of incompetencies’

It was not possible to audit the use of millions of euros for child scoliosis services in the immediate weeks after it was allocated, the Tanaiste has said. In 2022, the Minister of Health Stephen Donnelly allocated ...

04 Jul 2024 at 14:12

National News

Parents of children with undescended testes not told of cancer risks

Parents of children who were placed at a “real and known risk for cancer” due to delayed treatment for undescended testicles were not told about a report into the concerns, the health committee has been told. Lucy ...

19 Jun 2025 at 15:02

National News

Around 50 new child patients listed for spinal surgery each month – report

Approximately 50 new child patients are being listed for spinal surgery procedures each month, according to the latest Spinal Surgery Waiting List released by Children’s Health Ireland (CHI). The activity report ...

11 Apr 2025 at 14:06

National News

Subsuming CHI into HSE will be one of options considered, says Bernard Gloster

The potential for Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) to be fully subsumed into the HSE will be one option considered amid concerns around clinical care and governance, HSE chief Bernard Gloster has said. Mr ...

25 May 2025 at 16:55

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