Health Minister Stephen Donnelly insisted today that he will not resign despite failing to register a rental property in Dublin for the past three years with the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB). He ...

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has said he wants to see Covid-19 restrictions lifted as soon as possible. Mr Donnelly said it would be unfair to speculate over what restrictions would be eased first ...

The Government is concerned about the dominance of foreign medical students training here as efforts focus on keeping more nurses and doctors in Ireland after graduation. The Irish Independent ...

New laws to allow pubs and nightclubs to stay open later will increase alcohol-related disease and pile pressure on our already strained health services, the Department of Health has warned. However, ...

Pharmacists have accused Health Minister Stephen Donnelly of ignoring them and leaving their businesses in limbo over future payments to dispense medicines for state drug schemes. On average ...

Had Stephen Donnelly retained his seat in the Wicklow constituency there would have been a fair chance of him being re-­appointed as health minister in the next Fianna Fáil-led government. Donnelly ...

An outright ban on the sale of disposable vapes will be included in a series of new laws to be brought forward by Health Minister Stephen Donnelly, it has emerged. During the next Dáil term, which ...

Minister for Health of Ireland Stephen Donnelly has called for reform of patient discharging to address hospital capacity issues. Mr Donnelly was speaking during visit to the Surgical Hub development ...

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly was warned he risked creating a two-tier nursing home system and an urban/rural divide by allowing people in care under the Fair Deal scheme to keep all income from ...

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly is pushing to expand free contraception to 16-year-olds as part of Budget 2025. Contraception is currently free for women aged 17 to 35, under measures brought in by ...

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly is advocating for the “safe and appropriate use of medication” to mark World Patient Safety Day today. Ireland continues to support this international initiative, led ...

The most overcrowded hospital emergency department in the country has recorded 19 incidents classed as ­“major” or “extreme” in the last five years. The category-one incidents – which can be clinical ...