‘Made in Europe’ law for vital medicines
A new EU law will aim to prevent European countries from running out of vital medicines in future. Ireland, along with other countries, is suffering shortages of hundreds of medicines.…
Ireland has highest gonorrhoea rate in Europe
Ireland has more cases of gonorrhoea per head of population than any other European country, according to new data. In 2023, there were nearly 100,000 confirmed cases of gonorrhoea reported…
Bird flu in humans ‘increasing threat’
The European Food Safety Authority has warned that bird flu could morph into a human pandemic. The Irish government instructed farmers to keep poultry and other birds inside last month…
EU monitoring medicine shortages
The EU wants to get a better picture of the many different medicines currently in short supply in Europe. There is currently a shortage of 346 medical products in Ireland,…
Éowyn: European early warning on red alert
The European early weather warning system is on red alert ahead of Storm Éowyn which is expected to hit Ireland on Friday. Met Éireann first issued its red alert across…
EU urges better hospital cybersecurity
The European Commission has put forward plans to tighten up hospital cybersecurity EU-wide. The Health Service Executive (HSE) was hit by a devastating attack in May 2021. A ransomware attack…
EU considering Irish request for Cork Commuter Rail funding
The European Commission is analysing the Irish government’s request for €115 million in grants under the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). The RRF was set up after the covid…
Ireland ‘over-reliant’ on foreign doctors and nurses
Ireland’s “over-reliance” on foreign-trained doctors and nurses “risks exacerbating workforce shortages” in the countries where they come from, the OECD has warned. More than 40 percent of doctors, and more…
Farm deaths chronically under-recorded
The number of people killed and injured on farms across Europe is significantly higher than previously thought, an Irish-led project has discovered. Agriculture is already classed as one of the…
Dublin researchers €16 million for cutting edge science
Researchers at Dublin universities have been selected to take part in two international projects funded by the EU’s Horizon Programme. The two projects involving Irish universities will receive around €16…