It would have cost €450, 000 to repair to repair Clonturk House, a home for visually impaired adult men in Drumcondra, which is to shut at the end of May. Staff and the HSE have determined that the facility cannot meet forthcoming HIQA standards. The home is in poor repair and has a leaking roof. [...]
The 12th annual Scientific Meeting of the Association of University Departments of General Practice in Ireland (AUDGPI) will take place this Friday (February 27) at the Radisson SAS Royal Hotel, Golden Lane, Dublin. Hosted by Prof Tom Fahey, Professor and Head of the Department of General Practice at RCSI, the meeting will be addressed by [...]
Irish research showing that viruses can be detected in fluids could lead to better blood tests and more sensitive ways of measuring whether new drugs are binding to their targets. The discovery was made by Martin Hegner, a Professor of Physics at Trinity College Dublin’s Centre of Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices and a [...]
Impressive results from an innovative treatment carried out by an Irish vascular surgeon have been presented at a major international meeting in the US. Mr Sherif Sultan of the Western Vascular Institute presented a paper on laser-assisted angioplasty versus tibial balloon angioplasty for the endovascular management of infragenicular tibial arterial occlusion in critical lower-limb ischaemia. [...]
The International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua) has issued a call for abstracts for its 26th International Conference, which takes place in Dublin from October 11 to 14, 2009. The theme of this year’s conference is ‘Designing for Quality’. Submissions are invited from a wide range of professionals and entry is not restricted [...]
The Research Institute for a Tobacco Free Society (RIFTFS) has just been awarded a €3m euro research contract on a project entitled, Pricing Policies and control of Tobacco in Europe.(PPACTE) The first meetings designed to shape the project will be held at the Digital Depot, Dublin on February 26 and 27. PPACTE “Pricing Policies and [...]
A professor of mathematics at University College Cork (UCC) has slammed the university’s recent decision to allow embryonic stem cell research. Professor Des McHale, also a well-known author, said that he was “deeply ashamed” that UCC’s governing body had passed the proposal to begin the unethical research and called on students, parents and the general [...]
Better potential “markers” for prostate cancer have been identified by Irish scientists, that will allow detection of the disease earlier and with more certainty than is currently possible, it was revealed today. The ‘building’ of a prostate cancer tissue bank has enabled Irish researchers to identify better bio-markers (or blood tests) to further identify the [...]
ASH Ireland has held a briefing for all members of the Oireachtas in Dublin on the issue of having smoking banned in cars transporting children under 16 years. Dr Angie Brown, Chairperson ASH Ireland, speaking at the briefing prior to National No Smoking Day today, said, “Many countries and regions have introduced such a ban [...]
The Irish Pharmacy Union [IPU] has criticised the inclusion of a sweeping measure for the health services in the detail of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009. The Bill includes in Section 9 the provision to allow the Minister for Health and the Minister for Finance to set payment and reimbursement [...]
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