Maeve Sheehan
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‘We are horrified to read the concerns of staff’ – Families fight for truth of Covid response in nursing home
For three years, families who lost loved ones to Covid-19 in one of the country’s worst hit nursing homes have been gathering internal HSE records under the Freedom of Information Act to try to understand how the outbreak of the virus engulfed the facility to such devastating effect. → Read More
Report sheds new light on chaos in Kerry care home where nine residents died
Care staff at a Kerry nursing home where nine residents died were visibly upset about unwell residents but claimed their concerns were not listened to. → Read More
File sent to the DPP in row over psychologist’s fake qualifications
Gardaí have sent a file to the Director of Public Prosecutions about a woman who was accused of using fake psychology qualifications to diagnose autism in children and adults. → Read More
Arrested garda investigated over alleged link to protection rackets
A detective garda who was arrested last week as part of a corruption investigation has been questioned about alleged protection rackets in Dublin linked to organised criminal gangs. → Read More
Horseracing industry critic is now dropped as steward
A racehorse owner has claimed he was dismissed as a steward of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) after he raised questions about governance and funding of the sector. → Read More
HSE note allegedly advising removal of emails about PPE ‘must be investigated’
An apparent instruction from a HSE official to “take emails off the system” after concerns were raised about access to PPE at St Mary’s Nursing Home in the Phoenix Park in Dublin must be investigated by the planned public inquiry into the State’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, a Fine Gael TD has said. → Read More
‘Fake’ Irish aristocrat Terry Birles tricked Royal Cork Yacht Club over ‘ghost' Caribbean crews
A “fake” Irish aristocrat who allegedly conned a French film star out of millions also persuaded the prestigious Royal Cork Yacht Club to partner with non-existent yacht clubs in the Caribbean. → Read More
GAA star at centre of fraud probe alleged to have tapped rich business pals for cash to fund cancer treatment
A GAA star who is being investigated for fraud is alleged to have tapped some of Ireland’s richest business people as well as politicians for cash to fund medical treatment overseas. → Read More
Hutch probe: business owners quizzed about dealings with jailed ex garda superintendent
Gardaí investigating jailed former superintendent John ‘Spud’ Murphy’s links to the Hutch organised crime gang have extended their probe to his business dealings in the capital. → Read More
Nursing-home fees scandal: ‘I did nothing wrong, I only looked for my own money back’
Joseph Conroy followed last week’s news about nursing homes with rising anger. → Read More
How hospital trolley crisis grew despite many A&E consultants working weekends
Disparities in consultant weekend working hours in accident and emergency (A&E) departments across the country are revealed in data compiled for the Department of Health during the country’s worst-ever winter overcrowding crisis. → Read More
Revealed: the inside track on a bitter dispute that was ‘bad for Irish horse racing’
Directors of the governing body of Irish horse racing discussed the possible suspension of the sport’s chief investigator shortly after he sued the powerful trainers’ association to defend his good name. → Read More
‘Lie after lie’: French actor Dany Boon moves on Irish ‘aristocrat’ in €6m fraud case
Super-rich French actor Dany Boon has appointed receivers to companies founded by an Irish ‘aristocrat’ who, he claims, defrauded him out of €6m. → Read More
More than 3,000 concerns raised about nursing homes during Covid-19 pandemic
MORE than 3,000 concerns about nursing homes were raised in the three years of the Covid-19 pandemic, new figures show. → Read More
HSE to review it’s €3.7m store of ‘valuables’
The HSE is reviewing its €3.7m store of “valuables”, including an extensive art collection and a property portfolio insured for €10bn after an audit exposed anomalies in its insurance cover. → Read More
Paschal Donohoe denies breaching Sipo rules on election campaign donations
Public Expenditure Minister Paschal Donohoe is conducting a review of his election expenses statements — amid allegations that he failed to properly declare a donation from an engineering firm seven years ago, the Sunday Independent can reveal. → Read More
Spiritan scandal: ‘Why was Fr Arthur Carragher moved to Canada, where he was free to abuse my 10-year-old brother?’
Pete Fischer was standing in a queue at the supermarket when the call came that turned everything he knew, or thought he knew, about his older brother Jeff on its head. → Read More
‘There’s only so much work you can get out of staff,’ says A&E consultant amid scenes of chaos in departments across the country
Ger O’Connor, an emergency department consultant, scrolled through his laptop looking for the numbers that “don’t lie”. → Read More
People will only go to A&E if their lives depend on it — poll reveals
Plummeting public confidence in the country’s health service has been laid bare in a new Sunday Independent/Ireland Thinks opinion poll, which has found almost three-quarters (72pc) of the public would only attend a hospital emergency department if they thought their life depended on it. → Read More
Hundreds of doctors drafted by HSE for post-Christmas clinics amid fears of hospital surge
THE HSE has drafted in family doctors to run extra post-Christmas clinics in the latest move to keep patients out of emergency departments ahead of what is expected to be the biggest ever surge in hospital attendances. → Read More