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Pharmacists claim that the shortages have been ongoing for several months and include medications used to treat the Strep A infection, which can cause serious illness amongst young children and elderly adults

The hospitals worst affected include University Hospital Limerick (UHL) with 48 patients waiting, Cork University Hospital with 38 and Letterkenny University Hospital with 37 patients.

Almost 70,000 people are said to be suffering from Long Covid in Dublin and more than 11,000 saying it impacted on their daily lives

The campaign is aimed at preventing crisis pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases

One of these was St Bricin’s in Dublin city centre, which is just a stone’s throw from the Mater hospital in Dublin 7.

The HSE yesterday warned the flu season had “yet to peak” and the situation that has seen hundreds of sick people lying on trolleys for days on end could worsen.

THC edibles currently being sold illegally in Ireland have been deemed "high risk" as on occasion they do not contain THC but instead contain a synthetic cannabinoid

Nurses are concerned that the cramped health settings they are working in are unsafe for both patients and staff

This morning 535 patients across the country were waiting to access a hospital bed, according to INMO figures

A small number of people in Tipperary had to be hospitalised after eating the cannabis sweets

Professor of Immunology at Trinity College Dublin Dr Kingston Mills says the Omicron BA5 variant is the most easily spread to date