Today’s Top Stories
Ambulance carrying child involved in crash in Drogheda – RTE.ie
Gardaí in Drogheda are investigating after an ambulance carrying a child was involved in a minor collision with a car on the Drogheda to Slane road.
Plans for new national paediatric hospital to be lodged – The Irish Times
Plans for a new national paediatric hospital at the St James’s Hospital campus in Dublin are to be lodged with An Bord Pleanála this afternoon.
Garda start probe into care home abuse claims – Irish Independent
Gardai have launched a criminal investigation into allegations that residents in a centre for intellectual disability in Co Longford were physically and verbally assaulted by a staff member, in the latest controversy to hit the health service.
Varadkar: Huge support behind National Children’s Hospital plans – Irish Examiner
The Health Minister Leo Varadkar says he expects objections to the planning application for the National Children’s Hospital, but there is also huge support for the plans.
Health HQ voted as city’s ugliest building ‘set to be demolished’ – Irish Independent
Plans being considered by the Office of Public Works (OPW) will see the headquarters of the Department of Health being redeveloped.