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A High Court judge has approved a €4.5 million settlement for a man who is severely brain damaged after suffering viral encephalitis as a result of a viral infection, herpes simplex.

A former vice chairperson of the HSE West’s regional health forum says the new Government must lift the embargo on staff recruitment at the city’s public hospitals if it is seriously committed to a one-tier public health system.

A member of the HSE West’s regional health forum warned this week that the health authority could be €100 million over budget by the end of the year.

Health Directory.ie is Ireland’s newest dedicated on-line health directory tailored specifically to conventional/ complementary health practitioners and health service providers.

Health Directory.ie is Ireland’s newest dedicated on-line health directory tailored specifically to conventional/ complementary health practitioners and health service providers.

A local pharmacy is spearheading a drive to help smokers kick the habit.

St Luke’s Hospital in Kilkenny has secured over €1.9million in funding from the National Casemix Programme which distributes acute hospital funding.

The introduction of improved services for people in the early stages of chronic pain could help cut the “sizeable” economic burden caused by the condition - an estimated €4.76 billion per year - in Ireland, a leading Galway based expert said this week.

Fine Gael General Election candidate Cllr Peter Burke has hit out at leader of Fianna Fáil Micheál Martin, saying he is in denial in claiming it would be a mistake to abolish the HSE.

A general election candidate and a founding member of Hope4Disability, a local disability action group, has slammed what he terms the “obscene” amount of more than €7 million spent by the HSE West on legal fees for barristers and solicitors last year.